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Economic and Social Satisfaction in Marketing Channels: The Impact of Influence Strategies in an African County
(2010-06-17)
This article seeks, among others, to empirically validate the theory proposed by Geyskens et al. (1999) on the impact of influence strategies on economic and social satisfaction in the context of an African Country. New ...
Food Adverts on Children's Programs on TV in South Africa
(2008-06-09)
Research in the U.S.A. since the early 1990s has shown that adverts that appear on children’s programs on TV are the antithesis of the recommended diet. They are mainly for fast foods and for foods rich in sugar and fat. ...
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 ...
SunGard Summit 2008 Final Report
(2008-05-01)
The SunGard Summit provides an opportunity for professionals to learn, discovery and explore the many ways that performance matters to the higher education institution, and join with other university colleagues, industry ...
The Struggle for Rights at Work: Electrical Workers, Shop-Floor Action and Industrial Legality, 1940s-1960s
(2010-06-23)
One of the central elements of post-World War II Canadian labour legislation is the ban on strikes and lockouts during the term of a collective agreement. Unions and employers are expected to settle any disputes over ...
Connecting Learners in Self-Paced Undergraduate Study: Practitioner Cases
(2014-01-16)
Enabling students to take responsibility for and make choices about aspects of their learning is an important affordance of distance education. Distance learners determine the time and place for their studies—those engaged ...
Advertising for food and dietary supplements in the print media in South Africa
(2012-11-15)
Objective:
To survey advertisements for food and beverages, slimming products, and dietary supplements in South African magazines.
Methods:
We examined the 5 most popular magazines over one year. They are in 3 major ...
Building an Effective Mobile-Friendly Digital Library to Support Mobile Learners: A Case Study of the Athabasca University M-Library Project
(2010-06-23)
With the rapid evolution of technology today, distance education is about to shift to Mobile learning where e-learning materials are being delivered through mobile devices. Wireless and mobile technology provides flexibility: ...
An Italian Jesuit in Canada: Faith and the Imagination in the 'Breve Relatione' of 1653
(2010-06-23)
Bressani published his Breve Relatione in Italian in 1653.
He had spent the years 1642 to 1650 in New France as a Jesuit missionary. As a Jesuit he was aware of the expansion of the European powers in the New World: ...
Reconstructing History in Vassanji's 'The Magic of Saida'
(2014-01-16)
M.G. Vassanji's novel, The Magic of Saida (2012) deals with the return journey of Kamal Punja, a Canadian medical doctor searching for his past in Africa. The novel has two narrators: The first is Kamal who recalls the ...