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NetPicoMAG: a low-cost fluxgate magnetometer for teaching and research
(2009-01-12)
Abstract of paper/presentation: netPicoMAG is a compact, low cost, networked fluxgate magnetometer. It is capable of detecting magnetic field vectors at 1 nanotesla, 1 sample per second resolution, and transmits real-time ...
“NetPICOMAG: a low-cost turn-key magnetometer for aurora detection”
(2009-01-20)
AN: SM43A-1686
TI: Solar Wind Influence on the Driven Electrojet System and the Magnetotail
AU: * Connors, M
EM: martinc@athabascau.ca
AF: Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, ...
“Minimizing Attrition: Strategies for Assisting Students who are Considering Withdrawal”
(2009-01-12)
This presentation focuses on strategies to assist online graduate students who are considering withdrawing from their programs of study. It is based on research on factors influencing students’ decisions to withdraw (Perry ...
“Implement and Deploy Mobile Learning in Open Universities-The Many Promises and Challenges Ahead,” presented at the E-Learn 2008 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education Conference, November 17-21, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
(2009-01-20)
Learn anywhere at anytime! This was once a dream but now the advancement of technology in computing and communication is making it a reality. In this paper, we are going to present frameworks for the implementation and ...
"Accessible Workplace Learning Using Mobile Technology"
(2009-05-28)
As workers become more mobile and the demand for training increases, there will be increasing use of flexible delivery methods to train workers. One such delivery method is mobile learning which uses mobile technology to ...
Articulations of Wild Rose Conservation: The Land Trust Movement in Alberta
(2009-06-04)
The accelerating fragmentation of landscapes across Canada and their conversion into industrial, residential and recreational uses has sparked growing concern about how these areas might be protected from intensive and ...
The Effect of Machine Virtualization on the Environmental Impact of Desktop Environments
(2009-04-17)
Through the course of this paper two important and recently prominent ideas in computing science are assessed in terms of their combined potential to provide responsive and environmentally responsible alternatives to ...
"Information Access and Protection of Privacy: Cornerstones of the Democratic Administrative State”
(2009-05-01)
The protection of privacy has received significant attention recently, particularly the threats posed to privacy by new technologies for mass data collection as well as post-911 security measures. Much less attention has ...
Scaling the pinnacle of art: learning vacations in Banff National Park, 1940s-1950s
(2009-04-17)
Typically targeted to well-educated, middle class older travellers, the market for learning tourism in Canada has grown significantly in recent years. Operators and conservation agencies in Banff National Park have expressed ...
“Tumplines” – a Look at the History and Ethnobiology of Northwest Coast Burden Straps, paper presentation.
(2009-05-01)
The burden straps called “tumplines” in the anthropological literature are a distinctive carrying device used by Gitksan, Witsuwit’en and other peoples of the northwestern part of British Columbia, Canada. The burden straps ...