Academic and Professional Development Fund (APDF) Awards: Recent submissions
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A Canandian E-lection 2008? Online Media and Political Competition
(2009-06-16)This paper examines the use and impact of internet submedia on the 2008 Canadian federal election. Based on content analysis of party and candidate use of different internet submedia during the campaign, combined with ... -
Markers for Navigating the New Waters of Post-Secondary Education
(2009-06-12)Alberta’s post-secondary system is constantly changing, and students have more choice than ever before in choosing a post-secondary program. They also have increasing options for where their studies and previous experience ... -
The Terroir of Minority Canadian Theatre: Resisting Acclimatization
(2009-06-08)Individually and collectively, visible minority theatre artists in Canada dramatize their distinctiveness and their differences through the stories they tell. Their need to express their “terroir” may be impelled by a ... -
Reactive Attachment Disorder and its Implications in Defining the "Good Mother"
(2009-06-08)Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) made its first appearance in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ nosology in 1980 (DSM-III: American Psychiatric Association). Its inclusion was a response to ... -
Stories from the field: narratives by practitioners from across Canada demonstrating the integration of social justice into counselling practice
(2009-06-08)Workshop A: Across Canada, thousands of individuals face barriers to improving their mental, emotional, and economic status. In an effort to address the environmental factors (e.g., poverty) that impede client well-being, ... -
E-Portfolios: A Viable Capstone Activity for Graduate Programs
(2009-06-05)Abstract A pilot study was conducted to explore the use of e-portfolios as an alternative to the standard written and oral comprehensive examination process used in the Master of Distance Education (MDE)program at Athabasca ... -
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 ... -
"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 ... -
Paper presentation entitled "It Works in Practice, Does it Work in Theory? Development and Implementation of School-Based Mental Health Services with Muslim Clientele."
(2009-05-26)The presenters will describe the development and implementation of a school-based mental health service in three K-9 schools populated by Muslim students. We will highlight the fast-paced, politically sensitive environment ... -
Co-presented 3 papers: "E-Portfolios: A Viable Capstone Activity for Graduate Programs", "Developing Community of Inquiry in a Mobile Learning Context", and "Connecting at the Point of Care: Indirect Supervision in Nursing Practice Education."
(2009-05-21)Paper 1:E-Portfolios: A Viable Capstone Activity for Graduate Programs Abstract: A pilot study was conducted to explore the use of e-portfolios as an alternative to the standard written and oral comprehensive examination ... -
"Background and Expectations of an Online Doctoral Cohort: Implications for Program Design and Delivery"
(2009-05-14)The Centre for Distance Education (CDE) at Athabasca University began offering its first doctoral program, an EdD in Distance Education, in 2008. Like most programs in higher education, the program was designed to meet ... -
"A Study of the Learning Preferences of Four Remote Communities in Northern Alberta"
(2009-05-14)Abstract The western Canadian province of Alberta has used the proceeds from exploitaiton of its extraordinary natural resources to provide a range of post-secondary training and education opportunities to residents. While ... -
"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 ... -
“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 ... -
Parental Power in the Health Care System
(2009-04-27)This session will be the presentation of a 1990s Parenting the Hospitalized Child, Stage Theory (which has, until now, never been presented or published) and a review of the research on parent/child centered care over the ... -
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 ... -
Using Online Interactive Tutorials In Teaching Psychology and Neuroscience at a Distance
(2009-02-18)Science educators often struggle with means to effectively present content in order to optimize student understanding of difficult concepts. This holds true for typical classroom-based instruction, but especially so when ... -
“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 ... -
“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, ...