Lunch & Learn 2009
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Optimizing the Learning Experience for All Learners
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We Know More Than You Think! What do we know about the student experience? What draws students to Athabasca University?
(2011-03-30)Dr. Nancy Parker, Director, Institutional Studies, will present key trends for Athabasca University learners and support services. Discussion will include benchmarking surveys, highlighting data obtained from a number of ... -
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 ... -
Visual Stress Theory and Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
(2011-03-09)How does the functional design of text—its color, size, spacing, background page color—add to or diminish visual stress? Paul Brennan, AU MScIS graduate, will present some of his thesis work during an overview of visual ... -
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 ... -
Canadian Virtual University (CV): Benefits to Students and to AU
(2011-03-09)In 2000, Athabasca University created CVU, a consortium of accredited Canadian universities that offer complete degrees, diplomas, and certificates online and through distrnace education by accepting each other's courses ... -
Exercising (and Exorcising) Cancer: The Role of Exercise in the Cancer Control Continuum
(2011-03-09)Physical exercise is a proven intervention that enhances psychosocial and physical outcomes in cancer survivors; however, despite these benefits, the majority of survivors are not meeting public health exercise guidelines. ... -
Centre for Distance Education Research Activities - Part 2
(2011-03-09)Drs. Tom Jones, Pat Fahy, Debra Hoven, Marti Cleveland-Innes, Marguerite Koole, and Mohamed Ally will cover the following topics: Distance Education Potential for a Canadian Rural Island Community and on-line learning and ... -
Centre for Distance Education Research Activities - Part 1
(2011-03-09)Drs. Terry Anderson, Susan Moisey, Jon Baggaley, Rick Kenny, and Mita Bhattacharya, will make a presentation covering the following topics: Social Software and Independent Study, Distance Education for learners with ...
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