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CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in winter 2011 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. Full details and registration information are available on the ACRL website at .



Registration for all online seminars and webcasts qualifies for the ACRL Frequent Learner Program. Register for three ACRL e-Learning events and receive one free registration. Visit for more information on the Frequent Learner Program.



ACRL online seminars are asynchronous, multi-week courses delivered through Moodle. Online seminars scheduled for winter 2011 include:



(Feb. 14 - March 11, 2011): This four-week course will model and teach the Learning Cycle, a method of instructional design based on the learning theories of prominent educational researchers.



(Feb. 21 - March 18, 2011): Learn about the life cycle of library data from setting up its collection to making decisions using this information.



(Feb. 28 - March 18, 2011): Learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice.



ACRL also offers a variety of timely live webcasts addressing hot topics in academic librarianship. Webcasts last from an hour and a half to two hours and take place in an interactive online classroom. Group discounts are available for all ACRL e-Learning webcasts. Winter 2011 webcasts include:



(Jan. 26, 2011): This webcast will introduce this powerful yet simple mobile technology and will explore the many possible applications of QR Codes in academic libraries.



(Feb. 22, 2011): Gain a better understanding of online teaching and you will be able to design an online library instruction session that meets the needs of various learning styles.

(March 1, 2011): In this webcast, learn what DRM is, why it exists and its history with the entertainment industry and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.



(March 15, 2011): Learn about best practices for credit-bearing information literacy courses based upon a literature review and several years of experimentation with various approaches to teaching a one-credit course.



Complete details and registration information for all winter 2011 e-Learning opportunities are available online at . Contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org or (312) 280-2522 for more information.

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