Research: Recent submissions
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Student Publications at Athabasca University
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13th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Conference
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Mobile Self Efficacy in Canadian Nursing Education Programs
(2011-03-30)The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ... -
Modeling Service Choreographies with Rule-enhanced Business Processes
(2011-03-30)The research community has so far mainly focused on the problem of modeling of service orchestrations in the domain of service composition, while modeling of service choreographies has attracted less attention. The following ... -
Multipoint Observations of the Large Substorm Associated with the Galaxy 15 Anomaly
(2011-03-30)On April 5, 2010 around 09 UT, the NOAA Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) observed a large reconfiguration of the magnetospheric magnetic field in the midnight to dawn local time sector. Specifically, ... -
CAMEG – A Multi-Agent Based Context-Aware Mobile Educational Game for On-the-Job Training
(2011-03-30)This presentation will report the research findings of the Alberta-North/Athabasca University research project, entitled “Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Aboriginal and Low-Literacy Learners in Northern Communities”. ... -
Demography, Diet and Range Size in a Population of Black-handed Spider Monkey's
(2011-03-30)#1 Studies of wild Ateles geoffroyi yucatensis have occurred, or are ongoing in Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica, but no sites have been established in Belize. Across study sites, group composition, average sub-group ... -
Sea Songs from Two Oceans: A Comparative Analysis of Maritime Songs from the Coasts of Yorkshire and British Columbia
(2011-03-30)Yorkshire folksong collector Frank Kidson did most of his fieldwork during the last two decades of the Victorian era. The fruits of his labours during the 1880s found expression in his pioneering collection Traditional ... -
A New Era in Distance Education
(2011-03-30)2) A New Era in Distance Education Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes, Associate Professor of Distance Education at AU, is co-editor with Dr. D. Randy Garrison of the University of Calgary, of a new book, An Introduction to ... -
2010 American Library Association Annual Conference
(2011-03-30)ALA's annual conference provides opportunities to attend over 300 educational programs on a variety of hot topics, provides networking opportunities through committee meetings and events, and allows librarians to keep up ... -
Warhol Wild: Applied Colour Theory Course
(2011-03-30)The Pop Art movement and the iconic themes of Andy Warhol have opened up many doors to the joyous notions of colour and have allowed it to move beyond the boundaries of tradition. The wild experiments of the colour field ... -
The Sherbrooke School of Comparative Canadian Literature
(2011-03-30)In the 1970s some academics and creative writers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec developed a new approach to the study of Canadian literature in both English and French which went on to have a profound influence ... -
We Know More Than You Think! What do we know about the student experience? What draws students to Athabasca University?
(2011-03-30)Dr. Nancy Parker, Director, Institutional Studies, will present key trends for Athabasca University learners and support services. Discussion will include benchmarking surveys, highlighting data obtained from a number of ... -
"Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): Where are they now?"
(2011-03-30)1. How narcissism has been conceptualized throughout our recorded history, 2. When and why the narcissistic shift in our society began, 3. Why the DSM-5 study group has eliminated NPD from its official list of personality ... -
Capitalizing the Beauties: Cultural Institutions, Tourism and Art in Alberta
(2011-03-30)Avant-garde art movements, extension education programs and public museums all have histories of attempting to dissolve institutional barriers, both literal and otherwise, between the arts and humanities and everyday life. ... -
Food Prices in South Africa: Why Most People Can't Afford to Eat a Healthy Diet
(2011-03-30)Foods with a high content of fat, sugar, and refined cereals are typically cheap but are poor in nutrients and heavy with calories. By contrast, such foods as fish, vegetables, and fruit are richer in nutrients but are ... -
Boreal Fends & Plants: Conservation from an Ecoregional Perspective.
(2011-03-29)Ecoregions are large areas of land and water that contain a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. They are increasingly being used as a framework for conservation planning across the globe. Within a ... -
Evaluating La Francophone: Myths and Realities
(2011-03-29)"At the moment, French seems to be engaged in a losing battle against American English in the world. To fight this trend, a multinational group of some 44 authors who write in French, have proposed, in a manifesto/, /the ... -
Social Networking and Political Activism: The Great Canadian Copyright Fight - Over or Not?
(2011-03-29)In 2007 and 2008 there was a hard fought campaign against proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act, changes which would have privileged producers and owners of copyright over users. Particularly notable about the ... -
The Mining Songs of British Columbia: Exploring the P.J. Thomas Collection
(2011-03-29)Phil Thomas, who sadly passed away two years ago, was the foremost folksong collector in British Columbia. His collection is unfortunately not very well known outside his native province but it includes a wealth of items ...