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Western Boreal Wetlands and Orchids
(2010-06-14)
Wetlands are a dominant component of the western boreal region of Canada. They are comprised primarily of peatlands, wetlands with organic soils. Peatlands vary from acidic bogs to calcareous fens and offer a rich array ...
Fun and Fear in Open Spaces
(2011-10-27)
This presentation presents the theory and practice of Open Learning as implemented in Athabasca University’s Beyond the LMS social networking system. The presentation discusses the motivation , design and challenges ...
Three generations of distance education pedagogy
(2011-06-16)
This paper defines and examines three generations of distance education pedagogy. Unlike earlier
classifications of distance education based on the technology used, this analysis focuses on the
pedagogy that defines ...
Student and Faculty Outcomes of Undergraduate Science Research Projects by Geographically Dispersed Students
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Education, 2013-12)
Senior undergraduate research projects are important components of most undergraduate science degrees. The delivery of such projects in a distance education format is challenging. Athabasca University (AU) science project ...
Western Boreal Wetlands and Orchids
(2010-06-14)
Wetlands are a dominant component of the western boreal region of Canada. They are comprised primarily of peatlands, wetlands with organic soils. Peatlands vary from acidic bogs to calcareous fens and offer a rich array ...
Early stand-level assessment of forest harvesting in western boreal peatlands
(Sustainable Forest Management Network, Networks of Centres of Excellence, 2010-02)
Highlights
• In Canada’s boreal region, wooded
peatlands comprised of bogs, fens, and
conifer swamps make up a significant
component of the forest land base and
many have marketable-size trees.
• In parts of eastern ...
Boreal peatlands and plant diversity: what’s there and why it matters
(Sustainable Forest Management Network, Networks of Centres of Excellence, 2010-02)
Highlights
• In the boreal region, knowledge
of plant species diversity (richness
and rarity) is low compared with
other taxa such as birds and
mammals. This is particularly true
of peatlands, which have a ...
On the Design of Social Media for Learning
(social sciences, 2014-08-08)
This paper presents two conceptual models that we have developed for
understanding ways that social media can support learning. One model relates to the
“social” aspect of social media, describing the different ways that ...
Agoraphobia and the modern learner.
(Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014-03)
Read/write social technologies enable rich pedagogies that centre on sharing
and constructing content but have two notable weaknesses. Firstly, beyond the safe,
nurturing environment of closed groups, students participating ...
The Distant Crowd: Transactional Distance And New Social Media Literacies.
(International Journal of Learning and Media, 2014)
Sociality is not just a cultural phenomenon but is embedded in our genes as eusocial creatures (E. O.Wilson 2012). Learning is an innately social activity, and the processes of teaching, the passing of knowledge from
one ...