The following showed up in my email box today – oddly enough not on any of my DE lists:
Library Instruction Publications is seeking contributions for a forthcoming
publication: Empowering Distance Learners with Hands-on Information Literacy
Activities.
Empowering Distance Learners will be a bit different from prior works
published by Library Instruction Publications. It is designed as a
"textbook" for use by distance education students. The book itself will
introduce key information literacy concepts and give instructions for
hands-on work. The instructor’s version will be accompanied by two disks,
one for the instructor who elects to use the text and the other with
hands-on work for students to complete. The student version will include the
one disk with the hands-on work.
The text will consist of brief (3-5 page) explanations of concepts and
instructions for hands-on work. Each of these sections will be supported by
accompanying instructor’s notes and students’ activities on the disks.
If you would like to contribute to the text and its supporting materials,
please submit a brief proposal in which you address the following: the topic
of the lesson; your approach to this topic; and why this topic should be
included.
Proposals should be submitted to Kate Manuel (kate.manuel@gmail.com), by 31
January 2005. Notification of acceptances will be sent by 15 February 2005,
with completed lesson plans due by 15 April 2005. Multiple submissions from
individuals, groups, or institutions will be considered.