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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics Now Offering<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Introduction to Informatics<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Taught by Monica Maceli, PhD, CCI Assistant Teaching Professor<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Learn about field that’s the driving force behind our information world, at the intersection of information, people, and technology.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><b>Course Features:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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5-week course<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Provides overview of the definition, history, and purpose of the field of informatics
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Focuses on the users of information systems, the information that can be accessed through these systems and the social/organizational issues associated with the use of these systems<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Examines why informatics is such an important field in today's world by investigating how we organize, use, and develop information<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Multicultural Resources for Diverse Populations<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Taught by Vanessa Irvin Morris, EdD, CCI Assistant Teaching Professor and author of the award-winning book,</i> The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Street Literature
<i>(ALA Editions, 2012)<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Learn how libraries are responding to increased diversity in their communities and how they can improve multicultural resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><b>Course features:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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6-week course<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Explores various literatures, materials, and online resources targeted towards diverse user populations in libraries and other educational organizations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Gives an overview of cultural competency models to provide a heightened understanding of the multiple identities library patrons, students, and customers encompass within any professional interaction<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Geared toward librarians, educators, and all parties interested in a professional development experience with an immersive, reflective approach to reading diverse literatures representing various cultural groups<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%">Courses begin February 24, 2014. Register today at:
<a href="http://drexel.coursesites.com/">Drexel.coursesites.com </a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NOTE:</b> These MOOCs are parsed representations of an undergraduate-level course offered in the BSIS curriculum (INFO 105 - Introduction to Informatics), and a graduate-level course offered in the Library & Information Science curriculum
(INFO 780 - Multicultural Resources for the Diverse Populations) at the College of Computing & Informatics (CCI), College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. These MOOCs are not eligible for credit. Those that complete the MOOC will receive
a certificate of completion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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