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Athabasca River Basin Research Institute Repository: Enhancing open access, education and research
(2012-10-26)The Athabasca River Basin Research Institute (ARBRI) supports interdisciplinary research and knowledge transfer of the Athabasca River Basin, an area of more than 159,000 km2 that is distinct by its watersheds, lands, ... -
Athabasca University Library Comes of Age - A Case Study of Planning for and Coping with Change
(1986)A history of Athabasca University Library and how the department coped with a relocation from Edmonton to Athabasca, Alberta. -
Attended
(2010-06-23)This training opportunity is organized through COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries) and Statistics Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI), which provides access to Statistics Canada resources ... -
The Battle for Open
(2015-03-13)Open approaches in education have started to move into the mainstream, with the success of open access, MOOCs, and open scholarship approaches. After this initial success comes the period when the real direction of openness ... -
Bibliography of the Athabasca River Basin (BARB) Poster Presentation
(2011-04-27)An online, searchable bibliography of published materials relating to the Athabasca River Basin. BARB is intended to be a comprehensive resource for all researchers examining the Athabasca River Basin. A multidisciplinary ... -
Bibliography of the Athabasca river basin: a digital tool for knowledge building and open access
(ABC Copyright Forum, 2010)Athabasca University’s Athabasca River Basin Research Institute is developing a bibliography of the Athabasca River Basin (BARB) as a digital tool to promote knowledge building and information sharing. This highly ... -
The Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative
(2015-03-13)The Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative (AlbertaOER.com) aims to provide publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Alberta the opportunity to apply for funding to support the assembly, use, development, ... -
The Canadian Census: All You Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask!
(2011-03-09)Doug Kariel, Head, Technical Services & Systems, and Peggy Lynn MacIsaac, Reference Services Librarian, Library Services, will provide an overview of Canadian Census data, differentiating between what is available to the ... -
Canadian Library Association Presentation 2010, Further Resources
(2010-06-01)This is a bibliography of further resources for our CLA presentation, 2010 -
Collaborating on Electronic Course Reserves to Support Student Success
(Eleventh Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 2004-05-05)As we move into an era in which an increasing amount of information is available in digital form and more universities and colleges are providing distance education courses, electronic course reserves are becoming an ... -
Connecting with Geroge Siemens Part 1: Overview of Connectivism
(2011-11-23)Part 1 Discuses of basic concepts of Connectivism, the context in which the theory emerged and the implications and applications of the theory in teaching. regarding the future of Connectivism. -
Connectivism: Connecting with Geroge Siemens Part 1 (Elluminate Recording, Java Archive, .MP4 and .MP3)
(2010-11-23)Discussion of the basic concepts of Connectivism, the context in which the theory emerged and the implications and applications of the theory in teaching. -
Connectivism: Connecting with Geroge Siemens Part 1 (Transcript)
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Contribution of AU's e-Lab initiative to Open Access and OER Development
(2012-10-26)All universities have labs where research and teaching are conducted, where the physical tools of research and teaching are stored, where people get together to talk about their work and their ideas, and where the results ... -
Cost Savings and User Perceptions of OER
(2013-11-05)The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely ... -
Create mobile content using a mobile-friendly knowledge management system: The Athabasca University experience
(m-Libraries 2009, 2009)Very few knowledge management systems are mobile-friendly, resulting in limited access to content through mobile devices. Researchers and developers have put good effort into developing a mobile-friendly knowledge management ... -
Creating technology awareness among staff and faculty
(AACE, 2009)Rapid development and innovation of new technologies present many opportunities for improving learning. However, the fast rate of change, required technical aptitude, and available resources are barriers for people to adapt ... -
Designing a mobile device automatic detector to support mobile library systems
(Facet, 2010)Content providers cannot ensure that digital material will be reformatted and accessed by any mobile device correctly due to mobile device limitations. A mobile device automatic detector can provide accurate information ... -
Ed.D. Orientation, 2012
(2012-08-15)