Degree Name
Education Specialist (EdS)
Semester of Degree Completion
1980
Thesis Director
Gene W. Scholes
Abstract
This field experience study paper examines the role audiovisual services should play as part of a learning resources center in a community college. The specific institution chosen was Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. Moraine Valley is one of thirty-nine community colleges in the state of Illinois. Organized along a "cluster college" concept, the institution has worked toward providing a varied educational program for its constituents.
The Learning Resources Center was organized to provide support for the instructional program. Originally comprised of four separate administrative units, i.e., library, audiovisual center, learning laboratory, and study skills center, the growth of the institution prompted a reexaminiation of its guiding philosophy and organization. As part of the LRC, the audiovisual center also underwent scrutiny to determine if its services were consistent with the LRC's and the overall college mission.
A review of the literature examined the growth of the community college movement, the evolution of the comprehensive learning resources center, and the development of an instructionally supportive audiovisual center. Based upon the literature and a perusal of the agency setting, a philosophical concept of the learning resources center, in general, and the audiovisual center, in particular, was developed for Moraine Valley Community College.
The LRC concept revolved around offering a program which should provide an environment for learning through the human and material resources located in a center in which the faculty and students could interact. The audiovisual center's revised mission pointed to building upon its traditional base of providing day-to-day equipment needs and expanding into the areas of instructional design and staff development.
To accomplish this task, the LRC will be organized along functional lines irregardless of media format, and utilize a team management administrative approach. Each professional staff member will work closely with faculty and students, while the operational tasks will be handled by the technical and clerical personnel. In this manner, the audiovisual center can become more responsive to the instructional needs of its constitutency.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Vicky R., "An Examination of and Plan for the Integration of Audiovisual Services into a Community College Learning Resources Center" (1980). Masters Theses. 3069.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/3069
