[Prodev] Additional questions about Internet classes

[Lamothe, Katherine]

I agree.  I lived in Springfield, MA at the time I was in law school.  It
took me an hour and fifteen minutes each way to get to school, and some
classes were at night.  Traveling was an issue for me, especially late at
night, and I really wished there was a better way to do things.  There might
even have been a course I decided not to take because I didn't want to keep
coming back late.The online courses were much better because I didn't have
that commute to worry about.

Katherine Lamothe
Reference Librarian
Texas Tech University School of Law Library
1802 Hartford Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79409
mailto: klamothe@law.ttu.edu
phone: 806-742-3990 ext. 353
fax: 806-742-1629



-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Wagner [mailto:jwag57@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:00 PM
To: prodev@aallnet.org
Subject: RE: [Prodev] Additional questions about Internet classes


I am almost finished getting my MLS degree from Southern Connecticut State 
University, and have taken every class online. I think it is the ideal 
situation. Most library students are undertaking a career change and are 
older with jobs and/or families. The flexility of online courses can't be 
beat. There is plenty of online interaction with other students and 
professors. Most of my professors have been great and respond to my email 
questions faster than if I had to wait for the next class. Also, with so few

library schools left, this opens up the ability to attend library school to 
those who live in areas that don't have one nearby and don't want to move. I

definitely recommend this option for anyone thinking of attending library 
school.

Jennifer Wagner
Reference Librarian
Dowling College
Phone: (631) 244-3282
E-mail: WagnerJ@dowling.edu






>From: "Mead, Robert A" <rmead@ku.edu>
>Reply-To: prodev@aallnet.org
>To: "'prodev@aallnet.org'" <prodev@aallnet.org>
>Subject: RE: [Prodev] Additional questions about Internet classes
>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:42:24 -0600
>
>My impression is that on-line classes take more discipline.  You can't 
>sit back and learn just by showing up and listening like you can in a 
>face-to-face class.
>
>We (University of Kansas Law and Emporia State) are currently 
>constructing
>a
>post-MLS graduate certificate in legal info. and a new hybrid Masters of
>Legal Information Management (30 hours library science and 20 hours law).
>We're going to be roughly 90% on-line because we don't have enough students
>interested in legal info. at any one of Emporia's teaching locales (Kansas
>City, Portland, Salt Lake, Denver, Boise, or Grand Forks).
>
>We're choosing to start the program face-to-face, primarily because we 
>want people to have some sense of camaraderie, but a mostly on-line 
>format seems to work best for busy adults and for specialty programs 
>that otherwise wouldn't be able to draw enough students.
>
>Rob Mead,
>Program Coordinator, KU-Emporia State Legal Information Management 
>Program
>&
>Head of Public and Faculty Services,
>University of Kansas Law Library
>(785)864-9280
>rmead@ku.edu <mailto:rmead@ku.edu>
>
>
>From: Fullerton, Barbara [mailto:bfullerton@lockeliddell.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:06 PM
>To: 'prodev@aallnet.org'
>Subject: [Prodev] Additional questions about Internet classes
>
>
>
>What do you think about Internet classes? Did you take a lot of 
>Internet classes? Do you feel you missed anything on the online 
>classes? I have heard that some people have been afraid that they are 
>not learning as much as they
>could thru online classes as they are in the "face-to-face" courses. What 
>do
>you think?
>
>Barbara Fullerton
>


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