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Supporting Distance Learners and Academic Faculty Teaching at a Distance.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Adams, Kate E. Bicknell-Holmes, Tracy Latta, Gail F. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | There are three challenges academic institutions must address in order to achieve the goal of ensuring that distant students are afforded the opportunities of independent learning: (1) academic libraries must effectively utilize technology to make the information resources in their research collections accessible to distant students; (2) academic librarians must utilize instructional and communications technologies to extend their services to distant students; and (3) information support staff, faculty development personnel, and librarians must work with teaching faculty to ensure that they understand the limitations of the distance technologies they employ to extend their classrooms. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has addressed these challenges by establishing a coordinator position within the libraries to provide oversight for services to distant learners. The primary aspects of library operations that the coordinator facilitates for distant learners are access to electronic resources, provision of liaison services, and timely delivery of materials. Access to the library's online public access catalog, bibliographic databases, full text databases, reference works, electronic journals, and a classified catalog of Internet resources is provided through an Integrated Research Information System. Liaison librarians offer instructional support for remote students. Materials are requested electronically and delivered directly to students' homes. (DLS) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Si This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view-or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Supporting Distance Learners and Academic Faculty Teaching at a Distance Kate Adams, Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln Gail F. Latta, Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED422836.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
