Teaching some virtual classes

Last year, I taught two modules of SLA's Click University's CI Certification program. I have been asked to do so again. Both relate to Published Source Collection -- Parts 1 and 2.

Part 1 covers "key techniques and resources, as well as trends in intelligence, content and technology that affect intelligence research. Topics covered include: devising research strategies, research to support human intelligence gathering and intelligence analysis, traditional and non-traditional resources types and selection, Web monitoring tools and more. This course includes an exercise and discussions involving intelligence research to support analysis."
 

Part 2 "builds on Part 1 by examining advanced topics that include 1) international intelligence research for business, industry, and people 2) intellectual property research 3) conducting research for common analytical frameworks 4) designing and managing effective monitoring efforts 5) intelligence research software. Topics will build from general business research by focusing on and highlighting creative techniques and sources used in intelligence collection. This online course includes an exercise and discussions involving an intelligence monitoring effort."

It's an excellent program. Other offerings include:
•    Knowledge Management for CI [October 4-22, 2010]
•    Introduction to Financial Intelligence (Analysis Elective) [November 4, 2010]
•    Scenarios Analysis and Futures Techniques [November 5, 2010]
•    Introduction to CI [typically January]
•    CI Project Cycles and Project Management [typically February]
•    CI Published Source Collection: Managing the Function [typically March]
•    CI Analysis: Fundamental Frameworks [typically April]
•    Establishing and Managing the Intelligence Program [typically May]
•    Human Source Collection [typically June]
•    CI Analysis: Intermediate Frameworks [typically June]
•    Management Analysis [typically June]