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- Contributor(s)
- Erika E. Smith
- Date issued
- 2020-03-23
- Description
- Universities across Canada and the world have been working to rapidly move their face-to-face classes to remote delivery. While digital technologies enable people to work and learn from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, this huge task of seeking to meet particular learning objectives while going online ultimately falls to the people-the educators and students-who are behind the screens. My research on educational technologies and social media in higher education shows how human connections and meaningful interactions are an essential part of the learning process, especially online. As teachers and instructors shift to a digital environment, remembering our human capacities and...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Richard Hayman; Erika E. Smith
- Date issued
- 2020-03
- Description
- Objective - To review mixed methods research trends in the field of library and information science (LIS). In particular, we examine the extent to which research about or using mixed methods has been occurring in library and information science over the past decade (2008-2018), and how much of that mixed methods research is done in health contexts. Methods - We conducted a methodological review and analysis of mixed methods research (MMR) in LIS for published articles indexed in LISTA and Web of Science. After deduplication and verification for inclusion, we coded 417 articles to identify contributions using or about MMR. Given the connections between evidence based practice in health and...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Heather Kanuka; Erika E. Smith
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- The purpose of this research was to gain a broader understanding of what department heads and doctoral students believe to be the value of credentialed teaching certificates. Using a survey methodology with participants (N= 450), the study focused on the extent to which a credentialed teaching certificate provides a competitive advantage when seeking employment, as well as the content (pedagogical knowledge) that is perceived to be important for such programmes. Using a cross-sectional survey design, results highlight significant differences between doctoral students and department heads regarding the content and value of a credentialed teaching certificate in higher education.
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Richard Hayman; Erika E. Smith; Hannah Storrs
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Introduction -- This research investigates the information behaviour of undergraduate students seeking academic help via anonymous posts to a university Facebook Confessions page. While Confessions pages have gained popularity in post-secondary contexts, their use for educational purposes is largely unexplored. Method -- Researchers employed a mixed methods content analysis to investigate information behaviour and the thematic contents of the 2,712 confessions posted during one academic year. Analysis -- Using generic qualitative strategies informed by constructivist grounded theory, as well as quantitative descriptive statistical procedures, researchers found that 708 (26.1%) of these...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library; Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Yasaman Amannejad; Diwakar Krishnamurthy; Behrouz Far
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Delivering fast response times for user transactions is a critical requirement for Web services. Often, a Web service has Service Level Agreements (SLA) with its users that quantify how quickly the service has to respond to a user transaction. Typically, SLAs stipulate requirements for Web service response time percentiles, e.g., a specified target for the 95th percentile of response time. Violating SLAs can have adverse consequences for a Web service operator. Consequently, operators require systematic techniques to predict Web service response time percentiles. Existing prediction techniques are very time consuming since they often involve manual construction of queuing or machine...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Tracy O'Connor
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- In order to stimulate engagement in microbiology, a reading-writing assignment based on a narrative popular science book was created for a one-semester introductory microbiology course. In order to encourage critical thinking, students were required to formulate a question related to the book to research and report on. Active learning was supported by guidance and feedback at each stage of the assignment. The assignment components were graded according to a rubric based on the learning outcomes: reading comprehension, question formulation, literature research, synthesis, and written communication. Median scores for the assignment components indicated that students successfully...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Shawn X. Liu
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- In 2008 Alberta Education proposed a change of high school mathematics curriculum from the previous Pure Math-10, 20, 30 and Applied Math-10, 20, 30 to Math 10-C, Math 20-1, Math 30-1, Math 20-2, Math 30-2, Math 10-3 Math 20-3 and Math 30-3. The new high school mathematics curriculum was implemented in 2010 and the first group of high school graduates with this new mathematics curriculum got into the post-secondary institutions in 2013. With the old mathematics curriculum, the prerequisite was Pure Math 30 for the students taking mathematics or statistics courses in science and engineering (including nursing) in any post-secondary institutions in Alberta. With the new mathematics...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Michael B. McNally; Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Transitioning from closed courses and educational resources to open educational resources (OER) and open courseware (OCW) requires considerations of many factors beyond simply the use of an open licence. This paper examines the pedagogical choices and trade-offs involved in creating OER and OCW. Eight factors are identified that influence openness (open licensing, accessibility and usability standards, language, cultural considerations, support costs, digital distribution, and file formats). These factors are examined under closed, mixed and most open scenarios to relatively compare the amount of effort, willingness, skill and knowledge required. The paper concludes by suggesting that...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Undergraduate Students from the Faculty of Science and Technology
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Program and abstracts from the Faculty of Science and Technology 6th Annual Research Day (2019). The research presented here encompasses both independent research projects and research in the classroom. In this volume you will find 82 abstracts authored by MRU students covering with a variety of disciplines including Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. This compilation is a testimony to our students’ hard work, and their professors’ diligent guidance.
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Sara Sharun
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- This study presents a critical exploration of one of the ACRL Frameworkconcepts by examining it in the context of professional practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with health and human service professionals at a community health centre to explore how information literacy (IL) is experienced in the workplace. Value emerged as the dominant theme in participants’ descriptions of their information practices. This concept was conceived of predominantly in the context of personal and professional relationships that existed within the systems and structures of the physical workplace, professional practice and the health and social care system. Using phenomenography as a...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cameron Mitchell
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Throughout the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, ‘constituted authority’ served as a rhetorical banner under which the interests of the state and capital overlapped. Throughout the six-week walkout, representatives of all three levels of the state and members of the shadowy Citizens’ Committee of 1,000 repeatedly returned to the language of ‘constituted authority’ in order to illustrate what was threatened by the strikers. Tapping into post-war fears of ‘enemy aliens,’ Bolsheviks, and Soviet revolution, the Winnipeg Citizen, capital’s mouthpiece during the strike, was adept at conflating the goals of the strikers with those of an attempted revolution. Even when the Western Labour News, the...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- 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
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- 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...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Brett McCollum
- Date issued
- 2018
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology; Centres & Institutes
- Contributor(s)
- Kyler R. Rasmussen; Daniel Millar; Jeremy Trenchuk
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- Research suggests that pornography has the potential to inform sexual and romantic scripts, but no studies have examined the relational content within modern mainstream pornography. In this article, we present a content analysis of 190 sexually explicit online video clips from mainstream pornography streaming websites, coding for the relationship between participants (if any) and whether the video portrayed acts of infidelity. We also contrasted those clips with a comparison sample of 77 YouTube videos. We found that depictions of on-screen committed relationships were relatively rare in pornography (7.9% of videos) compared to YouTube (18.2%), but that infidelity was relatively common ...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Karen Manarin
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- Why read? What is the point of reading in higher education if students can succeed in their classes without reading? Using Wigfield and Eccles’ Expectancy-Value theory of motivation as a framework, I explore why different instructors think their students should be reading and whether students share these motivations. Instructors and students attribute value to reading differently. Instructors value reading for what it allows students to do and become. Students may value reading but still not read depending on competing factors including time available and assessment tasks required. The essay concludes by asking higher educational professionals to consider what, if anything, should be done...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- D. Scharie Tavcer; Margaret Bowles
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- The Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter (CWES) team continues to make a difference in lives of women and their children fleeing domestic violence. However, they realise they can do more. A challenge within their shelter program is that women with substance-related issues are occasionally not a good fit for the family centered approach currently in place at the CWES shelter. There are many women, with substance-related issues, who are in need of support related to domestic violence, but supports in Calgary are limited, and often in silos. CWES is considering how they can best serve this specific population of women in Calgary.
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Erika E. Smith; Heather Kanuka
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- This research provides an analysis of disciplines and disciplinary differences regarding the pedagogical value and content of post-graduate teaching certificates in higher education. Findings and recommendations are based upon a survey (N = 450) of department heads and doctoral students at Canadian research-focused universities. Participants were surveyed regarding their perceptions of the value of a credentialed teaching certificate for new academics seeking employment, as well as whether they believe the pedagogical knowledge and skills that typically comprise teaching certificates are valuable. Examining whether a strongly held disciplinary identity in more senior academics contributes...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Teaching and Learning
- Contributor(s)
- Alice Liboiron; Kendra Garbutt; Lynn Moorman; Dorothy P. Hill; Nisha Panesar
- Date issued
- 2018
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology
- Contributor(s)
- Nicholas Strzalkowski; Aaron D. Chau; Liu Shi Gan; Zelma H. T. Kiss
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- The cerebellum is implicated in the pathophysiology of numerous movement disorders, which makes it an attractive target for noninvasive neurostimulation. Continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) can induce long lasting plastic changes in human brain; however, the efficacy of different simulation protocols has not been investigated at the cerebellum. Here, we compare a traditional 50-Hz and a modified 30-Hz cTBS protocols at modulating cerebellar activity in healthy subjects. Seventeen healthy adults participated in two testing sessions where they received either 50-Hz (cTBS50) or 30-Hz (cTBS30) cerebellar cTBS. Cerebellar brain inhibition (CBI), a measure of cerebello-thalamocortical...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Science and Technology