Browsing by Issue Date
Now showing items 1421-1440 of 2001
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Mobile Learning: Solutions & Challenges
(2011-02-01)In this session, Marguerite Koole, Fatma Elsayed Meawad, and Inge de Waard will describe two mobile learning projects: 1. A project piloting a Java-based system called “MobiGlam”. Through MobiGlam, students accessed ... -
Students Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education: Face-to-face and at a Distance
(2011-02-01)Using a unique online approach to data gathering, students were asked to isolate the characteristics they believe are essential to effective teaching at the university level. An open-ended online survey was made available ... -
2010 State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada
(2011-02-01)This presentation will focus on the 2010 State of the Nation - the third annual survey of K-12 distance education in Canada. This year’s report documents similar trends in the regulation of K-12 distance education from ... -
Open Education Resources (OER) for assessment and credit for students project: Towards a logic model and plan for action
(Athabasca University, 2011-03)The Open Education Resource (OER) for assessment and credit for students initiative aims to develop a “parallel learning universe” to augment and add value to existing post-secondary education provision by creating flexible ... -
Farmers Markets, Local Food Systems and the Social Economy: A Thematic Literature Review
(2011-03-01)Alternative food systems, often drawing heavily on local and ‘embedded’ markets, have emerged as a response to the dissipating connection between food systems and ecological systems brought about by the globalization trend. ... -
Interview with Dr. Mohamed Ally
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Elluiminate Webconferencing in the Distributed University
(2011-03-09)Elluminate is the leading provider of live Web conferencing and eLearning solutions for the real-time organization. Serving corporate and academic sectors, the company ensures the best user experience through superior ... -
AU Research Ethics Processes
(2011-03-09)Why do we have a Research Ethics Board (REB)? Where can research ethics training and resources be found? Do we have expedited review? What is "AU Institutional Permission", and when is it needed? Dr. Patrick Fahy, REB ... -
Understanding How Manufacturers and Retailers Use Sales Promotion
(2011-03-09)Do promotions increase or reduce retail prices in the long run? Long-term effects of promotions on sales and brand goodwill are well documented in marketing literature. However, knowledge about how best to integrate these ... -
Educational Social Software
(2011-03-09)A new genre of net based tools that are designed to support social connections, among students. They usually include blogging, profiling, filtering, and cooperative learning tools. Through discussion and demonstration ... -
Online Course Innovations: The "Great Debate" & "MBA Orientation"
(2011-03-09)The MBA Orientation has undergone dramatic changes to better meet new students' needs in an online environment. "The Great Debate" has also been introduced as an online activity in some of the MBA courses. Both innovations ... -
Speeding Return of Student Assignments
(2011-03-09)Presenting results of recent Mission Critical Research which evaluated five technologies, AU's Dr. Robert Holmberg (Professor, Biology) and Konrad Michalski (Instructional Media Designer) will discuss options for returning ... -
Using Online Interactive Tutorials in Teaching Psychology and Neuroscience
(2011-03-09)The importance of technology and instructional design in distance education and online learning are highlighted in a demonstration of a unique learning environment where students can interactively explore fundamental ... -
mLearning: Theory and Practice
(2011-03-09)Is there any substance to the current hype about mobile learning? Marguerite Koole (Instructional Media Analyst) will discuss how mobile devices enable access to a rich environment of information and people, thereby ... -
Youth and the WTO
(2011-03-09)AU helped sponsor the YouthInside project to bring youth involvement to the World Trade Organization (WTO) 6th Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong in December, 2005. With project goals being to educate, inspire, and engage ... -
E-Learning Strategies with Emergent Semantic Web Services
(2011-03-09)Key features and benefits of using a semantic web in e-learning systems, along with the technology and non-technology challenges of developing semantic web based learning object services, will be examined by Dr. Xiaokun ... -
Everything…You Always Wanted to Know About PLAR...and More
(2011-03-09)Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition is a service to AU's adult and mature learners. The usefulness of PLAR as a tool is enhanced by understanding its as a learning activity rather than just an accreditation process. ... -
Women & Distance Education: Issues and Perspectives
(2011-03-09)In North America, where the majority of Distance Education (DE) learners are female, women face a multitude of barriers and challenges, the effects of which can result in undue stress and attrition in DE programs. Dr. ... -
Digital Libraries: Finding your way in the electronic labyrinth
(2011-03-09)AU Library's Kay Johnson, Head, Reference & Circulation Services, and Elaine Magusin, Reference Services Librarian, will be your guides to navigating through online information. The presenters will provide a tour of some ... -
AU's Write Site
(2011-03-09)The AU Write Site's action plan to improve student writing skills includes provision of an assessment tool to determine students' current writing levels so they can register for appropriate writing courses. Coaching with ...