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Mobile Self Efficacy in Canadian Nursing Education Programs
(2010-08-13)The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ... -
Mobile Self-Efficacy in a Canadian Nursing Education Program
(International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), 2012-03)The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ... -
Mobile Self-Efficacy in Canadian Nursing Education Programs - Replication
(2011-08-12)The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what are the implications for their teaching and learning in practice ... -
Mobile technologies and the future of global education
(Indira Gandhi Open University, 2005-11-15)Optimism for the future lies on the diminishing “cost” of the production and dissemination of knowledge. This must be differentiated from the “price”. The cost reductions are based on the increased power of technology ... -
Mobile Wellness Innovation: Qi Gong App to Improve Wellness and Cognitive Resiliency in Older Adults
(Facet Publishing, 2015)This pilot project explored the utility of a mobile health and wellness app to older adults interested in using low impact exercise as a protective factor against memory and mood loss. While it is known that exercise is a ... -
"Mobilising" web sites at open university: The Athabasca University experience
(MLearn 2012, 2012-03)This mobile implementation study provides a general idea of how existing Athabasca University sites work with the tested mobile devices and identifies the underlying issues as to why they work that way. Factors considered ... -
A Model for Framing Mobile Learning
(AU Press, 2009-03)The Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME) model describes mobile learning as a process resulting from the convergence of mobile technologies, human learning capacities, and social interaction. It ... -
A Model for Listening and Viewing Comprehension in Multimedia Environments
(Language Learning and Technology Journal, 1999)This paper proposes an instructional design model appropriate for humanistic multimedia Computer-Enhanced Language Learning (CELL) in a self-access environment for second language learning through listening and viewing ... -
Modes of Interaction in Distance Education: Recent Developments and Research Questions
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Multimedia in Open and Distance Learning
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The need for Open Educational Resources for ubiquitous learning
(Pervasive Computing Conference (PERCOM 2012), 2012)Open Educational Resources (OER) are important for the expansion of ubiquitous learning. Open licensing of learning components is a precondition for supporting anytime, anywhere learning, whether the lessons are arranged ... -
The Networked Future of Athabasca University Pedagogy
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Networking to Learn: Blogging for Social and Collaborative Purposes
(World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2007, 2007)This study employs a case study model to documenting the evolution of a Masters course in technology and language learning for in-service teachers using a social constructivist pedagogical approach, from completely ... -
The New Brunswick net: The 21st century now
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New copyright bill shortchanges consumers
(Edmonton Journal, 2010-07-16)Do you see what I see in the new copyright Bill C-32? Amid all the noise about new rights for users, upon closer scrutiny, this bill, rather than granting new rights, can effectively block users from making use of any and ... -
New copyright fee will see students pay more for learning materials
(Edmonton Journal, 2010-04-14)Access Copyright has just published a fee proposal with the Copyright Board of Canada that will substantially increase the fees that college and university students pay for their learning content. Titled the Access ... -
NEXT GENERATION: TRANSFORMATION TO A 21ST CENTURY UNIVERSITY VIA CORE STRATEGIC PROJECTS
(EDEN, 2012-07-10)thabasca University (AU) is recreating itself as a 21st century university. As an open and distance learning (ODL) university, its mandate is to remove barriers to university-level education. This is the vision and ... -
Nurturing Neighbourhoods: Parent Outreach Worker Program, Guelph, Ontario.
(2014-11)The "Parent Outreach Worker Program" (POW program) aims to identify, reach out to, and assist families with children who may be isolated or otherwise struggling by providing them with increased access to services and ... -
The occurrence and character of stories and story-telling in a computer conference.
(Distance Education, 28(1), pp. 45 – 63. (Australian Journal.), 2007-03)Abstract: Constructivist views of online interaction often refer to the power of stories and the role of story-telling in the sharing and construction of knowledge, and the creation of learning communities. No empirical ... -
OER Policies in Canada: A POERUP country report.
(2013-04)This paper reports on the status of OER policies in Canadian government and higher education institutions, consisting of a POERUP (Policies for OER Uptake) Europroject country report on the existence of policy documents ...