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Next Stop Recommender
(2014-01-16)
User wandering behaviours may involve many location visits in different order. The research team has proposed an algorithm which can provide users recommendation for their next visit according to the behaviour pattern ...
Vorkuta: Three Chapters in the Making of a Working Class
(2014-01-16)
In the 1930s, Vorkuta in Siberia emerged as one of the Soviet Union’s principle sources of coal. It was also the principal site of the final horror of Stalin’s extermination of the politicized workers who had raised the ...
Working Anytime Anywhere: Mobile Knowledge Workers
(2014-01-16)
Recent advances in mobile technologies and the popular use of mobile devices in our daily lives suggest that knowledge worker can now work from anywhere at any time, or while on the move. Is this true? Research suggests ...
Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for all – including those with multiple disabilities
(2014-01-16)
The presenter will share many practical ideas for helping people who have both cognitive and severe physical challenges to do more and communicate better than they thought they could. One part of the presentation will be ...
English Proficiency and Participation in Online Discussion for Learning
(2014-01-16)
Does English proficiency affect participation in online discussion? This study polled 14 students from a postgraduate online course that require online discussion. The students are divided into groups according to their ...
The ‘success’ of formal diversion programs for youth: Understanding why alternatives to court are so popular among youth and law enforcement.
(2014-01-16)
The diversion of young people from the traditional court process has been supported for many years. Much of the research on diversion policies and program has focused exclusively on how diversion programs operate, such ...
Writing for Publication and Nurse Practitioners Readiness for Practice
(2014-01-16)
Writing for Publication: Debbie Fraser
An integral component of furthering nursing knowledge, scholarly writing is a part of any advanced practice nursing role. Too often however, as busy professionals we find reasons to ...
Preparing Learners for Online Doctoral Study: Readiness App
(2014-02-06)
The origins of the doctoral degree can be traced back to guilds in the Middle Ages in Europe. There are now a variety of doctoral degrees such as professional, applied, practitioner, and clinical. Completion routes may be ...
An Interactive OER Course Development at Athabasca University based on ODL Principles
(2014-02-06)
Failure rates in first year calculus courses are high in most post-secondary institutions across North America and other parts of the world. This Inukshuk-funded open education project involved the development of five ...
The Accumulation of Capital” – Economic Underpinnings of Rosa Luxemburg’s Democratic Socialism
(2014-02-06)
Left critics of the statist policies pursued by social democrats and Soviet communists often drew inspiration from Rosa Luxemburg’s critique of union and party bureaucracies and her uncompromised commitment to the ...