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Now showing items 1181-1200 of 2001
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On the Notion ‘Practical Ethics’
(2010-06-23)Although I am concerned to develop the idea of practical ethics into a more general theory, I will restrict my focus on the distinction between practical ethics and applied ethics. The first part of the paper summarizes ... -
The Home Office: Dream, Reality, and In-Between”
(2010-06-23)With rapid advances in information and telecommunication technologies, home-based telecommuting has become quite popular in recent years, especially among knowledge workers. Proponents claim several benefits for the ... -
Feminist Family Therapy: The Process of Writing a Women’s Studies Correspondence-Based Distance Course
(2010-06-23)This presentation will explore the process of writing a women’s studies correspondence-based distance course on Feminist Family Therapy, the third course written by these two authors. Along with the usual challenges of ... -
Making History Meaningful: The German Plays of Mieko Ouchi and Vern Thiessen
(2010-06-23)Alberta playwrights Mieko Ouchi and Vern Thiessen both explore the tragic consequences of a political expropriation of the creative imagination for nationalistic ends. Their “German” plays interrogate history in terms ... -
The Relevance of Utopia in a Globalized World”
(2010-06-23)J.M.G Le Clézio's latest novel "Ourania" (2006) ends with an affirmation by the narrator that Ourania (his imaginary utopian land) really existed and that his certainty comes from having seen the community of Campos, a ... -
1) Reclaiming the Self: An Alternative Model to Professional Development and 2) Career Practitioner Education: Past, Present, Future
(2010-06-23)1) What started as an attempt to establish a chapter of the CDAA evolved into something quite different. Not only did a chapter not become established but no guest speakers appeared in the 3-year period the group has been ... -
Computer Science: Where (and why) have all the women gone?
(2010-06-23)Like other post-secondary institutions in North America, Athabasca University has not been successful in either recruiting or retaining women to its Computing and Information Science programmes. The gradual decline in ... -
When Retailers are More Powerful
(2010-06-23)The long-term effects of promotions on sales are increasingly linked to the supposed shift of economic power within channels from manufacturers to retailers. However, formal knowledge about how they influence channel ... -
Making Content Connections: issues in the use of Print Versus Digital Course Content
(2010-06-23)Recent program changes in an online graduate program created questions regarding the delivery of materials in distance education programs. One hundred and thirty-seven students responded to a survey regarding the difference ... -
The Struggle for Rights at Work: Electrical Workers, Shop-Floor Action and Industrial Legality, 1940s-1960s
(2010-06-23)One of the central elements of post-World War II Canadian labour legislation is the ban on strikes and lockouts during the term of a collective agreement. Unions and employers are expected to settle any disputes over ... -
Virtual Stability: Constructing a Simulation Model”
(2010-06-23)After a discussion of the importance of stability and instability for complex systems theory we define the concept of virtual stability as a state in which a system employs self-monitoring and adaptive control to maintain ... -
An Intelligent System for Generating and Managing FAQs in Online Education
(2010-06-23)With the development of the Web, online course delivery is gaining its popularity everyday. But no matter how courses delivered, there is one thing that never changes in education. For students, they will have to get all ... -
Toward a Cree Understanding of Colonialism: A Teaching Model
(2010-06-23)It is a common truth that in order to understand were we are at today we need to understand how we got here—we need to understand our history. More than ever our youth need the understanding and empowerment that comes from ... -
The Heart of the Matter: Connecting with Clients on Antidepressants
(2010-06-23)This presentation is specifically intended for all counselors, in all practice setting, that work with depressed clients who take antidepressant medication or are potential candidates for this type of medication. However, ... -
Attended
(2010-06-23)My level of involvement include attending pre-forum workshops as listed above where those institutional and enrolment management topics would be taught, conference sessions where papers on the above-listed topics would be ... -
Attended
(2010-06-23)AU Library is currently implementing ERM as part of our Library system. Attendance and moderating the roundtable will help me know what is going on in other places and enable me to make changes in our system as ... -
Expanding Role for a Distance Education Lab Management System: Athabasca University Experience with Reagents Database
(2010-06-23)Ongoing research and development of a distance education lab management system has revealed new and unexpected potential. After teaching science labs in a print based mode for the past thirty plus years, the transition ... -
Attended
(2010-06-23)Canadian Association of University Business Officials annual conference. I have recently taken on the position of Administrative Officer for the MAIS program and, as such, this is my relevent Canadian professional ... -
Universalism as Production of the Same: St. Paul’s Path Through Law to Love
(2010-06-23)According to Giorgio Agamben, it is only through the lens of Walter Benjamin's "Messianic Marxism” that the truly revolutionary message of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans becomes apparent. In his The Time That Remains: A ... -
Social Justice and Career Development Practices
(2010-06-23)Through attending this workshop, participants will gain knowledge about the concept of social justice, how this concept is connected to cultural diversity and systemic influences on career development, and how career ...