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Transboundry Peace Parks: Conservation, Collaboration and National Security
(2010-06-23)
In 2004, the Nobel Peace prize was awarded to a Kenyan activist who is a leader in Africa’s anti-corruption, environmental, and women’s movement. In doing so, the Nobel Committee redefined the concept of peace to emphasize ...
Electricity Market Reforms in Alberta: A Preliminary Assessment
(2010-06-23)
Alberta, Canada attempted to introduce competition into wholesale electricity markets in the late 1990s. In 2000/01 wholesale prices skyrocketed. Price rose as high as prices did in California, at the same time, and stayed ...
Must I Transform to Learn? High-stakes Portfolio Assessment at Athabasca University
(2010-06-23)
In this presentation, we will examine the notion of transformation as it is experienced, or thought to be experienced, during the PLAR process. This discussion brings to the fore one of the tensions in PLAR practice that ...
Sharing the Journey: Being an Exemplary Role Model
(2010-06-23)
Nurses are constantly being observed. Patients, family members, students, and colleagues watch their actions and interpersonal interactions. Often nurses are role models potentially influencing the behaviors and attitudes ...
On the Notion ‘Practical Ethics’
(2010-06-23)
Although I am concerned to develop the idea of practical ethics into a more general theory, I will restrict my focus on the distinction between practical ethics and applied ethics. The first part of the paper summarizes ...
Trauma, Memory and Testimony: Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? And the Air India Inquiry
(2010-06-23)
“Trauma, Memory and Testimony: Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?and the Air India Inquiry.” On June 22, 1985 Air India Flight 182 exploded off the coast of Ireland, in what has been called by many “the worst act ...
Maintenance of Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors after a Randomized Trial
(2010-06-23)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the longer term effects of pedometers and print materials on changes in physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in breast cancer survivors that ...
Mobile-Literacy: Training Faculty to Use Mobile Devices for Online Learning
(2010-06-23)
Mobile-Literacy: training faculty to use mobile devices for online learning Online learning is a well established pedagogical practice in Canada. Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University, with its reputation in ...
Confessing Anger in the Late Middle Ages
(2010-06-24)
Wrath was one of the Seven Deadly Sins, a popular schema for moral instruction and the interrogation of penitents during confession. The emphasis given to either the social or spiritual aspects of the vice can indicate the ...
Enhancing Mobile Learning Delivery through Exploration of the Learner Experience
(2010-06-23)
M-Learning research at the School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) at Athabasca University has been directed at improving mobile device access to distance learning materials through improved device detection, ...