Academic and Professional Development Fund Report 2011-2012: Recent submissions
Now showing items 41-60 of 73
-
Analyzing the Normative Nature of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
(2011-11-02)Recent writings have debated TJ’s normative nature. Some proffer TJ as the potentially dominant legal paradigm, capable of reinventing law and justice systems at their core. Critics assert that TJ: violates zealous ... -
Study of mobile collaborative information system using distributed database architecture
(2011-11-02)This paper examines the feasibility of communal information sharing between mobile devices using a distributed architecture for the underlying database topology, through research aimed at satisfying two primary objectives: ... -
The InterSSCT Model: Systemic Cross-Cultural School-Based Mental Health Programming
(2011-08-25)This paper describes the InterSSCT (“intersect”) approach to the delivery of school-based counselling services. The InterSSCT approach is a transcultural, transtheoretical, systemic heuristic to assess needs, plan, execute, ... -
Suzhi (Quality) Discourse and Laid-off Workers: The Role of Trade Unions in Post-Maoist China
(2011-08-25)Over the last 20 years, “suzhi” discourse pervaded government speeches, official media, and mainstream publications across China. This phenomenon attracted attention of western scholars, and their comments are mainly ... -
Creating an “Invitational Classroom” in the Online Educational Milieu
(2011-08-25)Parker Palmer, a scholar who studied effective face-to-face teaching, introduced the term the “invitational classroom” (1993, p. 71). In particular Palmer emphasized that “an air of hospitality” facilitated the inviting ... -
Academic Program Life Cycles: An Application of a Dynamic Growth Model
(2011-08-25)The basic mixed-influence diffusion growth model was extended by including economic factors (GDP, Recruitment Expenditures) deemed potentially to influence enrollment demand for academic programs. The regression analysis ... -
Beyond The Label: Triumphs, Trials and Tribulations of Women with ADHD in a Post Secondary setting
(2011-08-25)Recent literature has finally begun to acknowledge that women diagnosed with ADHD can experience unique challenges compared to their male counterparts. Mary and Bonnie will present case studies of women with ADHD in a ... -
Return of Student Assignments in Distance Education: Various Technologies to Reduce Turnaround Time
(2011-08-25)We evaluated five technologies that tutors could use to mark assignments and return the results to students electronically (i.e. by e-mail). The five technologies are: word processors, computer fax, scanners, graphics ... -
Attend the Summer Publishing Workshops
(2011-08-25)Copy Editing and Proofreading: (2 days) This two-day workshop is ideal for anyone wanting an introduction to the world of publishing or communications, or for anyone currently called upon to improve the writing of others ... -
What we know and where we’re going: In medias res on self-representation and identity in university use of ePortfolios
(2011-08-25)ePortfolios are slowly gaining credibility in Canadian universities as useful vehicles for a number of learning activities. In both graduate and undergraduate programs, ePortfolios are used to house and share the repertoire ... -
Reaching for a Good Life – An Application of the Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation with Men who are Abusive in Intimate Relationships
(2011-08-25)Reaching for a Good Life (RFGL) is a program for men who are abusive within an intimate relationship. RFGL has 4 components: a weekly orientation group, individual intake interview, the 16 week group program and the exit ... -
Project Management Assets and Project Management Performance: Preliminary Findings
(2011-08-25)The objective of this research is to examine the degree of competitive advantage from project management assets by exploring the link between the characteristics of project management assets as independent variables and ... -
Developing and implementing a continuing competence program for professional psychologists: A Canadian perspective
(2011-08-25)Discusses the development of a continuing competence program for professional psychologists. Many North American jurisdictions have mandatory continuing education that involves collecting continuing education hours in a ... -
Towards a Biography of Lucy Broadwood (1858-1929): Problems and Perspectives
(2011-08-25)Lucy E. Broadwood was one of the leading folksong collectors in England during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the founders of the (English) Folk-Song Society, she subsequently played a major role in the ... -
What we know and where we’re going: In medias res on self-representation and identity in university use of ePortfolios
(2011-08-25)ePortfolios are slowly gaining credibility in Canadian universities as useful vehicles for a number of learning activities. In both graduate and undergraduate programs, ePortfolios are used to house and share the repertoire ... -
Understanding Histone H1 Binding Mechanism Through Model Comparison and FRAP Experiments
(2011-08-25)Histone H1 or linker histones play an important role in the package and order of DNA in eukaryotic cell nuclei by associating to and dissociating from the chromatin structure. Thus, in order to better understand the formation ... -
Mendicant vs Aristocratic Pedagogy in Chaucer's Summoner's Tale
(2011-06-29)“The Summoner’s Tale” (1390s) in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales satirizes the hypocrisy of mendicant friars. Previous criticism has either focused on the portrait of the hypocritical character of Friar John in ... -
Housing of Immigrants: Some Psychological Issues
(2011-06-29)International migration is a common phenomenon. The housing of an immigrant’s host society can be very different from that of the society of origin. As new immigrants’ experiences of and expectation about housing (e.g., ... -
Maximizing Library Online Presence while Minimizing Maintenance
(2011-06-29)This paper presents challenges and opportunities for academic libraries to increase their online presence in learning management systems (LMS). Successful examples from Athabasca University Library will highlight the ... -
Technical Services Roundtable
(2011-06-29)