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Diversity within the alignment process
Creating synergy and alignment from
diversity technologies
November 4, 2009
Program Diversity
The Master of Library Science (MLS) Program is a completely online
program composed predominately of non-traditional students. The
students geographically span predominately rural areas in several states
and countries while encompassing a variety of educational /
professional backgrounds from accounting to zoology. The average age
of the student is 37 years old; they usually have a family, work fulltime;
have been out of the higher education setting for approximately fifteen
years or more; have DSL or less Internet access speed; and live two plus
hours away from Greenville, North Carolina. Thus, the MLS online
program is the only option available to these students to meet their
scheduling and access needs.
Student Diversity
Diverse synergy: aligning student learning needs to technology
options in MLS online education
Alignment Matrix
Larry Nash White, Ph.D. College of Education, East Carolina University
http://www.ecu.edu/educ/libs/
Problem Description
Alignment Concepts
Results to Date
Alignment Resources
Process of Alignment