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A Caring Rebellion: Literacy, Power, and the Problem of Marginalized Self-Actualization in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age
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Grounded in the methods of media ecology and Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, this thesis examines the relationships between power, literacy, technology, and society. It poses the problem as to why some individuals can attain critical literacy and self-actualization through literacy...
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2017-07-06
Chhetri, Suraj, Pearce, Hanne, Andre, Alestine, McMahon, Rob, Snowshoe, Sharon, Devlin, Tony, Kritsch, Ingrid
This facilitator handbook is a companion document to the workbook entitled "Digital Content and Connectivity with Gwich’in Contexts: Workbook". It was developed as a joint pilot project between the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension to explore...
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2017-07-06
Chhetri, Suraj, Pearce, Hanne, Andre, Alestine, McMahon, Rob, Snowshoe, Sharon, Devlin, Tony, Kritsch, Ingrid
This workbook was developed for a joint pilot workshop project between the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) and the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension to explore digital literacy in the North. The workshop involved discussion of concepts related to digital content (digitization, archiving...
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Eetsii tthak t’agwahii getr’ootanahchàh: Digital Content and Connectivity with Dinjii Zhuh Contexts (Facilitator Handbook)
Download2019-08-19
McMahon, Rob, McNally, Michael B, Fraser, Crystal, Pearce, Hanne, Fontaine, Trish
FACILITATOR HANDBOOK : This resource provides an introduction to digital technology (content and connectivity), knowledge management, digital rights, project management, and broadband policy, all in the unique context of the Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich'in) peoples of the Northwest Territories. It also...
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Eetsii tthak t’agwahii getr’ootanahchàh: Digital Content and Connectivity with Dinjii Zhuh Contexts (Student Workbook)
Download2019-08-19
McMahon, Rob, McNally, Michael B, Fraser, Crystal, Pearce, Hanne, Fontaine, Trish
STUDENT WORKBOOK : This resource provides an introduction to digital technology (content and connectivity), knowledge management, digital rights, project management, and broadband policy, all in the unique context of the Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich'in) peoples of the Northwest Territories. It also covers...
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2017-10-13
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: This project addresses a hidden bias of mainstream teaching and learning, wherein Indigenous and locally-held knowledge is often positioned as the oral teachings of the past, in contrast to the contemporary character of digital literacy. The three-year project takes a...
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Identifying the Relationship between Personality Traits, Unique App, Unique Strategy, and Mobile Task Performance of Undergraduate Learners
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This study investigated personality and mobile use of undergraduate student learners at an undergraduate university in Western Canada. The study included 262 participants enrolled in first- and second-year psychology and business courses. Participants were administered a mobile experience...
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Fall 2013
This study sought to determine whether or not students could learn textual and pictorial information incidentally within virtual worlds and investigated whether or not other factors such as learning style or digital literacy predicted incidental learning. The study also investigated whether...
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2019-01-01
McMahon, Rob, McNally, Michael, Fraser, Crystal, Pearce, Hanne, Fontaine, Trish
Communities in the western Arctic can now connect to high-speed digital infrastructure – a situation that provides both opportunities and challenges for residents of the Northwest Territories (NWT). The completion of the long-anticipated Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link (MVFL) in June 2017 and...