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Now showing items 1723-1742 of 2001
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Story Not (Yet) My Own: First World War Correspondence and Prosthetic Memory
(2011-06-29)In this paper I will explore the role of material culture in the convergence of narrative and memory with specific reference to a family archive of World War I letters and photos. I take as my jumping off point Michele ... -
A Strategic Mismatch: The Implications of Home Ownership Strategies for CED
(Making Waves, 2006)Affordable housing has been central to strategies of neighborhood renewal since the 1960s. But the push in federal policy away from community or co-operative initiatives in the mid 90’s and towards individual home ownership ... -
Strategic uses of CALL: What learners use and how they react
(Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2003)This paper outlines the findings of a two-year evaluation of learner use of software tools in a multimedia software package for teaching Indonesian listening comprehension and culture. This software package was introduced ... -
Strategies of subcellular fractionation suitable for analysis of peroxisomes and microperoxisomes of animal tissues.
(International Journal of Biochemistry, 1983)Strategies of subcellular fractionation are reviewed from the perspective of their utility in the analysis of peroxisomes. The considerable potential inherant in the method of rate dependent banding In zonal rotors is ... -
Strategy For Structures: Lessons In Community & Regional Economic Development
(Making Waves, 2000)The current distribution of power between local, regional, and national governments often runs contrary to common sense as well as economic reality. There is no cut-and-dried solution. But research into recent experience ... -
The Structure of Belief
(2012-04-04)Beliefs play a significant role in most of the work we do with clients as career practitioners. This session will examine beliefs and belief structures historically and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint although the main ... -
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 ... -
Student and Faculty Outcomes of Undergraduate Science Research Projects by Geographically Dispersed Students
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Education, 2013-12)Senior undergraduate research projects are important components of most undergraduate science degrees. The delivery of such projects in a distance education format is challenging. Athabasca University (AU) science project ... -
Student experiences with computer mediated conferencing: a case study.
(2000-01-01)Computer conferencing provides students with the opportunity to interact with each other and with the instructor with greater ease and more flexibility than ever before. The literature indicates that conferencing was ... -
Student learning style and asynchronous computer-mediated conferencing.
(American Journal of Distance Education, 2005-01)Abstract: This paper describes a study of the relationship between learning style, as measured by the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and online communication behavior, as measured by analysis of transcripts of CMC ... -
Student Perceptions of Teaching Presence, Social Presence, and Cognitive Presence in a Virtual World
(Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 2011-09)Presence - or having a sense of active participation - in distance education has increased with the expanding use of and affordances of communications technologies. Virtual worlds have been on the forefront of popular ... -
Student Publications at Athabasca University
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Student Satisfaction with Library Services: Results of Evaluation Using Focus Groups
(Eighth Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1998-04-22)This paper presents the findings of focus group survey of Athabasca University students. Using teleconference, three sessions with students across Canada were conducted. Students report a high level of statisfaction with ... -
Student Services In A Networked World
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Student-Student Interaction In An Online Continuing Professional Development Course: Testing Anderson's Equivalency Theorem
(2011-05-11)Continuing education programs for laboratory professionals benefit from the creation of a community of inquiry which encourages students to think critically and learn deeply. Student-student interactions are an essential ... -
Students on the fly: Preliminary data from a year‐long
(2007-10-17)As part of an ongoing, year‐long ethnographic study on laptop adoption and usage, selected families, young professionals, and students in Tempe Arizona and the Puget Sound area in Washington State have been given some form ... -
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 ... -
Students with Disabilities in Distance Education: Characteristics, Course Enrollment and Completion, and Support Services
(Journal of Distance Education, 2004)This study describes the characteristics, enrollment, and completion rates of students with disabilities and the support services they received over a three-year period. Between 1998 and 2001 a total of 604 students with ... -
Students with disabilities: Their experience and success at Athabasca University
(IDCE/CADE Conference, 2002)Preliminary findings of a study examining the experience and success of Athabasca University students with disabilities, over a three-year period, are presented in this session. Student characteristics, including the ... -
Students’ Motivation to Succeed in First-Year University Mathematics: The Role of Mathematics Self-Concept, Self-Efficacy, and Demographic Factors
(2012-11-15)Mathematics is an indispensable, core academic discipline. Mathematics, English, and Science are the core subjects required for first-year university admission. An important educational research is the motivation to succeed ...