Shortgrass Library System adds access to online courses
MEDICINE HAT, AB — Library users across southeast Alberta will have new access to learning and courses through their library card.
The Shortgrass Library System, which includes the Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Brooks libraries, recently acquired Gale Courses for library patrons to utilize. The program gives access to instructor-led, online courses for free for people who have a library card at any of the libraries.
“We are so excited about this,” said CEO Petra Mauerhoff.
Gale Courses, part of Cengage Learning, are usually six weeks in length, with two sessions per week. People taking the courses complete quizzes at different points and end the course with a final exam. Mauerhoff says some of the courses even have a certificate at the end for successful completion.