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    • AblePlayer and the Digital Reading Room 

      Elliott, Colin (AUFA Equity Colloquium, 2017)
      AblePlayer is being implemented in the DRR as an accessible way to embed videos across courses using DRRs. This player supports audio and video playback, keyboard controls, closed captioning, live transcripts, adjustable ...
    • Attended 

      MacIsaac, Peggy Lynn (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 ...
    • AUSpace Rebooted 

      Elliott, Colin (Open Access Week, 2017)
      Learn about Athabasca University's open access institutional repository, what it is, how to use it, and how it will benefit your research.
    • Bibliography of the Athabasca River Basin (BARB) Poster Presentation 

      Elliott, Colin (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 

      Elliott, Colin (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 Canadian Census: All You Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask! 

      Kariel, Doug; MacIsaac, Peggy Lynn (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 

      Unknown author (2010-06-01)
      This is a bibliography of further resources for our CLA presentation, 2010
    • Create mobile content using a mobile-friendly knowledge management system: The Athabasca University experience 

      Ally, Mohamed; Schafer, Steve; Guangbing, Yang; Geng, Hongxing; Tin, Tony; Elliott, Colin (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 

      Elliott, Colin (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 

      Yang, Guangbing; Tin, Tony; Elliott, Colin; Hutchison, Maureen; McGreal, Rory (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 ...
    • The Digital Reading Room at Athabasca University 

      Elliott, Colin (Code4Lib Alberta, 2015)
      thabasca University Library has used a Digital Reading Room (DRR) to support courses for almost 10 years. While the old version of the DRR remained successful and functional, it was out of date and we embarked on a complete ...
    • Digitizing Documents on the Athabasca River Basin 

      Elliott, Colin (Athabasca River Basin Research Institute (ARBRI) Day, 2015)
      The Repository expands upon ARBRI’s existing bibliography by providing accessibility to an extensive body of research and scholarly information relating to the Athabasca River Basin by digitizing materials, such as ...
    • Ed.D. Orientation, 2012 

      Fabbro, Elaine (2012-08-15)
    • Empowering learners with mobile learning 

      Ally, Mohamed; Elliott, Colin; Woodburn, Tracey (ICT2010 Singapore, 2010)
      Anytime and anywhere learning is here with mobile learning. The use of mobile technologies will allow adult learners to access learning materials and support from anywhere and at anytime. Adult learners work full-time or ...
    • From m-library to mobile ESL: Athabasca University as an advocate for mobile learning 

      Ally, Mohamed; Tin, Tony; Elliott, Colin (m-Libraries 2007, 2007)
      Athabasca University (AU) library has taken an active role in advocating mobile learning within the institution and has been developing mobile friendly resources and services to cater to diverse learners since 2004. AU ...
    • Higher Education in Emergencies 

      MacIsaac, Peggy Lynn (2016-08-30)
      Outlines contexts and strategies for providing opportunities for people in fragile context to access higher education.
    • Information Literacy: Case Studies and Practices 

      MacIsaac, Peggy Lynn (2010-08-04)
      Athabasca University Library, Red Deer College Library, and the University of Alberta Libraries have developed and implemented collaborative curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction. Participants will learn ...
    • Innovation in workplace and language training; the Athabasca University mobile workplace project 

      Ally, Mohamed; Tin, Tony; Woodburn, Tracey; Elliott, Colin (ICT2010 Singapore, 2010)
      The need for studies on learning via mobile device, particularly how workplace and language training might be conducted, grows in importance, as more and more people become mobile device users. The Athabasca University ...
    • Libraries Providing Learner Support: The Collaboration Connection 

      Fabbro, Elaine (University of Wisconsin Madison, 2007)
      Collaboration is an essential component in providing learner support in the distance learning environment. It can be found in many different guises in academe, and may involve faculty, staff and librarians. This paper ...
    • Maximizing library presence while minimizing online maintenance 

      MacIsaac, Peggy Lynn (2011-04-08)
      This paper presents challenges and opportunities for an academic library to increasing its presence in an online learning management system (LMS). Successful examples from Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University ...


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