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- Contributor(s)
- Katrin Becker; Darlene Gunson; Haboun Blair; Louis Cheng; Michelle Hayden-Isaak; Christine Miller
- Date issued
- 2015
- Description
- This paper is about the collective experiences of a graduate level education course that had been partially gamified. A common model for graduate level Education courses uses a seminar approach where participants complete various readings and then respond to them in short editorials or blogs. This course gamified that component by requiring students to complete numerous small to medium sized activities that included these typical ones in order to accumulate points. These points contributed to their final grade. Students gave feedback on their experience with gamification throughout the course which included increased ownership and control of learning and grades, as well as unwanted...
- Type
- conference publication
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Erika E. Smith; Richard Hayman
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- With the ever-expanding range of emerging educational technologies that could be introduced to learning environments, making evidence-informed decisions about whether and how to effectively use e-learning tools for pedagogical purposes is a critical yet challenging task. How can educators, learners, and administrators make informed decisions about the use of particular emerging technologies to achieve desired pedagogical transformation when, due to their relative newness, there is often a perceived lack of available and “up-to-the-minute” research on the latest technological trends that may impede evidence-based educational practice? This is a key problem of evidence for technology use in...
- Type
- book chapter
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning; University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- Presentation at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Katrin Becker
- Date issued
- 2003
- Description
- Rubrics are a relatively well understood assessment instrument, although it doesn't appear to be heavily used in CSE. "Learning increases, even in its serendipitous aspects, when learners have a sense of what they are setting out to learn, a statement of explicit standards they must meet, and a way of seeing what they have learned." [Loac86] "Assessment requires [faculty] to articulate... explicit and public statements of criteria of performance. By doing so, faculty refine their own understanding of expected abilities, clarify for their colleagues the basis of their judgment, and enable students to understand what performance is required."
- Type
- posters
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Margaret E Bowles
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- The Principles of Fundamental Justice ascribed under section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are a commonly misunderstood and an ambiguous area of Canadian law. Within the Canadian context, the Supreme Court’s interpretations of these principles give them incredible weight and significance, while giving little definition or explanation. Drawing on case law from the Supreme Court of Canada, this thesis examines the Supreme Court’s interpretation of substantive principles of fundamental justice for the purpose of evaluating their importance and use within Canadian law. The Court is reluctant to provide precise definitions of these principles for the purpose of increased interpretive...
- Type
- thesis
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Philip Anderson; Austin Zabel; Brendan Maddin; Melissa McCrady; Kevin Hayes
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- In the 1880s, Butte, Montana was home to one of the richest mineral deposits in the world. Today, the region is home of two of the most toxic superfunds sites in America, the Anaconda Smelter Site and the Berkeley Pit. In an effort to describe past and present air pollutant emissions in the Butte area we employed biomonitoring and dendrochronological techniques. Pine needle, bark, and core samples were collected from trees adjacent to the superfund sites. These samples were digested and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS). The goal of this analysis is to quantitatively determine the levels of heavy metals over the last century and if this data can be...
- Type
- picture
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Advancing Scholarly Reputation Working Group; David J. Finch; Joe Pavelka; Marlena Cross; Tyler Massie; Richard Hayman; Alanda McLean; Margy MacMillan; Madelaine Vanderwerff; Design4Change
- Date issued
- 2015
- Description
- This tool kit is intended to help scholars plan, conduct, and evaluate efforts to mobilize knowledge to different audiences. We hope that this framework will promote a systematic approach to knowledge mobilization and exchange among scholars, students, practitioners and the communities we support. At Mount Royal, we are committed to scholarship with a difference…
- Type
- technical report
- Appears in collection(s)
- Business and Communication Studies
- Contributor(s)
- J. R. Parker; Katrin Becker
- Date issued
- 2006
- Description
- Games are thought of as a waster of vast amounts of time for students. Homework does not always get done. Why not make the game the homework?
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan; Allison MacKenzie
- Date issued
- 2012
- Description
- Paper presented at the 33rd Annual IATUL [International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries] Conference.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Katrin Becker; J. R. Parker
- Date issued
- 2007
- Description
- There has been significant recent interest in computer games in University and College curricula as a way to teach early computer science, to attract more students into the program, to teach advanced concepts, and to help lend vocational weight to a curriculum. In this article we discuss several ways that games can contribute to an undergraduate CS program, and illustrate specific ways that the use of games has influenced learning, the students, the faculty, and the institution where these courses have been implemented.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Katrin Becker
- Date issued
- 2004
- Description
- This paper outlines a new approach that permits the use of an inquiry-based style of learning while still meeting the requirements typical of a more traditional lecture and content-based format. The students are informed of the overall course objectives and given the freedom to choose how they will meet these goals. The goals and outcomes of the course or unit are described in detail using a rubric; a large set of problems to solve is collected or created, and the solutions to the problems are analyzed and mapped onto the course rubric. By providing students with this very large set of pre-analyzed problems from which to choose, it is possible to permit learners a great deal of freedom....
- Type
- conference publication
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Erika E. Smith; Renate Kahlke; Terry Judd
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- While the academic community and the general public often refer to learners today as inherently tech-savvy digital natives, those in the educational technology community have long advocated for a move away from digital native stereotypes in favour of fostering digital literacy. As such, the educational technology community can play a vital role in shifting from popular conceptions of digital natives and toward developing digital literacy for the benefit of all learners. In this paper, we provide a comparative analysis of search data from Google Trends showing continued use of the term digital natives and the rising interest in digital literacy. In order to help educators move away from...
- Type
- conference publication
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Husam Sa'ad Kazim Arafat
- Date issued
- 2020-04-06; 2020-04-06
- Description
- The REID interview technique has received criticism from the academic and legal fields in Canada and the United States. The criticism has led for calls to replace the REID technique with the PEACE model. In this paper, the methods of the REID technique and PEACE model will be outlined. Also, the legal cases involving the use of the REID technique in Canada will be outlined. The PEACE model argument will also be outlined. That information will be used to show a similarity between the REID technique and PEACE model. The similarity will show that the criticism against the REID technique focuses on specific misunderstandings that are related to the outcome of legal cases. The bigger picture...
- Type
- thesis
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2009
- Description
- Presentation for EBLIP V (Evidence –based Library and Information Practice)
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- D. Scharie Tavcer
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- Sentencing in Canada has remained fairly consistent since formalized courts, at both the federal and provincial levels, were established shortly after Confederation in 1867. Once an accused person is convicted (found guilty) of a crime, the court must decide on an appropriate sentence. Sentencing is one of the most challenging and controversial aspects of our justice system. The public has strong opinions about it, the media reports its perspective, and the written law has its framework. In addition to all of that, there are the individuals affected by the crime—victims and offenders—who also have a broad range of religious, social, cultural, and moral values and views that influence...
- Type
- book chapter
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- This lightning talk was given during an afternoon event hosted by the MRU Library Scholarship Sub-Committee on December 12, 2017. It discusses the progress of two research projects on open educational resources (OER) - one of OER policy in Western Canada and the other on the challenges introduced by openness in higher education.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Janice Miller-Young
- Date issued
- 2015
- Description
- Presentation to Mount Royal's BBA Summit (attended by Medicine Hat College and Red Deer College colleagues) addressing what is Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and how to get started.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- Centres & Institutes
- Contributor(s)
- Becker, Katrin
- Date issued
- 2015; 2015
- Description
- Access point for online mini-course on practical gamification created for the HTC Dubai Mobile Learning Conference, April 5th-9th, 2015 Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE.
- Type
- picture
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Daniel Voth; Jessie Loyer
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Though Métis people have had a long presence in Calgary and southern Alberta, their kinship within the Nehiyaw Pwat allied them against the Blackfoot Confederacy: as strangers politically and culturally, they remained as guests in this territory. For Métis people who live in Calgary who want to be good guests, the authors suggest an “ethic of reciprocal visiting” that emerges from Métis visiting culture, where Indigenous guests outside of their home territory are called to listen to their hosts as a dancer listens to the fiddler and adjusts their steps, engage in respectful non-interference, and be prepared for correction.
- Type
- book chapter
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Katrin Becker; J. R. Parker
- Date issued
- 2003
- Description
- Two approaches to teaching Computer Science are compared, using two sets of assignments given to distinct CS102 lecture sections during the same semester. The complexity and effort represented by the solutions is compared using software engineering metrics, giving a measure of the effectiveness of the two assignment sets.
- Type
- conference publication
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology