Conference proceeding
Class Size Determination and Decision Making in LIS Online Education
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference
09/29/2023
DOI: 10.21900/j.alise.2023.1261
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a national landscape of the decisions made by LIS programs regarding online course enrollment caps. Online education expands learning opportunities for all students and is particularly attractive to nontraditional students who are more likely to have employment and family obligations that make attending traditional face-to-face classes difficult. At the same time, online learning can exacerbate existing opportunity gaps between certain student groups, depending on how well-prepared students are for online learning. This survey methodology study investigated course enrollment caps and the reasons behind the limits placed by Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) programs nationwide, in an effort to identify ways online education structures at the University of South Carolina iSchool could be transformed to ensure a resilient future of diverse library and information science (LIS) professionals.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Class Size Determination and Decision Making in LIS Online Education
- Creators
- Lucy Santos Green - University of IowaKim M. Thompson - University of South CarolinaNicole A. Cooke - University of South Carolina
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference
- DOI
- 10.21900/j.alise.2023.1261
- ISSN
- 2573-2269
- eISSN
- 2573-2269
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/29/2023
- Academic Unit
- School of Library and Information Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984473410902771
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