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Investigations about the Effects and Effectiveness of Adaptively for Students with Different learning Styles
(2009-11-27)
Considering learning styles in technology enhanced learning seems to be a promising concept for making learning easier for students. However, contradictory opinions exist on this issue. In this paper, we aim at investigating ...
Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures
(2009-07-31)
HARP 2009 – Toronto Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures This paper describes a project that addresses problems in the reconstruction of print culture history in former ...
QuizMASter – A Multi-Agent Game-Style Learning Activity
(2009-08-12)
This paper describes a research project in progress of developing a Multi-Agent System-based educational game QuizMASter for e-learning that would help students learn their course material through friendly competition. ...
Plant Communities and Diversity in Boreal Wooded Fens: An Ecoregional Perspective
(2009-07-06)
Ecoregions are increasingly being used as a framework for conservation planning. The Mid-Boreal Uplands Ecoregion stretches across western Canada from Manitoba to British Columbia. Within this Ecoregion (Manitoba to Alberta), ...
A Hermeneutic Study of Lived Hope among Older Adults Using Photography as Interview Prompt
(2009-10-21)
PURPOSE
Aging around the world is a topic that has received increasing attention over the past decade. As life expectancies increase, efforts are being directed towards understanding and facilitating successful aging. A ...
Parental Power in the Health Care System
(2009-04-27)
This session will be the presentation of a 1990s Parenting the Hospitalized Child, Stage Theory (which has, until now, never been presented or published) and a review of the research on parent/child centered care over the ...
Mobile Design: Interactive Multimedia to Support Learning and Teaching" and "Mobile Library: Connecting New Generations of Learners to the Library in the Mobile Age"
(2009-07-21)
1. Aim of the workshop: The Athabasca University Library has developed many mobile friendly websites and features to help our students access resources. These include an autodetect feature which displays either mobile or ...
A Canadian E-lection 2008? New Media and Political Competition
(2009-06-05)
The results of the research are an informative study of the specific use of new media in the Canadian national election of 2008 and provide comparative data for other national and provincial studies. This election may ...
Leadership in Open and Distance Higher Education
(2009-10-01)
Distributed leadership is a valuable concept in terms of aligning leadership theory to changing conditions in post-industrial society. Changing economic, global and demographic formulations certainly play a role in ...
E-Portfolios: A Viable Capstone Activity for Graduate Programs
(2009-06-05)
Abstract A pilot study was conducted to explore the use of e-portfolios as an alternative to the standard written and oral comprehensive examination process used in the Master of Distance Education (MDE)program at Athabasca ...