It was first offered by eight Utah Colleges and Universities in Winter 1996 and continues to be available at eight of the post-secondary schools in the state, and at two academic institutions in Australia. The course receives up to 35,000 hits a week on the Eccles Health Sciences Library server. Course enrollment and evaluations show that the course is very popular with students. The Navigator has received national and international acclaim as an early model of online instruction. The course is delivered over the Internet using the World Wide Web as it's primary protocol.
Students work through a series of modules to complete the course.
Individual modules are also used as independent teaching tools for self guided learning. Since the advent of the Navigator, new technological models have evolved and and new instruction librarians have joined the UALC community. Both of these changes work together to make this an excellent time to enhance and expand the scope of the Navigator. We can move beyond the original focus of basic Internet training to a broader emphasis on information literacy and research. Online instruction modules can be shared by each UALC institution to meet their needs in the manner most efficient and effective for their location.