LEEP Online Education is a distance learning program offered by the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences (formerly GSLIS [Graduate School of Library and Information Science]) [1]
The LEEP program provides students who are not able to relocate to the Urbana-Champaign area a means to attend the university's ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science, Master of Information Science or Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) program. The program, and the iSchool overall, is ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report.
History
editThe acronym LEEP originally stood for Library Education Experimental Program. Founded in 1995, the program is no longer considered experimental.[2]
Coursework
editLEEP differentiates itself from other distance learning library and information science (LIS) programs through the integration of brief periods of on-campus participation, Internet instruction through synchronous sessions, and independent learning. Off-campus students attend classes via the school's Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VIS) and the Blackboard Collaborate platform. With the 21st LEEP cohort, beginning in the summer/fall of 2016, the on-campus participation was condensed to a weekend program (as opposed to a week+).
References
edit- ^ Estabrook, Leigh. "LEEP3 at the University of Illinois." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 38, No. 2 (Spring, 1997): 157-160.
- ^ Catherine A. Thompson, "LEEPing to an Advanced Library School Degree," New England Libraries, Vol. 2, No. 5 (June, 2006)
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