美国iSchools院校图书馆学硕士在线教育现状调查与启示

Investigation and Enlightenment of the Status Quo of Online Education for Master of Library Science in iSchools Colleges in the United States

[目的/意义]通过对美国iSchools院校图书馆学硕士在线教育现状的分析,归纳总结美国图书馆学硕士在线教育的经验,为后续研究提供借鉴。[方法/过程]基于国内图书馆学教学模式改革的现实需求和在线教育的广阔前景,通过对20所美国iSchools院校的官方网站进行调研,分别从学分学制、课程数量、课程类别、核心课程等方面对其在线教育模式进行详细分析总结,得出对我国图书馆学在线教育建设与发展的启示。[结果/结论]通过调查发现,美国iSchools图书馆学相关专业硕士在线教育呈现出3个特点:课程形式灵活多样,多举措保障在线教学质量;在线课程数量多、覆盖范围广且课程体系完备;在线学习与校园学习基本相同。据此,结合国内现实情况,提出我国图书馆学在线教育的建设应关注国际在线教育的发展态势,改革图书馆学传统教育模式;采取多种授课方式,提高图书馆学在线教学质量;以职业发展为导向,注重人才培养个性化;实现图书馆学传统与在线教育两者优势结合。

[Purpose/significance]By analyzing the current situation of online education for master of library science in iSchools universities in the United States,this paper summarized the experience of online education for Master of Library Science in the United States,so as to provide reference for subsequent research.[Method/process]By investigating the official websites of 20 American iSchools colleges and universities,this paper analyzed and summarized their online education models in detail from the aspects of credit length,course quantity,course category and core course,etc.,and drew some enlightenment for the construction and development of online education of library science in China.[Result/conclusion] Through investigations,it is found that the online education of iSchools library science related majors in the United States presents three characteristics:online education forms are flexible and diverse,and multiple measures are taken to ensure the quality of online teaching;the number of courses is large,the coverage is w ide,and the curriculum system is complete;Online learning is basically the same as campus learning.Based on th is,combined with the domestic reality,this paper puts forward that the construction of library science online education in China should pay attention to the development trend of international online education and reform the traditional education mode of library science;adopt various teaching methods to improve the online teaching quality of library science;take career development as the orientation,pay attention to personnel training individuation;realize the combination of library science tradition and online education.