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Now showing items 1875-1894 of 2001
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The University, Accountability, and Market Discipline in the Late 1990s
(Electronic Journal of Sociology, 1998)The academy, like many public and private institutions before it, has been colonised by the discourses of consumerism, efficiency, and market discipline. By now it is a familiar trend and, as many countries have experienced ... -
Unleashing Local Capital: Project Evaluation Report
(2016-06-14)Unleashing Local Capital (ULC) was initiated and is managed by the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA). The project empowers rural Alberta communities to invest locally, direct their own economic development ... -
Untranslatable Texts and Literary Problems
(Canadian Comparative Literature Association, 2021-03-01)Over the past decade, debates about the role of translations in studies focused on Comparative Literature have grown. Questions of self-translation and untranslatable texts have also been added to this discourse. The aim ... -
Use of a computer controlled spectrophotometer in home chemistry experiments
(2012-11-15)Home lab experiments in general chemistry often involve simple chemical manipulations, general chemical observations, and measurements of volume and mass. A mass balance is often the most complex piece of lab equipment ... -
Use of Linguistic Qualifiers and Intensifiers in a Computer Conference
(The American Journal of Distance Education, 2002)Previous research in text-based computer conferencing has reported that analysis of transcripts of online discussions can reveal how participants network socially, exchange information, and attempt to construct knowledge. ... -
Use of Mobile Learning Technology to Train ESL Adults” at the 6th World Conference on Mobile Learning
(2010-06-23)The Mobile learning ESL Project provides anyone needing assistance with remedial grammar to complete interactive lessons and exercises so that they can improve themselves to function in the workplace. Students can brush ... -
Use of the Bales model for analysis of small group communications in the analysis of interaction in computer-based asynchronous conferences
(International Assocation of Science and Technology for Development, 2004)Examination of online, text-based interaction in computer conferences (CMC), for patterns and processes first detected in the early 1950s in face-to-face groups, showed some similarities, and several differences. ... -
The Use of Whiteboards in Synchronous Online Drop-In Tutorials in Distance Delivered Courses
(2008-03-14)Online whiteboard technology has seen limited application in the practice of distance education. This technology is particularly suited to disciplines that are communicated and taught visually and symbolically, which ... -
Uses of published research: An exploratory case study
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013-01)Academic publications are too often ignored by other researchers. There are various reasons: researchers know that conclusions may eventually be proved wrong; publications are sometimes retracted; effects may decline ... -
Using 3D Virtual Worlds: Engaging AU Learners & Providing Social Support
(2011-03-09)Demonstrating how an avatar-based 3-D learning environment can more fully engage AU learners in their online educational experience Dr. David Annand, Gunnar Schwede, Gabriela Husch and Marguerite Koole will showcase a ... -
Using 3D Virtual Worlds: Engaging Learners and Providing Social Support
(2008-02-15)Demonstrating how an avatar-based 3-D learning environment can more fully engage learners in their online educational experience, the volunteer team of developers from Athabasca University will showcase a prototype of a ... -
Using 3D virtual worlds: engaging learners and providing social support
(Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research (CIDER), 2008)Demonstrating how an avatar-based 3-D learning environment can more fully engage learners in their online educational experience, the volunteer team of developers from Athabasca University will showcase a prototype of a ... -
Using a Design-Based Research Study to Identify Principles for Training Instructors to Teach Online
(IRRODL, 2013)Within the overall framework of design-based research, this paper reports on a study that focused on evaluating an online training course for online instructors. This intervention was designed as a possible solution to the ... -
Using Constructivism in Technology-Mediated Learning: Constructing Order out of the Chaos in the Literature
(Radical Pedagogy, 1999)There are a variety of epistemological positions underlying constructivism learning theory in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to identify and categorize the positions of constructivism learning theories, ... -
Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures
(2009-08-04)HARP 2009 – Toronto Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures This paper describes a project that addresses problems in the reconstruction of print culture history in former ... -
Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures
(2009-07-31)HARP 2009 – Toronto Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures This paper describes a project that addresses problems in the reconstruction of print culture history in former ... -
Using Games, Mobile and Wireless Environments to Construct Meaningful and Motivating LearningTwo Cases: Adventure in the Castle of Oulu (1651) and Virtual Snellman (1822)
(2007-10-17)The traditional notion of a learning environment has expanded to cover virtual spaces. Today, these virtual learning environments are often network-based and readily wireless accessible to a certain group of students. ... -
Using home-laboratory kits to teach general chemistry
(Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 2007)University-level chemistry courses that contain a substantial laboratory component have always been a challenge to deliver effectively through distance education. One potential solution is to enable students to carry out ... -
Using home-laboratory kits to teach general chemistry
(Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 2007-06-08)University-level chemistry courses that contain a substantial laboratory component have always been a challenge to deliver effectively through distance education. One potential solution is to enable students to carry out ... -
Using mathematical modelling to understand the role the linker histone dynamics in DNA packaging
(2013-03-05)Nuclear proteins responsible for DNA packaging during the interphase of the cell cycle are highly mobile and their dynamics have a strong influence in the organization of the chromatic structure (DNA and associated proteins). ...