Prolearn Summer School: Usability Panel
September 7, 2005 at 12:05 pm (education)
[presentation notes]
LEEP
- online professional development program
- library & information science
- 10 units, leading to a masters degree
- ~100 Ss/year
challenges
- low expertise, high resistance among Ss and Ts
- low-end equipment
- courses incompatible with online
outcomes
- 100% retention
- faculty choose
- now larger than on-campus
- students around world
- model for others
- WISE consortium (13 unis)
approach
- low-end tech
- tech support
- faculty buy-in
- cohort model
- coordination with library, advising, etc
- blended learning
- mix sync & async
inquiry model
- appropriate tech for each course
- participatory design
- diversity as a resource
- Learning, culture and community in online education: Research and practice
- LEEP Virtual Reunion
