Enhancing the Maritime Curriculum With Online Education and Scholarly Resources

Abstract

The study “Enhancing the Maritime Curriculum with Online Education and Scholarly Resources” demonstrates how scholarly communication, library technology and information delivery support and enhance maritime teaching and learning at sea and ashore. Maritime College, of the State University of New York, prepares students for careers through a content-centered curriculum and a hands-on, team building approach to learning. The SUNY Maritime College student experience is complemented ashore and aboard the training Ship Empire State VI with instructional technology for teaching and learning in the classroom, in library, and virtually from anywhere in the world. The study describes the information technology used for delivering and accessing scholarly content, such as electronic journals, e-books, and online tutorials to distance students and faculty. In addition, the study describes how mobile technology accommodates a number of virtual library services to online/distances learning maritime community.