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Online Instruction from your Desktop !. Information Literacy Using The Learning Manager (TLM) . Sylvie Lafortune and Alain Létourneau. Laurentian and its Community. small university primarily undergraduate officially bilingual First Nation students distance education regional mandate
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Online Instruction from your Desktop! Information Literacy Using The Learning Manager (TLM) Sylvie Lafortune and Alain Létourneau
Laurentian and itsCommunity • small university • primarily undergraduate • officially bilingual • First Nation students • distance education • regional mandate • joint programmes
Information Literacy at Laurentian: Brief Overview • 1993-1994: How to use the library • 1995-1999: «Certificate of completion» programme • 1999- : Programme available online only
Why Use an Educational Software? • emphasis is on learning rather than teaching • provides greater flexibility in the delivery of course material • information literacy requirement at Laurentian • staff cut-backs in the library
Why The Learning Manager (TLM)? • provides a modular environment • web tutorial with interactive exercises and quizzes • enhanced testing feature
Why The Learning Manager (TLM)? • minimum training requirement to assemble course material • provides student management/administration tool • provides for integration of information literacy with teaching programmes
TLM pros • emphasis on learning • integrates a “computer literacy” component to the programme • provides flexibility in course delivery
TLM pros • ability to gather more detailed statistics • fast and efficient processing of student records • savings in terms of human resources • incorporates information literacy across the curriculum
… and cons • technological dependence • server downtime • need access to a computer • need basic computer skills • physical disabilities • help is not always available on the spot • need an administrator • English interface only
What Are the Reactions to TLM? • student response : evaluation form • faculty : some reservations • administration : supportive