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Using Self-Efficacy to Assess the Readiness of Nursing Educators and Students for Mobile Learning
(International Review of Research on Open and Distance Education, 2012-06)The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what implications this technology has for their teaching and learning ... -
Using the debate as a teaching tool in the online classroom
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Using The Internet For Distance Education Delivery And Professional Development
(Open Praxis, 1994) -
Using Virtual Programming Lab for Web-based Distance Education
(2012-11-15)In Web-based distance education, our experience has shown that some courses are more challenging than others for both students and instructors when offered at a distance. Among those challenges, providing students with ... -
Using Web-Based, Group Communication Systems to Support Case Study Learning at a Distance
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002-10)This study explored the capacity of Web-based, group communication systems to support case-based teaching and learning. Eleven graduate students studying at a distance were divided into three groups to collaborate on a ... -
The utility of portable optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) readers in providing temporal contexts in clastic depositional systems: opportunities in geomorphology
(2014-01-16)The recent development ofa functional portable optically stimulated luminescence (POSL) readers has ushered in new opportunities in geomorphology. Although POSL readers do not necessarily provide absolute ages as in regular ... -
Utilizing Disruptive Technologies in the University: Confessions of an Agent Provocateur
(AACE, 1999-06)This paper overviews the programming and facilities at a large research University that is designed to assist faculty in maximizing their effective use of educational technologies. Different programs developed by a ... -
Vaclav Havel, Post-Modernism, and Modernity: The Implications for Adult Education in the West
(University of Saskatchewan., 1992) -
Validity Issues In Quantitative Computer Conference Transcript Analysis
(Educational Technology Research and Development, 2004)Over the past 15 years, educational technologists have been dabbling with a research technique known as quantitative content analysis (QCA). Although it is characterized as a systematic and objective procedure for describing ... -
Valuing perspectives: a grounded theory of mentoring in a distance education environment.
(2001-01-01)The majority of research on mentoring that has been conducted in academic, business, and health care settings involves examining supportive relationships that have been cultivated in a face-to- face environment. This thesis ... -
Vancouver Community Land Trust Foundation: Examining a model for long-term housing afordability
(2015-06-03)This case study examines the Vancouver Community Land Trust Foundation (Land Trust), a project being implemented in Vancouver, BC by a consortium of non-profit organizations, social finance1 institutions and the municipal ... -
Venture Capital for Social Enterprise: SCP's Approach to the Social Capital Market
(Making Waves, 2004)Like any venture capital organization, Social Capital Partners of Toronto has to separate "exciting ideas" from "worthwhile investments." But that's where the similarity ends. SCP is looking for partners with the will and ... -
Vernacular Song, Cultural Identity, and Nationalism in Newfoundland, 1920-1955
(Canadian Folk Music/Musique folklorique canadienne, 2006)Although a force in Newfoundland politics and culture, nationalist sentiment was not strong enough in 1948 to prevent confederation with Canada. The absence among many Newfoundlanders of a strong sense of belonging to an ... -
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. ... -
The view from here: Forward through the rear-view mirror
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The Virtual Conference: Extending Professional Education in Cyberspace
(International Jl. of Educational Telecommunications, 1996)This paper describes the use of Internet based tools to support professional interaction and education in a format known as the virtual conference. The paper discusses characteristics of the virtual conference and ... -
The Virtual Expanses of Canadian Popular Culture
(2011-03-09)Dr. Derek Briton, Associate Director, Centre for Integrated Studies, will provide an overview of the impact of virtual worlds—Massiviely Multiple Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs)—on Canadian popular culture, including ... -
Virtual platforms at Athabasca University
(2012-08-12)The Athabasca University environment includes a virtual media lab (the e-Lab) which is an integrated website platform for curriculum enhancement and development, social networking, and pedagogical and disciplinary research. ... -
Virtual Stability: Constructing a Simulation Model”
(2010-06-23)After a discussion of the importance of stability and instability for complex systems theory we define the concept of virtual stability as a state in which a system employs self-monitoring and adaptive control to maintain ...