E-learning Teams and Information Professionals

Overview of recent e-learning developments for information professionals: why we need this book - the e-learning landscape; changing roles; what information professionals offer; what information professionals need to learn; Challenges and rewards of a new role: three case studies in communication, investigation and persistence - who should create metadata and how?: moving an e-learning community toward good practice; integrating digital libraries into the classroom: developing information rich learning environments; inquiry-based learning and information literacy, or, how to collaborate on a large scale e-learning/information initiative; Managing e-learning resources - what is a learning object?; managing learning object repositories; student-created content; metadata creation and management; virtual learning environments, wikis, blogs; integrating resources from a range of sources; sharing resources - interoperability; intellectual property rights and digital rights management; Understanding teaching and learning - pedagogy and theories of teaching and learning; information literacies; learning design - a new kind of resource to be managed.