Education Courses in the MLIS Program
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EDAL is the abbreviation for Education--Administration,
EDES stands for Education--Elementary and Secondary, and
EDIT is Education--Instructional Technology.
- EDAL 547--Administrative Applications of Computing
- This course is designed to familiarize educators with the various uses
of computers in education and in educational administration. The
course is primarily intended to serve as an introduction to computers
for those who have little or no computer knowledge or skills, but, due to
the nature of the subject, material useful to people at all levels of
computer sophistication is included.
- EDES 540--School Librarianship
- This foundation course provides an introduction to the philosophy and administration of library programs in elementary and secondary schools. Emphasis on school library program models and the role of the teacher-librarian.
- EDES 541--School Library Collection Development
- This course presents the principles upon which school library collections are developed. Course elements include identification and use of selection aids and sources; evaluation of curriculum-related resources; design of policies and procedures for building and maintaining school library collections; and issues such as intellectual freedom and copyright.
- EDES 543--School Library Programs
- This course provides an in-depth examination of the instructional component of the school library program including the process approach to library research and the development of appreciation skills. Strategies are developed for planning, implementing, and evaluating school library programs.
- EDES 546--School Library Information Materials
- This course provides in-depth, hands-on exploration of the reference books and other informational materials housed in the school library. Consideration of information ethics and policy, information-seeking behaviour, resources sharing, and impact of automation of information services.
- EDIT 535--The Internet: Communicating, Accessing and Providing Information
- This course will prepare students to operate effectively in the knowledge society,to learn to use electronic communications, to access electronic resources, to prepare electronic resources for the Internet, and to understand and examine critical issues related to electronic communications.
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