Purpose and Expectations of Taking This Class

Traditionally, students in higher education had to attend a physical classroom in order to receive instruction. However, Higher education is beginning to incorporate various technologies in providing instruction to students. This has resulted in students attending classes through online courses. As a result, it is very clear that technology and online instruction is going to have a huge impact on higher education in the future. For this reason, I decided to take this course. My hope is that this course will allow me to become familiar with the various technologies that can be utilized both in teaching in a classroom and in a library environment. I hope that this class will also provide information about which student learning styles are best incorporated with each technology.

Caution!!! Please be aware that since I am a librarian and I am going to scrutinize resources a little more than a traditional student. One of my hugest concerns is that individuals are tending to not value credible resources as much as ease of access through the Internet. As a result, I believe our society needs to become more information literate and scrutinize the resources better. For example, I understand the value of wikis. However, I have a concern that individuals will accept the contents as fact and not critically analyze it.