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Conversational Agents and Learning Outcomes: An Experimental Investigation
(2010-06-22)An experimental approach was used to compare two types of web interfaces (standard web page vs. conversational agent) to course content on the life and theories of Jean Piaget. The content in each interface was identical ... -
Converting Print-Based Course Materials for Online Delivery
(2010-08-04)As part of an ongoing effort to move from print-based, distance-delivered course materials to online delivery, Athabasca University is undertaking to convert files stored in an SGML-based print publishing system to XHTML-based ... -
Coop Housing Futures: A Spatial Design Research Approach: Research Project Overview
(2009-11-25)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA action research project (A7) linked to a spatial design research approach working with a ... -
Cooperative Buyer-Supplier Relationships: The Missing Link
(2013-07-09)This study examines organizational culture as a strategic determinant of cooperative buyer–supplier relationships. While historically, organizations sought lowest-bid solutions by having suppliers compete against one ... -
Coordinating Autonomous Agents For Force Protection Using Contract Nets
(2010-06-23)The survivability of a naval surface combatant depends largely on the effective management of combat resources. In terms of platform-centric self-protection, situation assessment strategies and engagement policies governing ... -
Coordinating Networked Learning Activities with a General-Purpose Interface
(2007-10-05)Classrooms equipped with wirelessly networked tablets and handhelds can engage students in powerful collaborative learning activities that are otherwise impractical or impossible. However, the system must fulfill certain ... -
Coping self-efficacy mediates the influence of generalized control beliefs on physical activity behavior and intentions to be active: A population based sample
(2014-01-16)Generalized beliefs about one’s control are thought to affect behaviors and behavioral intentions (BI). We sought to examine how a sense of mastery and constraints contribute to a specific control belief, exercise self-efficacy ... -
A Corporate View of Mobile Learning
(2007-10-18)In the corporate training environment, acquisition of new skills by employees through training is critically important. This obviously implies that practice-based training programs that enable employees to internalize, ... -
Counsellor and Practicum Supervisor Critical Incidents in the Development of Multicultural and Social Justice Competency
(2014-01-16)In many countries, counselling psychology has increasingly attended to the diverse needs of clients within multicultural societies. In North America, emphasis has been placed on nondominant populations, whose experiences ... -
Cracking the Code: Towards a Semiotic Understanding of Twitter and Its Use by Media Fans
(2013-07-09)Since Twitter joined the social media club in 2006, its use has increased steadily, particularly since 2009 (Deller 2011). Although it has received a lot of attention in the traditional media because of its use in relation ... -
Crafting Sustainable Development: A Case Study Of Maine's Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
(Making waves, 1999)What do community economic development practitioners have to learn from environmentalists? What does environmentalism stand to gain from CED? By implementing a multi-dimensional concept of sustainability, Coastal Enterprises, ... -
Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses
(2009-07-31)Title – Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses Margaret Edwards, Ph.D,, R.N. & Beth Perry, Ph.D., R.N. Purpose – This presentation focuses on the facilitation of a culture of community in online courses using ... -
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. ... -
Creating a Social Economy Community of Practice: The BALTA Experience
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2011-05-11)The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a community-university research partnership that was established in 2006 to undertake research to better understand and strengthen the social economy in Alberta ... -
Creating a Social Support Environment
(2011-05-03)Join a team of 1,600 IT service and technical support MVPs as they face off against today’s most pressing service and support challenges. Only HDI’s IT service and technical support conference, with its expansive resources, ... -
Creating an Inter-Organizational Electronic Health Record in Kibera – Challenges and Solutions
(2013-07-09)Electronic health records (EHR) are widely seen to hold great potential for improving health outcomes in the Global South. This research-in-progress paper looks at the creation of an inter-organization EHR in Kibera, the ... -
Creating an “Invitational Classroom” in the Online Educational Milieu
(2011-08-25)Parker Palmer, a scholar who studied effective face-to-face teaching, introduced the term the “invitational classroom” (1993, p. 71). In particular Palmer emphasized that “an air of hospitality” facilitated the inviting ... -
The Creative Writer and Political Engagement
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Credit Unions and the Rural Social Economy
(2010-06-04)This research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explored the unique role of credit unions related to financing the social economy and contributing to rural revitalization. Several case ... -
Credit Unions and the Social Economy: Being Competitive and Building Capacity
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-09)The credit union sector occupies a significant place in both Alberta and British Columbia and credit unions are a prominent element of the social economy in the two provinces. This report examines the results of research ...