http://auspace.athabascau.ca The AUSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Search the Channel search http://auspace.athabascau.ca/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3173 Title: Open Minds Open Access - Conference Presentation <br/> <br/>Authors: Schafer, Steve <br/> <br/>Abstract: Digital Collections - What's out there?, How do you find it?, How do you know what you can do with it? This presentation is one of three presentations at the Open Minds Open Access Conference, held on May 10, 2012, at King's University College, in Edmonton, AB <br/> <br/>Description: Powerpoint slides of Steve's presentation Fri, 11 May 2012 20:18:30 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3171 Title: Debate as a teaching strategy in online education: A case study. <br/> <br/>Authors: Park, Caroline; Kier, Cheryl; Jugdev, Kam <br/> <br/>Abstract: This reflective case study was based on our independent use of the debate as an online instructional approach and our shared interest in teaching strategies. In an interdisciplinary manner, using narrative inquiry and action research, we melded our data sources and analyzed the findings, including our individual experiences with the technique. Our paper contributes to the field of research on faculty self-evaluations of teaching strategies, specifically debates. The topic will be of relevance to those who teach online. The findings suggest that examining faculty perceptions and views on the use of debates in text-based paced and un-paced courses at the online undergraduate and graduate levels can be a valuable undertaking. The process enabled us to benefit from our mutual reflective discussions on the use of debates to understand how each of us used the strategy. Despite our different approaches to the debate, we share many commonalities regarding debate as a teaching strategy. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3170 Title: "Mobilising" web sites at open university: The Athabasca University experience <br/> <br/>Authors: Wast, Regina; McGreal, Rory <br/> <br/>Abstract: This mobile implementation study provides a general idea of how existing Athabasca University sites work with the tested mobile devices and identifies the underlying issues as to why they work that way. Factors considered in the implementation include screen size, the use of advanced features, the display of large images, file formats and linking to embedded objects. In the effort to make the sites as mobile-friendly as possible, it is also important to consider what some possible solutions are. Redesigning all those sites carefully, with due consideration to mobile devices, is one possibility considered. This creates a huge burden of site maintenance, as we need to maintain multiple versions of the same page for different devices. Another problem with this approach is that as the capability of mobile devices changes, those sites need to be updated accordingly to reflect the device’s capability. This issue is addressed to some extent by creating template-based dynamic pages, and rather than redesigning the pages whenever the device capability changes, one could change the profile of the device. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2149/3169 Title: The need for Open Educational Resources for ubiquitous learning <br/> <br/>Authors: McGreal, Rory <br/> <br/>Abstract: Open Educational Resources (OER) are important for the expansion of ubiquitous learning. Open licensing of learning components is a precondition for supporting anytime, anywhere learning, whether the lessons are arranged as text, multimedia, videos, applications, games or in other electronic formats. The obstacles presented by proprietary materials impede ubiquitous sharing of knowledge with the use of technological protection measures such as DRM (digital rights management), prohibitive licensing, and restrictions on format shifting, localization, content sharing and other activities considered essential in ubiquitous learning. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:58:59 GMT