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Canadian post-secondary institutions cumulatively deliver over 300 programs online or at distance as alternatives to on-campus teaching, and student enrollments in online programs are expected to increase (Canadian Virtual University (CVU), 2013). However, little is known about online degrees as credentials for employment. Focusing on bachelor's degrees awarded by Canadian universities for online and distance education, this mixed methods study investigated the views of a convenient sample of 87 employers using hypothetical hiring and job promotion scenarios. A total of 84 surveys and 4 interviews were conducted with management and human resources personnel at Canadian organizations in the public, private, and social sectors. The findings indicated that 75% of participants considered online degrees equivalent to campus-based face-to-face degrees in the hiring scenario, and over 90% had no preference between campus-based and online degrees in the employment promotion scenario. Four themes emerged related to credibility of online degrees, educational quality of online degrees, affordances and constraints of online education, and gaps in awareness. The findings are relevant to graduates and students of online education as well as educational institutions offering online degrees.

https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/15759/Jul29-1915.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/11898/Apr03-1922.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

In this autoethnographic personal narrative, I share my multifaceted journey of developing ecological embodied cognition in the context of climate change, specifically in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Through spending time alone with the other-than-human world and using a deliberate practice of mindfulness to develop a participatory postmodern worldview, I seek to integrate multiple ways of knowing to complement my existing strengths of scientific, positivist understanding of the world. I suggest that expanding my (our) metaphoric construct of self to include ecological self, is vital to deepening sustainable relationships with nature and with other humans. I depict and evoke for readers my personal experience as a potential model of adaptation and worldview change. As environmental educator and education leader in the public school system, I will bring these new skills and ways of knowing and being to the classroom, to more meaningfully promote sustainability initiatives and behaviors.

https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/18950/Dec13-1876.pdf?sequence=2

This paper presents an analysis and recommendations for maximizing the earning potential of CBC widgets. Theoretical concepts, such as the Customer Value Model, Roger's Model of Adoption and viral marketing are used to identify ways to grow widget adoption and encourage viral distribution as a means to increase impressions available for sale to advertisers. The paper explores trends in Internet usage and advertising, with a focus on defining best practices that can be applied broadly to all widgets.

Straipsnyje analizuojama 2004 m. spalio 29 d. Europos Sąjungos šalių narių ir kandidačių vadovų pasirašyta Sutartis dėl Konstitucijos Europai, dar vadinama Konstitucija, Konstitucijos projektu ir Konstitucine sutartimi. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas 2004 m. lapkričio 11d. įstatymu Nr. IX-2562 ratifikavo šią Sutartį. Pasirinkta tokia nacionalinė procedūra, o piliečiai neįtraukti į platesnę pilietinę ir teisinę diskusiją dėl ES Konstitucinės sutarties. Diskusijų apie visuotinio referendumo rengimą beveik nebuvo, nors LR Konstitucija numato, jog svarbiausi valstybės gyvavimo klausimai yra sprendžiami referendume. Įsigilinus į ES Konstitucijos tekstą, daromos išvados, kad bus pakeista Europos Sąjungos institucijų sistema ir sutarčių peržiūros procedūra, ES piliečiams suteikta galimybė inicijuoti Europos įstatymų leidybos procedūras referendumuose, išplėsta Europos Teisingumo teismo kompetencija. Sutartimi reorganizuojamas nacionalinių parlamentų indėlis į ES demokratinį vystymąsi, nustatant “išankstinio įspėjimo sistemą” ir vykdant subsidiarumo principo monitoringą. Sustiprintos Europos Parlamento įstatymų leidybos ir biudžeto formavimo galios bei konsoliduota Parlamento politinė priežiūra, renkant Komisijos prezidentą. Konvento subūrimas pripažintas specialiu metodu ateityje priimti Konstitucijos teksto pakeitimus. Europos Konstitucija turėtų sustiprinti Sąjungos demokratinę prigimtį. The article analyzes the Treaty on the Constitution for Europe signed by the heads of the EU member states and candidate member states on 29 October 2004, it is also called the Constitution, the Constitution Project, or the Constitutional Agreement. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ratified this Treaty on 11 November 2004 by Law No. IX-2562. These national procedures were chosen, and the citizens were not included into a wider civic and legal discussion on the EU Constitutional Treaty. There were hardly any discussions about the arrangement of a general referendum, even though the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania provides that the most important state issues are decided by referendum. Upon closer analysis of the text of the EU Constitution, the conclusion is reached that the system of the EU institutions and the procedure for the observation of the treaties will be changed, EU citizens will be granted the ability to initiate the EU legislation procedures by way of referendums, and the scope of competence of the Court of Justice is to be extended. The Treaty reorganizes the contribution of the national parliaments into the EU democratic development by establishing "an early warning system" and implementing monitoring of the principle of subsidiarity. The powers of the European Parliament to legislate and to form the budget consolidated parliament's political monitoring by electing the president of the European Commission. The meeting of the Convention is approved as a special method to, in the future, adopt changes of the text of the Constitution. The European Constitution is supposed to strengthen the democratic nature of the European Union.

https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/13279/Feb20-1905.pdf?sequence=2

Scaling technology enables even higher degree of integration for FPGAs, but also brings new challenges that need to be addressed from both the architecture and the design tools side. Optimization of FPGA interconnection network is essential, given that interconnects dominate logic. Two approaches are presented, with one based on the time-multiplexing of wires and the other using hierarchical interconnects of high-speed serial links and switches. Design tools for both approaches are discussed. Preliminary experiments and prototypes are presented, and show positive results.