J. Pettit‚ “Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal Mobile‚” in Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training. Canada: AU Press‚ Athabasca University‚ 2009‚ ch. 7‚ pp. 135-156. 3. M. Ally‚ Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training. Canada: AU Press‚ Athabasca University‚ 2009. 4. M. Boyes. (2011‚ Dec 17). 24 benefits of mobile learning. [Online] Available: http://insights.elearningnetwork.org/?p=507 5. N. O’Driscoll. The Disadvantages
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including lost time‚ foregone satisfaction‚ pleasure‚ or any other benefit that provides some sort of value. These can all be categorized as opportunity costs. An example of opportunity costs would be my own decision to pursue a part time degree at Athabasca University. As a result of this decision to pursue further education I have to forego personal time and pleasure activities in order to study and I have to forego monetary earnings when I have to take time off work to complete course exams. These
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Running head: Teaching Project Objectives A Pre-operative Teaching Session Helene Locas Student ID #2923514 Presented to Lori M. Beresford HLST320 version C6 Athabasca University January 12‚ 2011 This paper is the first part of the Teaching Project assignment. I will present the main teaching objective accompanied by some specific goals‚ and a brief overview of the actual project. For the teaching project‚ I have decided to orchestrate a pre-operative teaching session
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Keystone XL Pipeline The Keystone XL Pipeline system is used for transporting oil from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta Canada to the United States. There are four different phases of this pipeline. Phases one and two are already complete. The first phase of the pipeline starts at the Keystone Hardisty Terminal in Canada and stops at Wood River and Patoka‚ Illinois‚ and then phase two starts in Steele City‚ Nebraska and stretches down to Cushing‚ Oklahoma. The completed pipeline is over 2000 miles
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A. Attention Getting Device: In the Wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill calamity‚ another potential environmental disaster is already in the making. B. Thesis Statement: Around the Athabasca Lake region the cancer rate is becoming alarming: 30 percent above the Albertain provincial average. The culprit is suspected to the toxic reservoirs where the effluence from the oil industry’s operation is collected. C. Preview of Main Points: The massive-scale extraction of "black oil‚" underway
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oil producer in Indonesia. Currently‚ Chevron has numerous projects underway that will tap into new resources around the globe‚ including several offshore projects in Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe. They are also involved with the development of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Canada and the development of steam used to recover oil. As mentioned‚ they have begun to explore unconventional energy resources including natural gas‚ oil sands‚ geothermal and solar energy‚ and biofuels. With the world’s attention
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Jessica Trinh Essay #1 LBST 301 2 March 2006 Rousseau’s View of Private Property Land and private ownership has been the reason for many wars and debates throughout history. There are various people whom believe that land should be used as private property‚ Rousseau‚ Jefferson‚ and Smith‚ and others whom believe land should only have public use‚ Marx and Engels. Rousseau believes that land should be used for private property and that it is necessary within the social contract to demonstrate
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The Boreal Plains is found in the Canadian Flat Interior which is made up of low-lying valleys‚ plains‚ and three bodies of water which include the Saskatchewan River‚ Beaver River and Peace‚ Athabasca‚ and Slave river’s watershed. The rest of the Boreal Plains is made up of forests that consists of Timber‚ these forests take up 84% of the Boreal Plains. Within Division 17ths borders in the Boreal Plains there is a small portion that is located
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established fur traders and while being feared by many nations they accepted their new neighbours‚ the Europeans. The Cree started becoming dependent on the fur trades to provide food. The Cree began moving west towards the Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca and a small shift the south near Montana and Alberta due to the fur trading growing towards the center of Canada. Their traditional way of life was about using the lands resource for nothing went to waste. They lived in teepees or wigwams depending
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conventional crude oil. In addition to carbon emissions‚ the oil sands also pollute fresh water. The production of one barrel of crude oil requires two to four barrels of fresh water. This poses problems for the environment. The water is sourced from the Athabasca River throughout the year including during the river’s low flow periods. This can harm the river’s aquatic life. The water becomes toxic during the process and cannot be returned to the river. In situ development uses about 0.9 barrels of water per
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