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Engaging adult literacy learners: investigating problem based learning object (PBLO) use as a possibility for implementing problem based learning (PBL) online
(2015-01-01)
Anecdotal evidence revealed that learners in an adult literacy program at a large school board in Ontario were disengaged - unable to identify opportunities to act in response to traditional pedagogy used to prepare them ...
Exploring young children’s ideas about wearable technology: a case study
(2017-04-01)
This case study, which forms a part of the Kids, Creative Storyworlds and Wearables project, explores children’s perspectives on wearable technology through their stories and other creative ideas inspired by wearable ...
Virtual communities of practice in simulation-based healthcare education: participation factors and content value assessment
(2016-01-01)
This study is the first known formative analysis of simulation-based healthcare education virtual communities of practice (VCoPs). The goal of this study was to analyse the frequency of participation, factors that influence ...
User interface adaptability within an augmentative communication app for children with autism spectrum disorder
(2015-08-01)
Facilitating communication is considered the first step to developing learning interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. The introduction of tablets and augmentative communication apps is changing the ...
Evaluating the impact of real-time visualization on knowledge acquisition in management meetings
(2017-08-30)
This thesis study examines the use of real-time visualization in management meetings to determine how visualization affects knowledge acquisition. The participants in this research are 33 business managers and visual ...
Assessing the impact of a virtual lab in an allied health program
(2016-01-01)
Demonstrating laboratory skills and competency in a hands-on laboratory requires effective pre-laboratory preparation, knowledge, and experience, all of which can be difficult to achieve using traditional teaching methods. ...
An examination of laptop-based off-task behaviours in secondary school classrooms
(2016-01-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that affect secondary school students’ off-task behaviours in laptop-based classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 224 secondary school students ...
Examining students’ attitudes toward blended learning in adult literacy and basic skills programs
(2016-03-01)
Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs offer adult learners, with low literacy and basic skills, opportunities to improve employment skills and pre-requisite courses for entrance into post-secondary education. Barriers ...
New numeracies: the social practice of functional skills and social justice
(2011-11-01)
This thesis explores how creating and performing digital numeracy texts, affords students learning opportunities in Mathematics that demonstrate their numerical social practice. In an environment that celebrates performance ...
Development of a 37-element fuel bundle for the production of molybdenum-99 in CANDU power reactors.
(2014-08-01)
In this study, the potential use of CANDU power reactors for the production of Mo-99 is assessed. Five different modifications of a 37-element fuel bundle that could be used for the production of Mo-99 in existing CANDU ...