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Now showing items 561-580 of 2001
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Brain Food: How social enterprise can reshape the food system
(Making Waves, 2006)In a world of giant transnational corporations, the deck appears stacked against social enterprise in the food sectors. Getting some theory under their belts based on the idea of the social market and a commitment to ... -
Seeking the Recipe for Success in Distance Education: Lessons from a Nutrition Course
(2006)There is much debate as to how best to exploit the potential of the internet when designing distance education (DE) courses; the "formula for success" is still to be determined. In this Darwinian struggle for "market share" ... -
Population Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Government Policy
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Food items consumed by students attending schools in different socio-economic areas in Cape Town, South Africa
(Nutrition, 2006)Objective: We investigated the food consumption patterns of adolescent students at schools. Our findings are intended to reveal the overall nutritional quality of foods eaten by students at school, including foods brought ... -
Video-Conferencing with Audio Software
(The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006)An online conference is illustrated using the format of a TV talk show. The conference combined live audio discussion with visual images spontaneously selected by the moderator in the manner of a TV control-room director. ... -
Teaching & Research: Learning's Twin Poles
(2nd Canadian Summit on the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, 2006)One reason I wanted to be here today is because I have a nagging concern about the drive to incorporate research more explicitly into teaching. It’s reminiscent of the drive for "quality" education in schools, which ... -
Factors Affecting the Development and Use of Learning Objects
(The American Journal of Distance Education, 2006)This study explored barriers and facilitating factors affecting the development and use of learning objects in developing instructional materials and their use in supporting individualized learning. Over a two-month ... -
Women Entrepreneurs: Informal Learning and the Internet (Women Entrepreneurs' Perceptions of the Value of the Internet in Informal Learning - published title)
(Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2006)Thomas, P. & Moisey, S. (2006). Women entrepreneurs' perceptions of the value of the Internet in informal learning. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 19 (2), 183–202. -
Design Patterns for Complex Learning
(Journal of Learning Design, 2006)A complex view of learning recognises that learning cannot be pre-determined by teaching, but is as much defined by circumstances and context as pre-defined learning objectives. Learning designs that accept uncertainty ... -
Perceptions Of An Impending High Speed, Broadband Network: Anticipation And Anxiety Among K-12 Teachers, Technical Support Personnel, And Administrators
(Journal of Applied Educational Technology, 2006)The purpose of this study was to solicit educators’ perceptions of a high speed, broadband network being built in the Canadian province of Alberta, the Alberta SuperNet. We interviewed eight administrators, teachers, and ... -
Interaction In Learning And Teaching On The Educational Semantic Web
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Building Community Wealth
(Centre for Community Enterprise, 2006)This book was developed and tested as a resource to accompany a full-day workshop on Social Enterprise: Assessing Readiness and Getting Started in SE, which is part of the Development Wheel project. -
Facilitating help-seeking through student interactions in a WebCT online graduate study program
(Nursing and Health Sciences, 2006)This article discusses a qualitative research project that revealed how online health-care practitioners in a graduate studies program believe their primary source of help is other students in their class. The project ... -
Practical approaches in treating depression: Alleviating the debilitating symptoms of depression in LTC
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Creating a psychiatric mental health portfolio: An assignment that works
(Nurse Education in Practice Journal, 2006)Creating lively, engaging and reflection-oriented assignments for learners is an important area of focus for educators. The Center for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University in Canada offers a program for ... -
Mentoring online graduate students: Partners in scholarship
(Education for Primary Care, 2006)Mentoring graduate students toward scholarly research and writing activities has become an important area of focus for faculty at the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. ... -
Harvestmen
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Lunch with the theorists: A clinical learning activity
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Online Graduate Study of Health Care Learners' Perceptions of Instructional Immediacy
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006)Instructional immediacy is an established communication strategy that teachers can implement to create engaging learning environments. Yet, little is known about experiences distance education learners in graduate study ... -
Online Graduate Study Health Care Learners' Perceptions of Group Work and Helpful Instructional Behaviors.
(I-manager's Journal of Educational Technology, 2006)Participating in small group activities has emerged as a trend In online learning events. However, little is known about how graduate students experience online group work and what instructional behaviors are perceived ...