Greenwood Publishing Group : Creating Online Courses and Orientations

Creating Online Courses and Orientations
A Survival Guide
Pamela S. Bacon, David Bagwell Jr.

1-59158-289-X/978-1-59158-289-2

Description

The authors have created this handbook to assist secondary school librarians in constructing and implementing a complete online orientation course to their media centers. In addition, they discuss online course design and give hints and helps to aide in the set up of online courses in school libraries.

Reviews:

-Library media specialists are aware of the importance of helping students learn research skills. This book provides a step-by-step guide to developing an online course to complete this task in a secondary school....[a] resource for Library Media Specialists who would like assistance with creating online research courses or orientations. Recommended. —Library Media Connection

-[T]his book is refreshing in its enthusiastic tone and library-specific slant. It's a logical purchase for experienced secondary-level librarians who are comfortable with technology and are looking for fresh ways to reach every student when logistics prevent ample face-to-face instructional time. —School Library Journal

About the Author

PAMELA S. BACON is a full-time librarian and part-time author. For five years she has worked as the media center director at Ben Davis High School. During that time, she designed and implemented the Capture the Giant online orientation. She is also the author of 100 Library Lifesavers and 100 More Library Lifesavers published by Libraries Unlimited.

DAVID BAGWELL JR. is a Technology Staff Developer at the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township in Indianapolis Indiana. He currently teaches an online course at IUPUI focusing on research in educational technology.

List Price: $42.00 Pages: 200 Publication: 9/30/2005

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