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Earn your master's degree without disrupting your life, without leaving your current job and relocating, and without physically sitting in a classroom. Really? Will the students have to disrupt themselves with inconvenient coursework or is there a technological fix for that as well? Earning a legitimate academic graduate degree, like any other type of major undertaking, is going to have its costs. This type of hyperbole is just over the top in my view. I always felt, and still believe, there is great benefit from classroom interactions, much like I think the space and place of the physical library remains a crucial component in the public sphere notwithstanding the often sensational claims of the extreme technophiles. No doubt that technology can aid in the educational process. But this sort of promotional strategy, well meaning as it may be, is very troubling. Samuel Trosow, Associate Professor University of Western Ontario On 11/13/12, Gretchen Whitney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:13:47 -0500 > From: "Cunningham, Flo" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Virtual open house: Kent State SLIS online MLIS > > Earn your master's degree without disrupting your life, without leaving your current job and relocating, and without physically sitting in a classroom. > > The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University is offering a new, innovative way to complete a Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) degree: eDegree. > > The eDegree option is Web-based -- all courses will be completed online. And you can specialize in more than a dozen different areas of library and information science, including youth librarianship, museum studies, academic librarianship, cataloging/metadata, digital preservation, and more. > > Join us for a live, interactive online open house on Thursday, Nov. 15, at noon to learn more about the eDegree option. SLIS Associate Professor Greg Byerly, Ph.D., will briefly describe the program and then answer your questions. You'll also hear from current eDegree student Tina Lewis, who is specializing in K-12 school library media services. > > This webinar is free, but advance registration is required. Click here to register: http://bit.ly/eDegree-15Nov2012. You will receive a link to the webinar the day before the event. > > For more information about the eDegree option, visit http://www.kent.edu/slis/programs/mlis/edegree.cfm. > > To view previous SLIS webinars, visit http://www.kent.edu/slis/programs/wednesday-webinars.cfm. > > (Note: If you do not already have Silverlight on your computer, you may need to download it in order to view the presentation. It's free at http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx/.) > > > All the best, > > Flo > > <~><~>~<~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~> Flo Cunningham Marketing Communications and Public Relations Director School of Library and Information Science Kent State University 330-672-0003 [log in to unmask] > > www.kent.edu/slis > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis > Twitter: @KentStateSLIS > > > -- Samuel E. Trosow, Associate Professor University of Western Ontario Faculty of Information & Media Studies / Faculty of Law 259 North Campus Bldg. London, Ontario N6A 5B7 (519) 661-2111 x88498 [log in to unmask] http://samtrosow.wordpress.com twitter: @strosow "Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright." It's the law -- let's start using it!