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Now showing items 1071-1090 of 2001
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Location-Based Learning Management System for Adaptive Mobile Learning
(2014-01-16)E-learning and distance learning are all forms of learning that take place outside of a traditional learning environment and can be alternatives for learners who are not able to study in a traditional environment for various ... -
Lomax on Canadian Folk Music
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Looking again at current practice in project management
(Emerald, 2011)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a survey designed to: capture the “real world” experiences of people active in project management (PM) in Australia, Canada and the UK; determine the extent ... -
Lost in social space: Information retrieval issues in Web 1.5
(Journal of Digital Information, 2009-01)This paper is concerned with the application of Web 2.0 technologies within a conventional institutional learning setting. After considering the affordances of Web 2.0 technologies vs Web 1.0 technologies and a framework ... -
Lost in Transmission: Contextual Variation in Chimpanzee Pant Hoots and its Implications for Referential Communication in Primates
(2011-03-29)Pant hoots are the species-typical 'loud' call used by chimpanzees to communicate over long distances. Some previous studies have explored the possibility that there are acoustically distinct subtypes of pant hoots that ... -
LPN to BN nurses: Introducing a new group of potential health care leaders
(e-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership, 2010)Vocationally educated Licensed Practical Nurses are seldom viewed as potential leaders in health care organizations. And yet, transformational leadership practices were evident as Licensed Practical Nurses graduated from ... -
Lucy Broadwood and English Folksong: the Early Years
(2011-03-29)Lucy E. Broadwood was closely involved with the first English Folksong Revival from the late 1880s until her death in 1929. An accomplished singer and pianist, Broadwood was an important folksong collector who also served ... -
Luminescence Dating Technique Contributions to Geological Research: Hondo-Smith Case Study
(2011-03-09)"Describing the principles behind the luminescence dating technique, which is currently being applied to research on wind deposited dune structures, Dr. Ken Munyikwa, Asst. Prof., Earth Science, Centre for Science, will ... -
Luminescence profiling of postglacial eolian dunes in central and northern Alberta using a portable OSL reader
(2011-11-02)Regular luminescence dating is a lengthy procedure that entails elaborate sample preparation as well as multiple measurements to arrive at an age of a given sample. In practice, not all samples that may appear datable in ... -
Lunch with the theorists: A clinical learning activity
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m-learning for work based apprentices:- A report on trials undertaken to establish learning portfolios
(2007-10-05)This paper reports on ongoing work that is being completed on developing a mlearning delivery package for apprentice bakers. These include: - a report on trials of formative assessment questions using the mass text ... -
MA in Community Development: Recommendations for the University of Victoria
(2010-09-25)This project report describes research conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and the University of Victoria. The project gathered information about the educational needs of people ... -
Maintenance of Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors after a Randomized Trial
(2010-06-23)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the longer term effects of pedometers and print materials on changes in physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in breast cancer survivors that ... -
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 ... -
Making Equitable Education in Rural China through Distance Education
(2011-03-29)China has made great strides toward universalizing basic education in rural areas over the past two decades, yet wide urban-rural and East-West disparities in schooling access and quality not only remain, but are growing. ... -
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 ... -
Making Inequality Visible in Management Education, the Academy and the Global Workplace
(2013-07-09)Neoliberalism The neoliberal argument is essentially an economic and political philosophy advocating free markets, deregulation, privatization of public assets, more unencumbered free trade, and less government “interference” ... -
Making Sense of Complexity in Open Information Environments
(2011-10-27)In the pursuit of openness, the cognitive experience of the learners and educators are often overlooked. Open educational resources present fragmented views of topics: a TedTalk video here, an Open Yale lecture there, an ... -
Malawian health care workers perceptions of volunteer midwives
(Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice, 2007)This article discusses a qualitative research project that explored Malawian health care workers' feelings towards western trained volunteer midwives. The project was framed from a constructivist theoretical perspective ...