Perceptions of Library and Information Science Professionals Towards Massive Open Online Course: A Survey

Kaushik, Anna

doi:10.18329/09757597/2015/8203

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“…Table 6 revealed that lack of time 4 (50%) and slow internet connection (38%) were major reasons while the length of course 1(13%) was the least reason for inactive participation in Also, more than half of the librarians got to know about MOOC through online sources 19 (54.3%). This agrees with the finding of Kaushik (2015) who found out that library and information science professional that participated in the study got to know about MOOC through e-resources and search engines. Further, many librarians that knew about MOOC were most aware of MIT Open courseware 19 (54%).…”

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“…Also, more than half of the librarians got to know about MOOC through online sources 19 (54%). This agrees with the finding of Kaushik (2015) who found out that library and information science professional that participated in the study got to know about MOOC through e-resources and search engines. .…”

Section: Participation In Moocsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Among library and information professionals in India, Kaushik (2015) reported that, although the participants were aware of MOOCs, none had participated in MOOCs because they were unfamiliar with the online environment. A study by Ecclestone (2013) explored how reference and instruction librarians can develop professional expertise using MOOCs.…”

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Awareness and use of massive open online courses among academic librarians in Ogun state, Nigeria

Soyemi¹,

Babalola²

2018

IIJIK

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The dynamism of the current digital era requires academic librarians to be lifelong learners who can take advantage of available opportunities to improve their professional competence continuously. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online learning platforms that provide training to learners at little or no costs. While it is documented that a lot of Africans participate in MOOCs, it is not certain whether academic librarians in Nigeria are aware of and take full advantage of MOOCs. The study surveyed awareness and use of MOOCs among academic librarians in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used for data collection. This was administered to 83 librarians from five randomly selected university libraries in Ogun state, Nigeria. Data were subjected to descriptive analysis. The findings revealed that more than half (61.4%) of the respondents were aware of MOOCs whereas, only (42.9%) enrolled for MOOCs. MIT Open Courseware (40%) was the most popular MOOC website among the librarians. Many (53.3%) of those that enrolled expressed inactive participation. Lack of time (50%) was a major barrier to MOOC participation among librarians. The paper recommended that university as well as library management need to formulate strategies and programs that will promote active participation in MOOC among librarians.

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Awareness and use of massive open online courses among academic librarians in Ogun state, Nigeria

Soyemi¹,

Babalola²

2018

IIJIK

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“…1 that in comparison to other seven means, maximum numbers of LIS professionals (60 %) opined that they knew about SNS tools and services by internet/search engines which are the reservoirs and popular media to find any type of desired information. Kaushik 20 in his study found that library and information science professionals used e-resources and search engine to know about massive open online course (MOOC). Besides this, from professionals colleagues, from e-resources and from friends also discovered as useful medium in contrast to other four means in which among rest of four means, 'from readers' used by minimum (5 %) LIS professionals only.…”

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Awareness and Use of Social Networking Sites by Librarians of Management Institutions in Mumbai: A State-of-the-Art

Kaushik

2016

DJLIT

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Social networking sites (SNS) are widely used by the library information science professionals for libraries for various purposes due to their characteristics, facilities and connectivity. This study provides views of library and information science professionals regarding usages of SNS tools and services for their libraries. It was discovered from the study that maximum number of library and information science professionals who responded in this survey were associated with academic libraries have known about SNS tools and services since more than four years from internet/search engines, use SNS several times in daily, for interacting with the users and getting feedback from the users , used SNS namely 'Facebook', for marketing of library services and products but did not have policy for using SNS into their libraries and lack of credibility of SNS tools and services emerged as major barrier to use SNS for libraries. Apart from this, maximum number of respondents said that SNS tools and services will be used for libraries in full extend in future.

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The Role of Library and Information Science Professionals in the MOOC Environment in Institutions of Higher Learning

Chigwada

2018

Advances in Library and Information Science

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There has been concern on how library and information professionals fit in the MOOC environment. This chapter documents the role played by LIS professionals in the MOOC environment. A literature review was done on what librarians are doing to help lecturers and students to meet their learning, teaching, and research activities in institutions of higher learning. It was noted that MOOCs provide opportunities and librarians are working with academics to assist in transition from the traditional teaching to suit the teaching requirements of a MOOC environment. Some librarians are involved in the development of MOOCs and some are taking advantage of the available MOOCs in librarianship to develop professionally. The major challenges faced are the copyright issues. The author recommends that librarians should be involved in copyright clearance, offering information literacy and alerting users on the available MOOCs, making MOOCs accessible to all users including the physically challenged. Librarians should develop a collection of open access materials that they can recommend for MOOCs.

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Perceptions of Library and Information Science Professionals Towards Massive Open Online Course: A Survey

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Awareness and use of massive open online courses among academic librarians in Ogun state, Nigeria

Awareness and use of massive open online courses among academic librarians in Ogun state, Nigeria

Awareness and Use of Social Networking Sites by Librarians of Management Institutions in Mumbai: A State-of-the-Art

The Role of Library and Information Science Professionals in the MOOC Environment in Institutions of Higher Learning

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