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Innovation in Workplace and Language Training
(2010-08-11)
The need for studies on learning via mobile device, particularly how workplace and language training might be conducted, grows in importance as more and more people become mobile device users.The Athabasca University (AU) ...
What might cause a benevolent government to be corrupt when agents are honest? An Insight with triadic relationships
(2010-08-11)
Note: In order to make my points clear, I am providing an executive summary rather than an abstract.
Executive Summary
The extant literature that seeks to explain corruption in government bureaucracies usually refers ...
A Collaborative Mobile Virtual Campus System Based on Location-Based Dynamic Grouping & Multi-Object Oriented Augmented Reality for Location-based Adaptive Mobile Learning
(2010-08-11)
1) A Collaborative Mobile Virtual Campus System Based on Location-Based Dynamic Grouping
This paper presents a collaborative mobile learning system: Mobile Virtual Campus (MVC) powered by the location-based dynamic grouping ...
Studying receptor diffusion by interpreting SPT data with a correlated random walk and a first-passage time algorithm
(2010-09-21)
One of the most powerful and commonly used methods for studying molecular diffusion on the cell membrane is Single Particle Tracking (SPT). During an SPT experiment, the trajectory of a membrane-associated biomolecule, ...
The Baby Boomers Become the Workers, 1960-1980
(2010-09-23)
The focus would be on the young labour force of this period, changing social values, and the impact on working-class lives and on trade unionism. The switch from company unionism in the provincial civil service to AUPE, ...
Mobile Learning-Student Perspectives
(2010-11-17)
The use of mobile learning (m-learning) to deliver course content and/or learning activities, is a relatively new instructional design strategy, currently gaining momentum in postsecondary and distance education institutions. ...
Mediating Student-Academic Interaction Through Contact Centres in Distance Education
(2010-11-17)
This study investigates the pedagogical issues that arise from mediating student-academic interaction through a contact centre within university distance education. It is not easy for educational organizations to design ...
Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Aboriginal Learners in Northern Communities
(2010-11-30)
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”. ...
Slipping the Chains of Credentialism
(2010-11-30)
The assessment of prior learning (APL) has normally been associated with the attainment of credentials. Those of us involved in APL have always known that there is far more prior learning present with any learner than can ...
The Self in Career Learning: An Evolving Dialogue
(2010-11-17)
It is broadly accepted that modern society poses a significant challenge to an individual's career development and that there are as yet few theoretical frameworks that provide a holistic perspective on how to understand ...