Academic and Professional Development Fund (APDF) Awards: Recent submissions
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Predicting the Asian Currency Crises with Artificial Neural Networks: What Role of Function Approximation?
(2009-08-13)Indicators approach and probit and logit models are the two most widely used early warning systems for currency crisis. Several studies however suggest that despite their strengths these systems have high error rates ... -
Mediation as an Alternative Source of Law
(2009-08-12)Mediation as an Alternative Source of Law: A co-authored 2003 article, "Delegation as a Source of Law", recognized the traditional sources of law to be legislation and precedent. It went further to analyze the decisions ... -
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 ... -
"Continuous Response Evaluation of Digital Clips Over the Internet"
(2009-07-20)The main objective of the conference is to promote and disseminate the experiences in New Technologies in Education and E-learning in all educational fields and disciplines. EDULEARN09 will be a unique International Forum ... -
An Opportunity Fumbled: Francis James Child and the Late Victorian Folksong Revival in England
(2009-07-17)Francis J. Child’s professed aim was to include in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads “every valuable copy of every known ballad”. He encountered three major obstacles to achieving this goal. One was the problem of ... -
Questioning Favoured Truths of Work and Learning Research
(2009-07-15)Questioning Favoured Truths of Work and Learning Research Peter Sawchuk, Bonnie Slade and Bruce Spencer This paper seeks to open a discussion about some of the assumptions that underpin policy and research on work and ... -
"Can Undergraduate/Graduate Students in Individual Self-Paced Distance Courses Participate in Discussion Forums? - Absolutely"
(2009-07-14)This paper examines the use of an innovative monthly discussion forum for undergraduate and graduate students, studying at a distance in an individualized self paced course. The forums consisted of multimedia presentations ... -
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 ... -
Plant Communities and Diversity in Boreal Wooded Fens: An Ecoregional Perspective
(2009-07-06)Ecoregions are increasingly being used as a framework for conservation planning. The Mid-Boreal Uplands Ecoregion stretches across western Canada from Manitoba to British Columbia. Within this Ecoregion (Manitoba to Alberta), ... -
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 ... -
A Diffusion-approximation Approach to Model Self-organization of Nuclear Proteins
(2009-06-29)The existence of domains within the cell nucleus enriched in specific proteins capable of moving randomly throughout the nucleoplasm has led to the biological conclusion that the cell nucleus is dynamically and highly ... -
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 ...