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Delivering a MOOC for literature searching in health libraries: evaluation of a pilot project
Author(s) -
Young Gil,
McLaren Lisa,
Maden Michelle
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12197
Subject(s) - medical education , promotion (chess) , library science , medical library , health promotion , target audience , unit (ring theory) , medicine , multimedia , psychology , political science , computer science , business , nursing , public health , advertising , mathematics education , politics , law
In an era when library budgets are being reduced, Massive Online Open Courses ( MOOC 's) can offer practical and viable alternatives to the delivery of costly face‐to‐face training courses. In this study, guest writers Gil Young from Health Care Libraries Unit ‐ North, Lisa McLaren from Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Liverpool University PhD student Michelle Maden describe the outcomes of a funded project they led to develop a MOOC to deliver literature search training for health librarians. Funded by Health Education England, the MOOC was developed by the Library and Information Health Network North West as a pilot project that ran for six weeks. In particular, the MOOC target audience is discussed, how content was developed for the MOOC , promotion and participation, cost‐effectiveness, evaluation, the impact of the MOOC and recommendations for future development. H. S.

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