[Libs-Or] ACRL E-learning Opportunities

Tue Mar 3 16:59:27 PST 2009

FYI  (summer round of ACRL-Oregon E-Learning Scholarships open in 
April!) <http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=66873>

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ACRL Registration is now open for the following e-learning opportunities 
from ACRL.  Stretch your professional budget by registering now for 
these affordable distance learning courses and events! Space is limited, 
so register now to reserve your seat!

*Multi-week Courses:*

*Introduction to Website Usability*
March 23-April 10, 2009
For very little investment in staff hours and training you can reap 
tremendous benefits by connecting with the users of your library website 
and Web based applications through usability testing. This three-week 
course is designed for the librarian or library IT staff person who is 
interested in setting up a usability program but doesn't know where to 
begin.
For more information about this course, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/Website_Usability.cfm

*Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 
2.0 Features*
April 6 -- May 2, 2009
In this four week hands-on course we will overview of the 
state-of-the-art of online teaching and learning technology and its 
applications. We will review the use of teaching materials created with 
multi-media plug-ins and classroom communications tools and specifically 
the Moodle LMS (Learning Management System).
For more information about this course, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/OnlineTeaching.cfm

*Copyright and the Library Part 2:  Library, Classroom and Other Issues 
Including the DMCA*
April 6  - 24, 2009
In this course, students will continue to learn to think in terms of 
U.S. copyright law. In this course, students will focus on issues 
pertaining to Libraries with a special focus on how copyright pertains 
to the classroom setting. Sections 108, 109, 110, 512 and 1201 will be 
examined for a thorough understanding on their impact in academic libraries.
For more information about this course, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/copyright2.cfm

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Live Webcasts:*

*Next Generation Information Commons*
March 31, 2009 -- 2PM Eastern
Some information commons are now more than ten years old and are in need 
of refreshing in terms of conception, configuration, technologies, and 
services. Others are so popular that additions are planned, either 
adjacent to the existing commons, on other floors, or in other buildings 
on campus. Through the use of principles and practical examples, 
participants will learn about trends in information and learning 
commons. A wide variety of photos will be used to illustrate the 
presentation
For more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommons.cfm

*Program Review for Academic Libraries*
April 14, 2009 -- 2PM Eastern
Institutional program review guidelines often list the library as a 
resource for departments undergoing review. However, more academic 
libraries are being included in their institution 's review cycle and 
asked to undergo program review themselves. This session will introduce 
academic program review; discuss what is involved in putting together a 
program review for an academic library; and present questions to 
consider in working through the program review process.
For more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/programreview.cfm

*User Experience (Blended Librarianship)*
April 23, 2009 -- 2PM Eastern
This webcast serves to help participants identify techniques and tools 
that will enable academic librarians, faculty members, information 
technologists, instructional design professionals, et al. to discover or 
develop and implement new approaches for collaboration, to achieve 
maximum integration of the library into the teaching and learning 
process throughout their institutions. To help guide such collaborative 
efforts toward library, curricular, and other related institutional 
goals - especially those of advancing information literacy.
For more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to 
online registration, please visit 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/userexperience.cfm
For more information about any of the above courses or webcasts, please 
contact ACRL Web Services Manager Jon Stahler at jstahler at ala.org 
<mailto:jstahler at ala.org>.

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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), 
representing over 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested 
individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in 
North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the 
unique needs of academic and research librarians.  Its initiatives 
enable the higher education community to understand the role that 
academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

-- 
Portland State University logo

*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)

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