Online Learning
IASL Professional Development Meeting, February 2008
Karen Burns and Michele Leininger
Additional and Supporting Resources:
Learning Styles (including Choosing Courses, and Adapting to Your Style)
Learning Styles, from Ageless Learner
General Tips to Be a Successful Online Learner
Online Learning Opportunities (see also list and links below)
Felder and Solomon Learning Styles Index
"Using the Wimba Classroom" Online Tutorial
http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/tutorials/TutorialUsingWimbaSWILSA/player.html
Online Learning Opportunities
for Iowa Librarians
A sampling of current opportunities
SWILSA
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Staying on Top of Things
(SWILSA) Self-paced course, learning about and using tools for staying on top of things (technology and otherwise) in libraries. http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/CE/StayingOnTop.htm | ||||||||||
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Tutorials:
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Computerside Chats Monthly, one-hour classes online (Wimba room) to learn about tools and ideas to communicate and connect with your patrons. Topics have included RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, instant messaging, Photo Story, Library Thing http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/computerside |
Other libraries and library organizations
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Marketing the Library -
Ohio Library Council Self-paced course: planning, product, promotion, Internet. At the end you have a well developed marketing plan (SWILSA offers credit for this course) http://www.olc.org/marketing/ |
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OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) Webinars and podcasts of programs in/for libraries—literature and book discussion, special events, interviews, memoir writing workshops. http://opal-online.org |
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Learning 2.0 - Public Library of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County Staff learning program, “23 things” related to Library 2.0: blogging, podcasts, photos and images, wikis, tagging, and more. http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/ |
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WebJunction Online Courses Self-paced courses and webinars on a variety of topics—computers and Internet, library management, networking, business skills. http://ia.webjunction.org |
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Learning Times Library Online Community Live webinar events and archives/recordings of past events. http://home.learningtimes.net |
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BCR: Free Friday Forum Upcoming forums, plus archived forums http://www.bcr.org/training/online/fff/ |
| Sirsi-Dynix Institute |
Webinars and podcasts;
archives
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/
College/University Programs—Degree and Non-Degree
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Education2Go
Univ. of
Wisconsin School of Library
and Information Science ”In cooperation with a national network of educational institutions we are offering a selection of online courses on computer programs and applications (and a few non-technical topics!). While these courses do not have a library focus, we feel they'll be useful to anyone who needs to develop these skills.” http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed/ed2go.html |
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Online Courses -- UW-Madison SLIS Look for “Online courses” and “Online courses for graduate credit” http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed |
Non-library organizations/ courses
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University of
Iowa Continuing Education-
General Business Course Catalog 300 courses in the catalog offered free to Iowans for 15 days; Management and Leadership, Professional Effectiveness, Information Technology http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/skillsoft/GeneralCatalog05Free.aspx |
Online Learning Opportunities Coming Up
Reader’s Advisory Services April-May 2008
Blended course: ICN, online, and self-paced modules
SWILSA and State Library of
Iowa
Iowa
Small Libraries Online Conference
(January 2009) SW, NW, Central, and SE LSAs, and State Library of Iowa