Academic and Professional Development Fund (APDF) Awards: Recent submissions
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Leadership in Open and Distance Higher Education
(2009-10-01)Distributed leadership is a valuable concept in terms of aligning leadership theory to changing conditions in post-industrial society. Changing economic, global and demographic formulations certainly play a role in ... -
Determinates of Buyer-Supplier Relationships: The Effects of Organizational Culture
(2009-10-01)Buyer-supplier relationship has been gaining increasing attention in the last few decades. A skilled and loyal supplier base has proved to be a key source of competitive advantage. Despite such attention, most of the ... -
RNCM-656 Negotations and Conflict Management
(2009-09-18)In this elective, we will introduce and examine the various conflict management and negotiation strategies and techniques. Participants will be introduced to how the application of creative thinking to conflict situations ... -
From Komagata Maru to Kanishka: The Indian Diaspora in Canada in Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
(2009-09-04)Anita Rau Badami’s third novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? is dedicated to “the man on the bridge in Modinagar and the Victims of Air India Flight 182.” The sight of a Sikh man burned alive as retribution for Indira ... -
Family Members' 'Work of Getting Through' Critical Illness: A Call for Nurses to Lighten Our Load
(2009-09-01)Background A critical illness constitutes a crisis for family members. While family members necessarily yield primary responsibility for the physical well-being of their ill relative to the health professionals, they ... -
"Flying with a Safety Net"
(2009-08-24)Working as a member of a multidisciplinary team with non-offending spouses and children who have experienced or witnessed family violence can lead to a number of ethical dilemmas. There may be pressure from child protection ... -
QuizMASter – A Multi-Agent Game-Style Learning Activity
(2009-08-12)This paper describes a research project in progress of developing a Multi-Agent System-based educational game QuizMASter for e-learning that would help students learn their course material through friendly competition. ... -
Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures
(2009-08-04)HARP 2009 – Toronto Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures This paper describes a project that addresses problems in the reconstruction of print culture history in former ... -
Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses
(2009-07-31)Title – Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses Margaret Edwards, Ph.D,, R.N. & Beth Perry, Ph.D., R.N. Purpose – This presentation focuses on the facilitation of a culture of community in online courses using ... -
Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures
(2009-07-31)HARP 2009 – Toronto Using Digital Archives to Store and Create Knowledge About Colonial Print Cultures This paper describes a project that addresses problems in the reconstruction of print culture history in former ... -
Circumscribing Regulation or Reforming the Regulatory Process
(2009-07-30)ABSTRACT In Canada, environmental regulation is circumscribed by several directives, framework documents and guidelines such as “The Cabinet Directive on Streamlining Regulation,” the “Canadian Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide,” ... -
Mobile Design: Interactive Multimedia to Support Learning and Teaching" and "Mobile Library: Connecting New Generations of Learners to the Library in the Mobile Age"
(2009-07-21)1. Aim of the workshop: The Athabasca University Library has developed many mobile friendly websites and features to help our students access resources. These include an autodetect feature which displays either mobile or ... -
Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2009-07-06)This article examines the relationship between exchange rate volatility and the flow of international trade in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using the gravity model and annual data for the period 1998-2007, we find that ... -
"Distance Education Management: What Defines the Academic/Managerial Divide?" and "Academic Capitalism and Distance Education: Reconciling Markets and Scholarly Values"
(2009-07-06)“Distance Education Management: What Defines the Academic / Managerial Divide?” Distance education units employ a variety of organizational models, but how do they mesh with conventional roles? This presentation will examine ... -
Mobile Design: Interactive Multimedia to Support Learning and Teaching" and "Mobile Library: Connecting New Generations of Learners to the Library in the Mobile Age"
(2009-07-06)1. Aim of the workshop: The Athabasca University Library has developed many mobile friendly websites and features to help our students access resources. These include an autodetect feature which displays either mobile or ... -
Economic Analysis of Demand for Distance Education in Canada
(2009-06-30)Distance education has become important element since the invention of the computer and internet technologies. This advancement has expanded the access for higher education, which now includes increasing numbers of ... -
Planes, Trains and Tour Buses: Libraries in Unexpected Places
(2009-06-22)Destination travel readers are those who seek reading material while at or en route to their destination. There is a growing trend of hotel and tour operators offering books on loan to their guests. This has meant that ... -
Evaluating the Relative Efficiencies and Effectiveness of the Call Centre and Tutor Models of Learner Support at Athabasca University
(2009-06-17)Athabasca University is Canada’s largest distance-based, open university. Its undergraduate courses are offered mostly by individualized learning. Students can register in courses at the start of any month. They can proceed ... -
Innovation Through Convention? Building Consensus for RPL Practice in Canadian Universities
(2009-06-16)Dramatic changes in the last several years, marked by the advent of a globalized economy and attendant technological innovations, have thrust us from industrial to conceptual thinking, engendering an era of instant ...