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Web-based Learning

MLA eLearning

 

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Free 90-Minute Online Education Clinics
A free, three-part webinar series for beginners and for experienced educators and instructional designers who like refreshers. Our goal? To improve the effectiveness of your online education programs, including webcasts, podcasts, webinars, and asynchronous, self-paced, facilitated, and blended models.

Part Three: What It Looks Like and Sounds Like: Tweaking Design Elements and Production Values
Length: One hour, plus 30 minutes for questions
Date/Time: Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011. 11:00 a.m. Pacific, 12:00 p.m. Mountain, 1:00 p.m. Central, and 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Graphic design and printed workbooks. Live performances, such as theater and music. Film and theater. Radio. Old-school formats for delivering information can provide insights into what can polish your virtual classroom presentation skills.

Reserve your Part III webinar seat now!

Instructors include:

  • Pat Wagner has been an adult educator, consultant, and trainer for over 35 years; she has been a CE trainer for the Medical Library Association for ten years and is a frequent presenter at state and national library conferences. She also works with local government, schools, higher education, small businesses, nonprofits, and medical and scientific organizations.
  • Tim Sullard is the operations manager for Pattern Research, Inc. He has over 15 years’ experience in the electronic music industry as a musician and producer.

 

Get Mobilized with Free Online Continuing Education
“Get Mobilized! An Introduction to Mobile Resources and Tools in Health Sciences Libraries,” a free, self-paced, online class approved for six MLA continuing education (CE) credits. Drawing from the experience of health sciences librarians working in the field, this course gives an overview of mobile resources. Topics to be covered include an introduction to mobile resources (July 18–24) by Maureen (Molly) Knapp, AHIP; mobile applications (August 1–7) by Luke Rosenberger and Julie Gaines; mobile trends and issues in academic and hospital environments (August 15–21) by Jaime Friel Blanck, AHIP, and Melissa Rethlefsen, AHIP; e-readers (August 29–September 4) by Suzanne Shurtz, AHIP; mobile resource promotion (September 12–18) by Amy Blevins; and mobile site creation (September 26–October 2) by Wayne Loftus, AHIP. The course incorporates self-paced readings, online resources, and reflection activities. This course is generously sponsored by the South Central Chapter of MLA.

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  • Designing Web-based Continuing Education Tutorial [MO]
    Intended for current continuing education instructors who already have an understanding of teaching and adult learning principles, this Web-based tutorial is designed to take you through the process of formatting your continuing education (CE) content for delivery via the Web.

  • Evidenced-based Practice in the Health Sciences Tutorials
    The Evidence-based Practice (EBP) tutorials are tailored to five health science disciplines: applied health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Each tutorial consists of five instructional modules, covering topics such as the research design, searching the literature, and evaluating the quality of research. These tutorials are intended for those first learning about EBP as well as those looking to review EBP concepts and strategies.

  • Health Information Literacy Tutorial
    Prescription for Information: Addressing Health Information Literacy! is for health care providers and emphasizes the importance of health literacy and the challenges patients face in understanding medical terminology. It also helps participants recognize the impact that low health literacy has on patient care and learn about health information resources and strategies available to them and their patients. The tutorial also describes health literacy services provided by medical librarians. Based upon the health information literacy curriculum, "Putting Information into Health Literacy," developed by Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi for the MLA HIL project, the tutorial is free, but requires registration.

  • HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme: Train the Trainers Online Course
    This course will highlight the key features of HINARI (www.who.int/hinari/en/) and related training materials. Also to be discussed are possible sources for workshop funding. It is geared toward individuals in developed countries that have linkages with HINARI eligible institutions. The participants will be able to instruct individuals from these institutions. This training could be to visitors or graduate students at the participant's home institution or at the partners' sites. The course is sponsored by the Medical Library Association/Librarians Without Borders® E-Library Training Initiative that is funded by the Elsevier Foundation.

  • HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme: Short Course
    This tutorial is an overview of the key components of HINARI. Students will obtain baseline skills to efficiently use the HINARI resources. It is geared toward users from registered institutions and also is a useful training tool. The course is sponsored by the Medical Library Association/Librarians Without Borders® E-Library Training Initiative that is funded by the Elsevier Foundation.

  • Medical Information on the Internet Tutorial
    Medical Information on the Internet: Guide for Health Reporters and Consumers is a Web-based tutorial designed by MLA members to lead health reporters and consumers to quality health care information on the Internet.

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The following Web-based courses are currently offered and approved for MLA CE contact hours. Courses marked with the CHIS logo icon are approved for MLA's Consumer Health Information Specialization Program.

If you currently have a MLA-approved course that is Web-based and would like to include it on our list, please contact Kathleen Combs, mlapd1@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x29.

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MLA CE Institute 2008: Developing Web-based Instruction

The MLA CE Institute included 4 days of intensive training and course development for 20 instructors to learn to transfer their existing face-to-face classes into Web-based instruction.

MLA CE Institute 2006

Several of the Web-based continuing education (CE) courses created as a result of the MLA CE Institute are accepting registration. See course offering dates and more details.

 

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