[Irtalk] Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Canvas Network MOOC : Information Literacy for Art and Design Students

[Hilton Gibson]

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From: McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] <gerrymck at iastate.edu>
Date: 21 October 2013 20:32
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Canvas Network MOOC : Information Literacy for Art and
Design Students
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 Colleagues/

 Starts TODAY

 /Gerry

 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design

 October 21, 2013 to November 25, 2013

 Cost per enrollment: Free

 Full Course Description

 The beginning of the 21st century has been called the Information Age
because of rapid increases in information and information resources.
Information literacy is now a core competency mandated by higher education
accreditation associations for almost all U.S. colleges and universities.
It goes far beyond simple web searches and equips students with the
research skills necessary to find, evaluate, and appropriately use the
types of information required for college level research. This course is
geared toward college students, especially those majoring in art and
design, but will be useful to anyone who wants to become a more effective
searcher. Students will explore the “deep web” (information not found
through search engines) and experiment with various search strategies and
filtering techniques. Students will also be encouraged to explore resources
found in local libraries.

 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design

 The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design is a non-profit
consortium of 43 leading art schools in the US and Canada. AICAD colleges
educate more than 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year,
plus many thousands more in summer and continuing education programs. This
collaborative course is an unprecedented collaboration among many
librarians from AICAD colleges. Each module is signed by the specific
librarians who worked on it. Students in this course are encouraged to
become acquainted with a librarian at their college or a nearby public
library.

 Source and Enrollment Link Available At:


http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/10/canvas-network-information-literacy-for.html

 Enjoy !

 Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

"It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours."

http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html

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