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Have We Got an Adult Education Model for PLAR? Paper presentation at the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASE) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 31 - June 3, 2008
(2008-12-16)
Introduction and problem Having recently reviewed the edited collection by Per Anderson and Judy Harris Re-theorising the Recognition of Prior Learning (2006, Leicester, UK: NIACE) I was left wondering what specifically ...
Dene Understanding of the Land: On Habitats and Relationships, and Reflections on Change
(2008-05-22)
Northern Athapaskan speakers experience shifting ecological conditions over the seasons, and over longer periods of time. People travel, animals travel, caribou migration routes shift. Traditional knowledge of Dene is ...
Implications for Professional Practice of Assessing Prior Learning
(2008-06-09)
How can we certify career practitioners for practice while at the same time respecting the rich and wide diversity of career-related experience that applicants bring to the certification process? This session starts by ...
E-Tools and Teaching ESL Through Distance Education, paper presentation at the Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Canada 2008 Conference, May 29-31, 2008, Moncton, NB
(2008-12-16)
1. Symposium: Technology is becoming increasingly important in all language learning; in distance education, it plays a vital role. Athabasca University staff employ a variety of e-tools to help deliver effective language ...
NetPicoMAG: a low-cost fluxgate magnetometer for teaching and research
(2009-01-12)
Abstract of paper/presentation: netPicoMAG is a compact, low cost, networked fluxgate magnetometer. It is capable of detecting magnetic field vectors at 1 nanotesla, 1 sample per second resolution, and transmits real-time ...
“NetPICOMAG: a low-cost turn-key magnetometer for aurora detection”
(2009-01-20)
AN: SM43A-1686
TI: Solar Wind Influence on the Driven Electrojet System and the Magnetotail
AU: * Connors, M
EM: martinc@athabascau.ca
AF: Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, ...
“Implement and Deploy Mobile Learning in Open Universities-The Many Promises and Challenges Ahead,” presented at the E-Learn 2008 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education Conference, November 17-21, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
(2009-01-20)
Learn anywhere at anytime! This was once a dream but now the advancement of technology in computing and communication is making it a reality. In this paper, we are going to present frameworks for the implementation and ...
“Minimizing Attrition: Strategies for Assisting Students who are Considering Withdrawal”
(2009-01-12)
This presentation focuses on strategies to assist online graduate students who are considering withdrawing from their programs of study. It is based on research on factors influencing students’ decisions to withdraw (Perry ...
Using Online Interactive Tutorials In Teaching Psychology and Neuroscience at a Distance
(2009-02-18)
Science educators often struggle with means to effectively present content in order to optimize student understanding of difficult concepts. This holds true for typical classroom-based instruction, but especially so when ...
Scaling the pinnacle of art: learning vacations in Banff National Park, 1940s-1950s
(2009-04-17)
Typically targeted to well-educated, middle class older travellers, the market for learning tourism in Canada has grown significantly in recent years. Operators and conservation agencies in Banff National Park have expressed ...