Class size determination and decision making in LIS online education

Santos Green, Lucy; Thompson, Kim M.; Cooke, Nicole A.

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Title

Class size determination and decision making in LIS online education

Author(s)

• Santos Green, Lucy
• Thompson, Kim M.
• Cooke, Nicole A.

Issue Date

2023-09

Keyword(s)

• Class Size
• Course Administration
• Education Programs
• Instructional Design
• Online Instruction
• Online Learning
• Pedagogy
• Schools
• Standards
• Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a national landscape of the decisions made by LIS programs regarding online course enrollment caps. Online education expands learning opportunities for all students and is particularly attractive to nontraditional students who are more likely to have employment and family obligations that make attending traditional face-to-face classes difficult. At the same time, online learning can exacerbate existing opportunity gaps between certain student groups, depending on how well-prepared students are for online learning. This survey methodology study investigated course enrollment caps and the reasons behind the limits placed by Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) programs nationwide, in an effort to identify ways online education structures at the University of South Carolina iSchool could be transformed to ensure a resilient future of diverse library and information science (LIS) professionals.

Series/Report Name or Number

Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2023

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/123047

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1261

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright 2023 Lucy Santos Green, Kim M. Thompson, Nicole A. Cooke
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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