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Land of the Unexpected: Impressions from Papua New Guinea
(2011-03-09)Join Dr. Roland Treu, Associate Professor, Biology, Centre for Science, on a journey through the Melanesian paradise of Papua New Guinea, a little known country in the south Pacific with a startling biodiversity. Drawing ... -
LANGblog - Audioblog for Parctising Oral Skills Online
(2011-03-09)Developed by a team of teachers and technologists at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain, LANGblog is an audioblog created to enable students to practice oral skills in an online asynchronous setting. Dr. Federico ... -
Learning Support for Calculus
(2011-03-09)Centre for Learning Design & Development (CLDD) Director Dr. Cindy Ives, Centre for Science Math Academic Coordinator Dr. Maria Torres, along with (CLDD) Instructional Media Analysts Sandra Law and Hongxin Yan will report ... -
Luminescence Dating Technique Contributions to Geological Research: Hondo-Smith Case Study
(2011-03-09)"Describing the principles behind the luminescence dating technique, which is currently being applied to research on wind deposited dune structures, Dr. Ken Munyikwa, Asst. Prof., Earth Science, Centre for Science, will ... -
Meta4hand Innovations: Software Enabling True Mobility
(2011-03-09)Meta4hand, an embedded software development company, has been tackling ubiquitous computing problems in mobile wireless space from a unique perspective. Frank Wong, President, and Ray Moschuk, CEO, will discuss how their ... -
mLearning: Theory and Practice
(2011-03-09)Is there any substance to the current hype about mobile learning? Marguerite Koole (Instructional Media Analyst) will discuss how mobile devices enable access to a rich environment of information and people, thereby ... -
My Darling Mother: An Examination of a Mother-Daughter Relationship
(2011-03-09)Based on research undertaken in 2005, Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, Assoc. Prof, Women’s Studies, Centre for Work & Community Studies, explores the relationship between Gladys Arnold, the only accredited Canadian Press journalist ... -
The New Generation of Chinese Women in the Age of Internet
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Optimizing the Learning Experience for All Learners
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PLAR Practice in Canada AU's Role in Building a National Framework
(2011-03-09)Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is a process designed to award credits towards a degree or certificate at AU and to open other doors to advancement. Although AU is the acknowledged post secondary practitioner ... -
Remediation and "V for Vendetta:": The Case for Bibliographical Cultural Studies
(2011-03-09)From his Vancouver location, Dr. James Gifford, AU Tutor and Assistant Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, will use reproductions of the various bibliographical states of the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" to ... -
Role of the Online Learner: A Comprehensive Model Put Forward
(2011-03-09)Dr. Federico Borges, Professor of English at UOC, and Visiting Researcher at AU, has focused his research on the online learner as a key—and at times disregarded—element in e-learning. Dr. Borges will explain The Role of ... -
Snow Cover Monitoring Using Microwave Remote Sensing
(2011-03-09)Compared to conventional snow measurements sporadically taken in situ, remote data sensing is particularly well-adapted to the monitoring of snow-covered surfaces over continuous space-time scales. A multi-sensing approach ... -
Speeding Return of Student Assignments
(2011-03-09)Presenting results of recent Mission Critical Research which evaluated five technologies, AU's Dr. Robert Holmberg (Professor, Biology) and Konrad Michalski (Instructional Media Designer) will discuss options for returning ... -
The Status and Future of Broadcasting
(2011-03-09)In deciding not to try to regulate the Internet, is the Canadaian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in danger of becoming an anachronism? Dr. Fil Fraser, Visiting Graudate Professor, Centre for ... -
Synchronous Online Drop-in Tutorials in Distance Delivered Chemistry Courses
(2011-03-09)Over a 12-week period, via synchronous online technology, students taking chemistry courses at AU were able to receive one-on-one tutorial support that included the use of a whiteboard and interaction with their classmates. ... -
Teaching Accent Reduction through Distance Education
(2011-03-09)Increasing knowledge and awareness about accent minimization can assist individuals to achieve greater clarity of expression and, thus, improved social and employment prospects. What causes accents? Why do "we" often ...