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Evaluating the Relative Efficiencies and Effectiveness of the Call Centre and Tutor Models of Learner Support at Athabasca University
(2009-06-17)
Athabasca University is Canada’s largest distance-based, open university. Its undergraduate courses are offered mostly by individualized learning. Students can register in courses at the start of any month. They can proceed ...
Female Viewers
(2009-06-12)
This paper presents findings of an experiment conducted with female college students to assess the effects of TV commercials and movie entertainment segments that feature stereotypical ( pro-thin) and realistic-looking ...
Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses
(2009-06-15)
Purpose - The topic of this paper is the facilitation of a culture of community in online courses using selected interactive teaching strategies such as photovoice, conceptual quilting, and online point-counterpoint debates. ...
A Diffusion-approximation Approach to Model Self-organization of Nuclear Proteins
(2009-06-29)
The existence of domains within the cell nucleus enriched in specific proteins capable of moving randomly throughout the nucleoplasm has led to the biological conclusion that the cell nucleus is dynamically and highly ...
The Terroir of Minority Canadian Theatre: Resisting Acclimatization
(2009-06-08)
Individually and collectively, visible minority theatre artists in Canada dramatize their distinctiveness and their differences through the stories they tell. Their need to express their “terroir” may be impelled by a ...
Dealing with Reviewers' Comments
(2009-06-11)
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Markers for Navigating the New Waters of Post-Secondary Education
(2009-06-12)
Alberta’s post-secondary system is constantly changing, and students have more choice than ever before in choosing a post-secondary program. They also have increasing options for where their studies and previous experience ...
Innovation Through Convention? Building Consensus for RPL Practice in Canadian Universities
(2009-06-16)
Dramatic changes in the last several years, marked by the advent of a globalized economy and attendant technological innovations, have thrust us from industrial to conceptual thinking, engendering an era of instant ...
A Canandian E-lection 2008? Online Media and Political Competition
(2009-06-16)
This paper examines the use and impact of internet submedia on the 2008 Canadian federal election. Based on content analysis of party and candidate use of different internet submedia during the campaign, combined with ...
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 ...