AUSpace: Recent submissions
Now showing items 681-700 of 1999
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Open access archives and repositories
(Open Access Week 2009, 2009)Governments and research funding organizations are increasingly reluctant to fund research that is not widely distributed and affordable, creating the need for repositories through which scholars can legally distribute ... -
Mobile design: interactive multimedia to support learning and teaching (Workshop)
(m-Libraries 2009, 2009)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 ... -
Mobile library: connecting new generations of learners to the library in the mobile age
(m-Libraries 2009, 2009)Digital library services delivered through mobile devices can offer flexibility in terms of access and content, increased hands-on experience, and enhanced information and mobile literacy skills of learners. Athabasca ... -
Applying for Grants and Conducting Research: The Tortoise Approach
(2010-11-01)This workshop proposal is geared for CCSBE attendees interested in discussions on strategies to improve their approach to grant proposal applications and build a research community. The presentation discusses a) The ... -
Panel on Open Library, Scholarship and Learning at Athabasca University
(2010-10-22)Tony Tin, founder of Athabasca University's digital content repository, AUSpace, discusses the organization of AUSpace, its benefits for open access support, researchers and organizations, and research findings of AUSpace ... -
Managing and Learning in MOOCs (massive open online courses)
(2010-10-21)George Siemens, with Athabasca's Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute, is best known for his development of the pedagogical model of networked learning known as Connectivism. He and Steven Downes have pioneered ... -
Open Educational Resources and Copyright
(2010-10-21)Dr Rory McGreal is the Assoc. Vice President of Research at Athabasca University. He is an expert on copyright law and its application to education and learning resources. He is also the editor of a bestselling book on ... -
Open Opportunity through Open Scholarship and Open Publication
(2010-10-19)Dr Frits Pannekoek is the President of Athabasca University and President of the International Council on Open and Distance Education. He is an advocate for the open distribution of scholarly works and has been the driving ... -
Using Open Production of Course Content to make a Difference
(2010-10-19)Dr. Wayne Mackintosh is the Director of the International Centre for Open Education based at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand, member of the Board of Directors of the Open Education Foundation, and founder of the WikiEducator ... -
Native perspectives on the northern diseased bison issue: an outline
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BALTA Newsletter - Summer 2010
(2010-10-02)This is the newsletter of the of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. -
Market Failure, Peak Oil and Global Insecurity: Can social enterprise respond?
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-04-10)This presentation was made to a public event in Vancouver on April 10, 2008. It explored a range of global crises that pose severe economic, social and ecological challenges and suggested ways in which social enterprise ... -
MA in Community Development: Recommendations for the University of Victoria
(2010-09-25)This project report describes research conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and the University of Victoria. The project gathered information about the educational needs of people ... -
BALTA Project C18 - Procurement Policy and Market Development for the Social Economy: expanding the market opportunities for social enterprise, co-operatives, and other social economy businesses.
(2010-09-25)This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with Enterprising Non-Profits and the ISIS Centre at the Sauder School of Business, University ... -
BALTA Project C17 - Building a Supportive Environment for Social Enterprise: Synthesis of SERC 3 Research Findings
(2010-09-25)This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This project involves analyzing a range of research projects conducted by BALTA with a view to identifying ... -
BALTA Project C16 – Survey of Social Enterprises in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-25)This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with Simon Fraser University and Mount Royal University. The project is surveying social ... -
BALTA Project C-15 - Taking Social Embeddedness into Account in Community Robustness and in the Social Economy
(2010-09-25)This proposal/plan describes work undertaken by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with Dr. Paul Reed of Carleton University. The project draws from recent research of Statistics Canada ... -
Can it be both? Local Food Initiatives for Social and Environmental Change in Communities
(2010-09-25)This case study report is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) looking at local food, sustainability and the social economy. It examines two Canadian initiatives, the Edmonton ... -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling-up Food System Transformation
(2010-09-25)This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) looking at local food, sustainability and the social economy. It examines the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in ... -
The Baby Boomers Become the Workers, 1960-1980
(2010-09-23)The focus would be on the young labour force of this period, changing social values, and the impact on working-class lives and on trade unionism. The switch from company unionism in the provincial civil service to AUPE, ...