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LEEP - LIS Education
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PACS-L Moderator)
Mon Oct 7 21:58:55 1996
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 18:16:29 -0500 (CDT)
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>From: GSLIS Publications Office <puboff@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: LEEP - LIS Education
>**Please excuse duplication. This message is being distributed widely**
>
>For more information please contact leep@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu or visit the
>LEEP homepage at http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/leep3
>
>-----
>The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) of the
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now accepting applications
>for the 1997 class of LEEP, the School's distance education scheduling
>option for the M.S. degree. Courses combine brief periods of on-campus
>instruction with independent learning and instruction using a variety of
>new information technologies including groupware and Web-based teaching.
>LEEP is directed toward students who give evidence of ability to learn
>independently, who have strong technological support from their workplace
>or their own resources and who are willing to collaborate with GSLIS
>faculty in designing and refining new ways to deliver instruction.
>
>LEEP is unique among schools of library and information science. It
>provides significant advantages to its students, who are entering a field
>increasingly involved in organizing and using electronic information. The
>faculty of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science see
>these new forms of course design leading toward new ways of thinking about
>instruction and ways in which knowledge is taught.
>
>Key elements of the LEEP scheduling option include:
>
> * Instruction combines intensive on-campus meetings with use of
> communication/computer technologies for delivering instruction.
> * Course and admissions requirements are comparable to those of the
> traditionally delivered program.
> * Regular GSLIS faculty are fully involved in teaching.
> * Educational opportunities are expanded to those who are working
> fulltime or have other commitments in locations outside
> Champaign-Urbana.
> * Students are paired with professional mentors near their homes.
> * Students use new technologies not only to learn from faculty but also
> to work collaboratively with other students.
> * A placement and outreach coordinator assists in developing
> internships and practicum experiences to supplement classroom
> instruction and expand professional opportunities.
> * The program provides strong human and capital infrastructure support
> to design instruction and facilitate learning without undue
> frustration, failed equipment or other problems that often plague new
> technological applications.
>
>For further information (application packets, admissions information,
>costs), consult the LEEP3 homepage at http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/leep3 or
>email us at leep@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu, or write:
>
>Graduate School of Library and Information Science
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>501 E. Daniel Street
>Champaign, IL 61820
>Fax: 217-244-3302
>Phone: 1-800-982-0914
>
>
>
