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Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2012
Description: Presentation for Centennial Symposium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): D. Scharie Tavcer; Tanya Trussler; Keri-Ann Loutit
Date issued: 2016
Description: As well as pinpointing gaps in available literature on adult sexual assault in Alberta, this study is focused on identifying the underlying issues that lead to the discrepancies in the number of police-reported sexual assault crimes and the data retrieved from individuals who access victim support services. It is believed that the crime-funnel effect on sexual assault cases, where many cases do not end up continuing through the justice system in Alberta, is a root factor that results in victims choosing not to report the incident; Victims choose not to report the incident knowing that a large percentage of crimes do not proceed to court, do not result in convictions, or the sentences are...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Steven Engler
Date issued: 2011
Description: This paper offers a brief overview of Canadian case law since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted in 1982. At the same time that it has more firmly entrenched religious freedom, the Charter has placed explicit limits on the right of religious freedom. Canadian courts have shown themselves willing to intervene in the internal workings of religious institutions. Legal protection has been extended to include not only non-Christian religions but also non-religious beliefs more generally.The cumulative effect of these decisions has been to effectively erode the de facto separation between Church and State that has developed in Canada. The value of increased respect for...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2018
Description: A Review of: Chang, Y-W. (2017). Comparative study of characteristics of authors between open access and non-open access journals in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research, 39(1), 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2017.01.002 Objective – To examine the occupational characteristics and publication habits of library and information science (LIS) authors regarding traditional journals and open access journals. Design – Content analysis. Setting – English language research articles published in open access (OA) journals and non-open access (non-OA) journals from 2008 to 2013 that are indexed in LIS databases. Subjects – The authorship characteristics for...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erika E. Smith
Date issued: 2017
Description: This instrument was developed as a part of the Erika E. Smith’s (2016) doctoral thesis, Exploring undergraduate perceptions of meaning making and social media in their learning, completed at the University of Alberta. For more information, please see: https://doi.org/10.7939/R33J39B71 and https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-017-0049-y
Type: thesis
Appears in collection(s): Teaching and Learning

Contributor(s): Joseph Triglav; Erika Howe; Jaskirat Cheema; Blaire Dube; Mark J. Fenske; Nicholas Strzalkowski; Leah R. Bent
Date issued: 2019
Description: Prolonged sitting, common in many workplaces, reduces blood flow to the lower limb and has negative health outcomes. CoreChair is an active-sitting chair that encourages increased movement to help mitigate these outcomes. Physiological and cognitive measures were recorded in ten participants over four hours of sitting in both the CoreChair and a traditional office chair. Sitting in both chairs led to increases in calf circumference (p
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Contributor(s): Katrin Becker; D. Michele Jacobsen
Date issued: 2007
Description: Games literacy for all
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Contributor(s): Carolina Alongi
Date issued: 2019-12; 2019-12
Description: In North America, sport specialization for young athletes has become a prerequisite for sport achievement, but academics have yet to explore the effects that sport specialization has on athletes’ consumption and participation patterns. Thus, this project explores the following research question: what are the effects of sport specialization on the individual volleyball athlete in terms of: i) patterns of participation in sport (past, present, and future); and ii) consumption patterns in the sport industry? The methodological approach was to interview current and retired volleyball players aged 18 to 30 in Calgary, Alberta. The questions were designed to ask participants how they spend...
Type: thesis
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Contributor(s): Julia Phillips; Jaime Bellows
Date issued: 2019
Description: There is a great deal of research pertaining to the standards and regulations required to create “accessible” spaces. However, by only following minimum recommendations and guidelines, facilities are falling short of meeting and exceeding all people’s accessibility needs. Introduced in 1988, The City of Calgary mandates measures that follow established Access Design Standards (ADS), which exceed Alberta Building Code requirements. While these standards are required in all new City of Calgary buildings and renovation projects, they are not required to integrate the standards into existing infrastructure. Research indicates that the built environment directly reflects society's...
Type: picture
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Contributor(s): Katrin Becker
Date issued: 2006
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Contributor(s): J. R. Parker; Ryan Heavy Head; Katrin Becker
Date issued: 2005
Description: Aboriginal languages all over the world are threatened with extinction. Aboriginal youth from Canada to New Zealand are not becoming fluent in their language and culture, and the number of fluent speakers is declining severely. The use of computer games in general, and portable platforms in particular, is proposed here as a partial solution to the problem.
Type: conference publication
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Contributor(s): Anja Meier
Date issued: 2017; 2017
Description: In recent years, scholars have shown an increased interest in understanding how Millennials’ perceptions of entitlement impact both their work and academic lives (e.g., Ng, Schweitzer, & Lyons, 2010). However, there is minimal research on the impact that a recession has on Millennials as they transition from university to the labour market. The purpose of the current project was to gain a better understanding of the impact that the current recession in Alberta has on new graduates’ career expectations. We used a mixed methods design that incorporated both focus group data and questionnaire results from 62 third- and fourth-year business students in Alberta. Interestingly, participants’...
Type: thesis
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Contributor(s): David J. Finch; David Deephouse; Norm O’Reilly; William Foster; Loren Falkenberg; Carola Hillenbrand; Tyler Massie; Mackenzie Strong
Date issued: 2015
Description: Business Schools in Canada — Today business schools educate one in five university students who have the primary goal to develop the business skills and knowledge to support career success. To be able to deliver on this requires business schools' faculty to have the expertise to blend theory and practice.
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Business and Communication Studies

Contributor(s): Ana Sepulveda; Ranee Drader; Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2014
Description: These two scholarship of teaching and learning undergraduate student co-investigators talk about why they got involved in SoTL research, describe the projects they've worked on and what they've learned, and share their perspectives on how faculty and students can work together toward improving student learning. Some key themes from their talk include how they now have a better understanding of what research is and what universities do, how much they were inspired and excited by doing the research and gained confidence by being able to add value to a research project, and also how it taught them life skills such as developing time management skills, learning that setbacks are okay, and...
Type: conference publication
Appears in collection(s): Centres & Institutes

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2017
Description: This presentation provides an overview of the open education movement and open education resources (OER) policy directions in Western Canada. In addition, it discusses way libraries can support the open education movement and provides examples of provincial OER initiatives. This presentation was given at the 2017 Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson; Margy MacMillan; Michelle Sinotte
Date issued: 2014
Description: In the fall of 2012, our library surveyed teaching faculty to gauge their expectations around students’ use of information. We asked instructors what they thought was important for students to know in each year of study, how proficient they felt students were in performing tasks associated with research, how they expected students to acquire that proficiency, and how they assessed students’ skills. The survey also polled faculty on the types of resources they felt were important for each year of study. The results of the study are informing the development of the library’s strategic plan and the inclusion of information literacy outcomes in program reviews and assessments. The good news...
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Rachelle L. Haddock; Michael S. Quinn
Date issued: 2015
Description: Management of recreational access on public forest lands is a complex issue of growing global importance. The provision of public recreation opportunities is part of the suite of ecological goods and services that must be considered by many forest managers. Effective access management is predicated on understanding the attitudes and perceptions of recreation users in order to predict and influence visitor behaviour and gauge the acceptance of new management strategies. Potential access management strategies vary given the nature of recreation activities and include: restricting the amount, type, and spatial distribution of use, visitor education, temporal restrictions and enhancing site...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

Contributor(s): Genevieve Currie; Joanna Szabo
Date issued: 2020
Description: ABSTRACT Purpose: The experiences of parents caring for the complex care needs of children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders are not well understood. Parents struggle to meet their children’s medical, behavioural, and social needs within and across health, social, and family systems. The purpose of this study was to explore the parents’ experience of caring for medical and social care needs for children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders. Methods: Hermeneutic phenomenology was used for the data analysis. Fifteen parents participated in semi-structured interviews. Results: Interpretive analysis revealed four insights: (a) difference in children’s behaviours and disease...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Contributor(s): Jill A. Parnell; Kristin P. Wiens; Kelly Anne Erdman
Date issued: 2016
Description: Young athletes experience numerous dietary challenges including growth, training/competition, unhealthy food environments, and travel. The objective was to determine nutrient intakes and supplement use in pre-adolescent and adolescent Canadian athletes. Athletes (n = 187) aged 11–18 years completed an on-line 24-h food recall and dietary supplement questionnaire. Median energy intake (interquartile range) varied from 2159 kcal/day (1717–2437) in 11–13 years old females to 2905 kcal/day (2291–3483) in 14–18 years old males. Carbohydrate and protein intakes were 8.1 (6.1–10.5); 2.4 (1.6–3.4) in males 11–13 years, 5.7 (4.5–7.9); 2.0 (1.4–2.6) in females 11–13 years, 5.3 (4.3–7.4); 2.0 (1.5–2...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): Health, Community and Education

Contributor(s): Katrin Becker
Date issued: 2008
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): Science and Technology

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Casting a Wider Net - searching for SoTL in all the right places, and organizing what you find.

Sexual Assault in Alberta

Constitutional Secularization: Religious Pluralism and the Canadian Courts

LIS Practitioner-focused Research Trends Toward Open Access Journals, Academic-focused Research Toward Traditional Journals [Evidence Summary]

Undergraduate Perceptions of Social Media and Meaning Making: Validated Survey Instrument

Physiological and cognitive measures during prolonged sitting: Comparisons between a standard and multi-axial office chair

The Importance of Being Earnest

Examining the Outcomes of Sport Specialization for Individual Athletes and the Industry

Perceived Accessibility in City of Calgary Recreation Facilities: A Comparison Between People With and Without Accessibility Needs

Teaching with Games, Once Removed

Technical Aspects of a System for Teaching Aboriginal Languages Using a Game Boy Future Play

Does A Recession Affect Millennials’ Career Expectations?

Book smarts vs street smarts : do business schools value business experience?

What students want you to know about conducting SoTL research

Open, Get Ready! Public and Academic Libraries' Support for Open Education in Canada

Great Expectations: results from a faculty survey of students’ information literacy proficiency

Recreational Access Management Planning: Understanding Perceptions Regarding Public Forest Lands in SW Alberta

Social isolation and exclusion: the parents' experience of caring for children with rare neurodevelopmental disorders

Dietary Intakes and Supplement Use in Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Canadian Athletes

On the Evolution of Games

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