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MOOCs as microcosm: Rethinking knowledge production & dissemination services
Conference Track
8. Emerging Technologies & Trends
Keywords
disruptive innovation, open education support services
Learning Objectives
understand the landscape of emerging pedagogical models and the associated impact on library support services, advocate for library services to incorporate new modes of knowledge production and dissemination to support distance and open education initiatives.
Abstract
An exploration of the impact of MOOCs and open education initiatives on library services and knowledge production and dissemination activities. This session introduces new library service paradigms that incorporate intellectual property and copyright education, Open Access and Open Education Resource policy development, new scholarly communications activities, and instructional design support.