[LM_NET] Online Courses for Graduate Credit

[Linda Joseph <ljoseph@IWAYNET.NET>]

All,

Peter Milbury approved this posting.

Take an online course in your PJs!  CyberBee and IITSCO join forces to 
offer new online courses!

CyberBee has a full history of providing rich Internet resources for 
educators and has recently expanded their offerings to include online classes.

Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio (ITSCO) offers online 
classes that allow you to work at your own pace with guided instruction and 
assistance from an ITSCO consultant. It's that simple. All you need is a 
computer and Internet access!

The courses will run from 2/1/06 - 2/28/06 (4 weeks). Registration is due 
by Friday, 01/27/2006. Two hours of graduate credit are available from 
Ashland University (Ohio).

Course offerings:

1. Everyday Artifacts: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

While rummaging in grandma's attic, have you ever discovered a box of old 
photographs and marveled at the images, never to know who is pictured? Or 
found old newspapers, magazines, or sheet music and wondered how they 
survived the ravages of time? Imagine seeing the hand-written journal entry 
of Walt Whitman's observations of the wounded at the Battle of Antietam or 
viewing the only known picture of Lincoln at Gettysburg. Now you can 
reconnect with our nation's history through the many online collections 
presented by libraries, organizations, and museums. This course will 
explore history from the hand-written documents of the founding fathers to 
the social and cultural landscape of a growing nation. In words, pictures, 
and sounds, primary sources offer us the unique opportunity to dig through 
all sorts of original artifacts and bring living history into our 
classrooms. $350 per student includes 2 semester hours of graduate credit

2. Who Dunnit? Forensic Science as Inquiry

Forensic science is the study of objects that relate to a crime. The 
objects are evidence and analyzing the evidence is what forensic scientists 
do. They observe, classify, compare, use numbers, measure, predict, 
interpret data, and draw inferences. Scientists they are and crimes they 
solve. Forensic Science is a perfect way to teach students inquiry. 
Participants in this class will solve a mystery and gain ideas for creating 
their own Who Dunnit mystery. $350 per student includes 2 semester hours of 
graduate credit

For a registration form and more information contact: 
http://www.itsco.org/pd/olc.html or http://www.cyberbee.com/cblearning.html

Linda C. Joseph
Library Media Specialist

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