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Spring 2014

Jorgenson, Shelane Rae

Over the last few decades, the concept of global citizenship has emerged in policies and vision statements of higher educational institutions without clarity of what it means or how to educate for it. In North America the discourse of global citizenship study abroad has become increasingly...

Spring 2016

Vargas Villarroel, Patricia B

This study illustrates a model for the implementation of a “Business-To-Consumer Electronic Commerce Transaction (B2C ECT)” system in a university course following the ISO 10008:2013 standard. Furthermore, this model includes four subsystems based on ISO 10001:2007 for a code of conduct, ISO...

2016-11-09

McNutt, Krysta, Christiansen, Erik G.

This presentation provides an overview of two online toolkits created for the Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative. The Champion's Toolkit provides strategies for promoting OER at educational institutions. The Starter Kit outlines considerations when adopting or creating OER such as...

2016-11-09

McNutt, Krysta, Christiansen, Erik G.

This presentation provides an overview of two online toolkits created for the Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative. The Champion's Toolkit provides strategies for promoting OER at educational institutions. The Starter Kit outlines considerations when adopting or creating OER such as...

2025-04-05

Buchanan, Brett

This capstone paper explores the case of a schedule modernization initiative at the University of Alberta. The initiative is preparing to enter design and implementation with the intention of deploying new technology, along with possible changes to policy, process, and work allocation. Given the...

Fall 2015

Viczko, Melody M

The purpose of this study was to trace how relationships between global, national and local policy spheres are enacted as actors assemble in educational governance through their engagement with internationalization policy. Based on this purposes, the following research questions were addressed:...

2010

Clark, M. R., Isaev, N., Davidson, D. J.

This article presents the findings of a case study of paper consumption behavior at the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. Using methods of social research such as survey, focus groups, and behavioral experimentation, we tested explanations of pro-environmental behavior with...

Fall 2017

Cowley, Summer J

Despite the widely acknowledged importance of university leadership, North American universities are facing a scarcity of senior faculty able or willing to take on leadership positions, including department chairships (Luna, 2012; Appadurai, 2009; Gmelch & Miskin, 2011). While professors often...

Spring 2017

Okonkwo, Chisomaga CN

Issues of recognition and assessment of international credentials within Canada can be traced back decades to the early stages of the influx of international credentials into the country. Although methods to address these resulting issues have continued through the years, recurring issues related...

Fall 2015

Servage, Laura A

Citing statistical data that continues to show that lifetime earnings increase with post-secondary education attainment, policies in OECD countries, including Canada, promote universally accessible post-secondary education as a strategy to redress both economic and social inequality (Field, 2006;...