Online Courses in LIS

WISE

At the May 2005 Faculty Meeting, the GSLIS faculty officially voted to join Web-based Information Science Education (WISE), a consortium made up of thirteen LIS schools, and thereby enabling GSLIS students the opportunity to take online courses from other leading ALA-accredited programs.

WISE courses that have been offered at Simmons include "From Seuss to Sendak to Sis" (Fall 2005), "Health Consumer Information Sources & Services" (Spring 2006) and "Theological Librarianship" (Fall 2006). Descriptions for WISE courses currently offered at Simmons are on the WISE Courses page.

What is WISE?

"Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) is a unique and groundbreaking opportunity in online education. Leading library and information science schools have extended their reach on a global basis to broaden the educational opportunities available to students. WISE uses advanced online technology to enrich education and foster relationships among students, faculty, and universities. The vision of this initiative is to provide a collaborative distance education model that will increase the quality, access, and diversity of online education opportunities in library and information science." — from the WISE website. See www.wiseeducation.org for more information.

Participating Institutions in WISE:

Indiana University-Indianapolis
Rutgers University
Simmons College
Syracuse University
University of British Columbia
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas at Austin
University of Western Ontario
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Victoria University of Wellington

To see specific guidelines and policies for Simmons students who wish to take WISE courses, please see the WISE Guidelines & Policies page.

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