ASIS&T Annual Meeting (Charlotte, NC)

Rae-Anne Montague (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was a panelist on “Distance Education: How Are We Doing and How Do We Know?” (SIG/ED) on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2005 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.  The theme of this year’s meeting was “Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together.” 

Abstract

The directory of ALA-accredited master’s programs in library and information science indicates that almost half of the schools enable students to complete the degree either wholly or substantially online, and a similar (not necessarily overlapping) number offer courses in locations remote from the main campus. The IMLS-funded Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) consortium, dedicated to quality assurance, is gaining interest and new members. The question is no longer “should we do distance education”, but “how are we doing, and how can we do it better”. What does the data tell us about successes and failures? How have we undertaken to evaluate our distance education activities? Do we have comparative results? A group of panelists from institutions which have pioneered distance education in library and information science will address these issues.

You can discuss this program on the ASIS&T 2005 Annual Meeting wiki:  http://www.ils.unc.edu/asist2005/wiki/index.phptitle=Distance_Education:_How

_Are_We_Doing%2C_and_How_Do_We_Know%3F 

See http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM05/index.html for more information about the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.