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Edmonton’s Social Enterprise Fund
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the development of the Edmonton Social Enterprise Fund. -
EDPS 672 Issues in Postsecondary Education
(2011-05-03)This course examines the challenges and opportunities posed by the complex environments in which postsecondary institutions operate. Various theoretical lenses will be used to study such aspects of colleges and universities ... -
EduBlogs as Metaphor
(2010-04-21)This presentation will discuss a number of recent case studies, contrast examples of private and public edublogs, and explore issues such as learner and instructor roles and responsibilities, learner choices, ethical ... -
The Educational Semantic Web: Visioning and Practicing the Future of Education
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Educational Social Software
(2011-03-09)A new genre of net based tools that are designed to support social connections, among students. They usually include blogging, profiling, filtering, and cooperative learning tools. Through discussion and demonstration ... -
Educational technology: what it is and how it works
(Springer, 2021-04-03)This is the submitted version of the paper, published with corrections in AI&Society. This theoretical paper elucidates the nature of educational technology and, in the process, sheds light on a number of phenomena in ... -
eduSource Canada: learning object repositories & m-learning
(mLearn 2004, 2004-07)This presentation will explain the concept of learning objects and metadata and introduce the eduSource suite of tools, applicable for mobile learning. Learning objects are enabled and made interoperable using mobile and ... -
Edusource: Canada's Learning Object Repository Network
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2004)An alliance of Canadian Universities and government agencies pooled their resources to establish a network to share and combine Learning Objects from a variety of sources and further develop this technology. In the process, ... -
eduSource: Creating learning object repositories in Canada
(IEEE Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF) Newsletter, 2003-01)EduSource is a comprehensive project that ties together various work packages and creates synergies between its partners and associates. All of the partners are Canadian organizations and meaningful work will be carried ... -
The effect of a pre-course orientation handbook on student persistence in undergraduate online courses
(2011-05-11)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not orientation for new online students presented in a pre-course handbook would impact student persistence. In this sequential mixed-methods quasi-experimental study ... -
Effect of Dietary Beta-Carotene on Hepatic Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes in Mice
(Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 1987)The effects of dietary supplements of beta-carotene (20-500 mg per kg diet) on hepatic microsomal drug-metabolizing enzyme activities were studied in mice. Supplementation for 14 days resulted in marked reductions in ... -
The Effect of Group Interaction, Study Schedule, Tutor Support and Student Attributes on Persistence and Achievement in Distance Education
(2006-05-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem of high non-completion rates of students enrolled in undergraduate distance education courses. Attrition rates had always been an issue for educational institutions ... -
Effect of high fat and nutrient depleted diets on colon tumor formation in mice.
(Cancer Letters, 1987)We investigated the effect of high fat and nutrient depleted diets on the formation of colon tumors in female Swiss mice treated with 1,2- dimethylhydrazine (DMH). Mice received the following diets: control diet (laboratory ... -
The Effect of Machine Virtualization on the Environmental Impact of Desktop Environments
(2009-04-17)Through the course of this paper two important and recently prominent ideas in computing science are assessed in terms of their combined potential to provide responsive and environmentally responsible alternatives to ... -
The effect of web survey design features on user response.
(2002-01-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of two web survey designs on the response time of novice and of expert computer users. This thesis replicated two studies: (1) Dillman, Tortora, Conradt, and Bowker ... -
Effective SQL Injection Attack Reconstruction Using Network Recording
(2011-11-18)Utilizing the location-awareness of mobile devices in developing innovative mobile application system has attracted much attention of academic researchers and commercial application developers. Location-based mobile learning ... -
Effective Teaching Behaviours in Using High Fidelity Simulation
(2011-12-15)The use of high fidelity human patient simulation is increasing in nursing education programs. Simulation is used to help enhance students’ problem solving abilities, facilitate psycho-motor, communication and assessment ... -
The Effective Use of Synchronous Classes within an Online Graduate Program: Building upon an Interdependent System
(2008-06-06)In this presentation, Janet Groen, Janet Tworek, and Maria Soos-Gonczol will discuss the implementation of effective synchronous voice communication sessions within a graduate level university program in education from the ... -
Electricity Market Reforms in Alberta: A Preliminary Assessment
(2010-06-23)Alberta, Canada attempted to introduce competition into wholesale electricity markets in the late 1990s. In 2000/01 wholesale prices skyrocketed. Price rose as high as prices did in California, at the same time, and stayed ...