Academic and Professional Development Fund (APDF) Awards: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Creating a Culture of Community in Online Courses
(2009-06-15)Purpose - The topic of this paper is the facilitation of a culture of community in online courses using selected interactive teaching strategies such as photovoice, conceptual quilting, and online point-counterpoint debates. ... -
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 ... -
Female Viewers
(2009-06-12)This paper presents findings of an experiment conducted with female college students to assess the effects of TV commercials and movie entertainment segments that feature stereotypical ( pro-thin) and realistic-looking ... -
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 of Aboriginal Children Raised in NonAboriginal Families
(2009-06-08)Despite the significant number of transracial Aboriginal adoptions that haven taken place in Canada, little research is available that addresses the psychological and psychosocial ramifications for the children involved. ... -
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 ... -
Politics of Betrayal in Camilla Gibb's "Sweetness in the Belly"
(2009-06-02)Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly is a novel with many layers that can be read from different perspectives. Issues of race, language, culture, tradition, religion, and politics are intermingled in the pages of the novel ... -
"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 ...