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Web-Based Information Science Education: Leveraging the Power of the Network to Re-Define the Global Classroom

Web-Based Information Science Education: Leveraging the Power of the Network to Re-Define the Global Classroom
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Author(s): Kathleen Schisa (Syracuse University, USA), Anne McKinney (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Debbie Faires (San Jose State University, USA), Bruce Kingma (Syracuse University, USA), Rae Anne Montague (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Linda C. Smith (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)and Marianne Sterna (San Jose State University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships: Concepts, Models and Practices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Melody Bowdon (University of Central Florida, USA)and Russell G. Carpenter (Eastern Kentucky University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-623-7.ch015

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Abstract

Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) is a collaborative distance education model that increases the quality, access and diversity of online education opportunities. The WISE Consortium is a group of graduate Library and Information Science (LIS) programs founded on three pillars: quality, pedagogy, and collaborations (Montague & Pluzhenskaia, 2007). This chapter outlines the approach to achieving these three pillars and the assessment mechanisms used to measure the consortium’s success. Highlights include WISE Pedagogy, the administrative division of WISE dedicated to providing faculty development resources for online education, and WISE+, an initiative that supports partnerships enabling WISE schools and LIS associations to develop courses together suitable for graduate credit and continuing education. While the WISE consortium is specific to LIS education, the model could be applied more broadly to other disciplines.

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