Courses
Dr. Oberg has supervised over 100 students in BEd and MLIS practica as well as developing and/or teaching many courses, including:
- EDES 346 Inquiry-Based Teaching (formerly Resource-Based Teaching and The Teacher and the School Library)
- EDES 501 Issues in Teacher-Librarianship: Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility
- EDES 540 Introduction to Librarianship
- EDES 541 School Library Collection Development
- EDES 543 School Library Programs
- EDES 546 School Library Information Materials
- EDES 549 Leadership in Information Literacy
- LIS 504 Management Principles for Library and Information Services
- LIS 526 Instructional Roles in Library and Information Services
- LIS 540 School Library Media Centres
Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning Program
Dr. Oberg is the Faculty Advisor, with Dr. Jennifer Branch, for the Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning Program. Online distance learning courses in teacher-librarianship may be taken as part of MEd, MLIS and Diploma programs or as part of continuing professional education. The program is supported by the Department of Elementary Education and the School of Library and Information Studies. The courses are designed to involve educators in learning activities, within their professional work context, that will assist them in dealing with real problems that face them in their work situations. In today's information environment, educators need skills in the selection and organization of information in all formats, skills in using information networks, and skills in the evaluation and use of information. Teachers' use of technology in their own learning helps them to use technologies in their teaching. The tl-dl program helps to make education in teacher-librarianship available to students in the “anytime, any place” learning mode that best suits their needs.