{"id":9803,"date":"2014-12-01T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=9803"},"modified":"2014-11-26T15:18:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:18:50","slug":"the-new-year-the-new-you-with-alsc-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/the-new-year-the-new-you-with-alsc-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Year, the New You&#8230;with ALSC Online Courses!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8643\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALSC_OnlineLearning_Webcast1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALSC_OnlineLearning_Webcast1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"ALSC Online Education\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALSC_OnlineLearning_Webcast1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALSC_OnlineLearning_Webcast1.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALSC Online Education (image courtesy of ALSC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New year, new ideas, new ways to shape your career track.<\/p>\n<p>When January comes around, it will bring new opportunities, including\u00a0<a title=\"ALSC Online Courses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/edcareeers\/profdevelopment\/alscweb\">ALSC online courses<\/a>!\u00a0Registration is now open for the winter 2015 ALSC online course season. Topics include children with disabilities, STEM programming, using puppets, and storytime. Classes start <strong>Monday, January 5, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the courses being offered this semester are eligible for continuing education units (CEUs). The American Library Association (ALA) has been certified to provide CEUs by the <a title=\"IACET\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iacet.org\/\">IACET<\/a>. ALSC online courses are designed to fit the needs of working professionals. Courses are taught by experienced librarians and academics. As participants frequently noted in post-course surveys, ALSC stresses quality and caring in its online education options. For more information on ALSC online learning, please visit: <a title=\"ALSC Online Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsced\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsced <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Children w\/ Disabilities in the Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/edcareeers\/profdevelopment\/alscweb\/courses\/childrendisab\">Children with Disabilities in the Library<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n6 weeks, January 5 \u2014 February 13, 2015<br \/>\nCEU Certified Course, 3 CEUs<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"STEM Made Easy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/science-technology-engineering-and-math-stem-programs-made-easy\">Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Programs Made Easy<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n4 weeks, January 5 \u2014 January 30, 2015<br \/>\nCEU Certified Course, 1.2 CEUs<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Storytelling with Puppets\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/storytelling-puppets\">Storytelling with Puppets<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n4 weeks, January 5 \u2014 January 30, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Storytime Tools\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/storytime-tools\">Storytime Tools<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n4 weeks, January 5 \u2014 January 30, 2015<br \/>\nCEU Certified Course, 2 CEUs<\/p>\n<p>Detailed descriptions and registration information is available on the <a title=\"ALSC Online Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsced\">ALSC Online Learning<\/a> site. Fees are $115 for personal ALSC members; $165 for personal ALA members; and $185 for non-members. Questions? Please contact ALSC Program Officer for Continuing Education, <a href=\"ksutherland@ala.org\">Kristen Sutherland<\/a> or 1 (800) 545-2433 ext 4026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New year, new ideas, new ways to shape your career track. When January comes around, it will bring new opportunities, including\u00a0ALSC online courses!\u00a0Registration is now open for the winter 2015 ALSC online course season. Topics include children with disabilities, STEM programming, using puppets, and storytime. Classes start Monday, January 5, 2015. Three of the courses being offered this semester are eligible for continuing education units (CEUs). The American Library Association (ALA) has been certified to provide CEUs by the IACET. ALSC online courses are designed to fit the needs of working professionals. Courses are taught by experienced librarians and academics. As participants frequently noted in post-course surveys, ALSC stresses quality and caring in its online education options. For more information on ALSC online learning, please visit: http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsced Children with Disabilities in the Library 6 weeks, January 5 \u2014 February 13, 2015 CEU Certified Course, 3 CEUs Science, Technology, Engineering and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[88,186,16,38],"tags":[554,633,281,176,117],"class_list":["post-9803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsc-online-courses","category-blogger-dan-rude","category-professional-reading","category-programming-ideas","tag-alsc-online-courses-2","tag-children-with-disabilities","tag-stem","tag-storytelling","tag-storytime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}