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Teaching and Learning Against All Odds: a Video- Based Study of Learner-To-Instructor Interaction in International Distance Education
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Volume 10, Number 4. ISSN: 1492-3831 September – 2009 Teaching and Learning Against all Odds: A Video- Based Study of Learner-to-Instructor Interaction in International Distance Education Jean-Marie Muhirwa Equitas – The International Centre for Human Rights Education, Canada Abstract Distance education and information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been marketed as cost-effective ways to rescue struggling educational institutions in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study uses classroom video analysis and follow-up interviews with teachers, students, and local tutors to analyse the interaction at a distance between learners in Mali and Burkina Faso and their French and Canadian instructors. Findings reveal multiple obstacles to quality interaction: frequent Internet disconnections, limited student access to computers, lack of instructor presence, ill-prepared local tutors, student unfamiliarity with typing and computer technology, ineffective technical support, poor social dynamics, learner- learner conflict, learner-instructor conflict, and student withdrawal and resignation. In light of the near death of the costly World Bank-initiated African Virtual University (AVU), this paper concludes by re-visiting the educational potential of traditional technologies, such as radio and video, to foster development in poor countries. Keywords: Distance education; interaction; interactivity; sub-Saharan Africa; learners‘ support; Internet -
Celebrating Our Calypso Monarchs 1939- 1980
Celebrating our Calypso Monarchs 1939-1980 T&T History through the eyes of Calypso Early History Trinidad and Tobago as most other Caribbean islands, was colonized by the Europeans. What makes Trinidad’s colonial past unique is that it was colonized by the Spanish and later by the English, with Tobago being occupied by the Dutch, Britain and France several times. Eventually there was a large influx of French immigrants into Trinidad creating a heavy French influence. As a result, the earliest calypso songs were not sung in English but in French-Creole, sometimes called patois. African slaves were brought to Trinidad to work on the sugar plantations and were forbidden to communicate with one another. As a result, they began to sing songs that originated from West African Griot tradition, kaiso (West African kaito), as well as from drumming and stick-fighting songs. The song lyrics were used to make fun of the upper class and the slave owners, and the rhythms of calypso centered on the African drum, which rival groups used to beat out rhythms. Calypso tunes were sung during competitions each year at Carnival, led by chantwells. These characters led masquerade bands in call and response singing. The chantwells eventually became known as calypsonians, and the first calypso record was produced in 1914 by Lovey’s String Band. Calypso music began to move away from the call and response method to more of a ballad style and the lyrics were used to make sometimes humorous, sometimes stinging, social and political commentaries. During the mid and late 1930’s several standout figures in calypso emerged such as Atilla the Hun, Roaring Lion, and Lord Invader and calypso music moved onto the international scene. -
Against All Odds: from Prison to Graduate School
Journal of African American Males in Education Spring 2015 - Vol. 6 Issue 1 Against All Odds: From Prison to Graduate School Rebecca L. Brower Florida State University This case study explores an often overlooked phenomenon in the higher education literature: Students transitioning from prison to college. The case presents the unique story of an African American male who made a series of life transitions from federal prison to homelessness to community college to a historically Black university, and finally to a predominantly White institution for graduate school. These transitions came as the result of successful coping strategies, which included social learning, hope, optimism, information seeking, and meaning-making. Some of the policy and research implications of ex-convicts returning to higher education after imprisonment are also considered. Keywords: African-American, Black, college access, prison, transition A middle-aged African American male named Robert Jones sits in a community college classroom feeling overwhelmed and unsure of himself. He has been released after spending ten years in federal prison for drug trafficking. After prison, he was homeless for a period of time, but now he is sitting in a community college classroom thanks to his own efforts and the local homeless coalition’s program to help ex-convicts gain housing, employment, and education. He vividly describes his experience on his first day of community college: I tell you, I swear my head was hurting. I’m serious. I was, like, in class, you know, like Charlie Brown, I had sparks going everywhere. I was like, it’s like that came to my mind and I was like now I see how Charlie Brown feels. -
Documentary Movies
Libraries DOCUMENTARY MOVIES The Media and Reserve Library, located in the lower level of the west wing, has over 9,000 videotapes, DVDs and audiobooks covering a multitude of subjects. For more information on these titles, consult the Libraries' online catalog. 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America DVD-2043 56 Up DVD-8322 180 DVD-3999 60's DVD-0410 1-800-India: Importing a White-Collar Economy DVD-3263 7 Up/7 Plus Seven DVD-1056 1930s (Discs 1-3) DVD-5348 Discs 1 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green DVD-8778 1930s (Discs 4-5) DVD-5348 Discs 4 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green c.2 DVD-8778 c.2 1964 DVD-7724 9/11 c.2 DVD-0056 c.2 1968 with Tom Brokaw DVD-5235 9500 Liberty DVD-8572 1983 Riegelman's Closing/2008 Update DVD-7715 Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants DVD-5835 20 Years Old in the Middle East DVD-6111 Abolitionists DVD-7362 DVD-4941 Aboriginal Architecture: Living Architecture DVD-3261 21 Up DVD-1061 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided DVD-0001 21 Up South Africa DVD-3691 Absent from the Academy DVD-8351 24 City DVD-9072 Absolutely Positive DVD-8796 24 Hours 24 Million Meals: Feeding New York DVD-8157 Absolutely Positive c.2 DVD-8796 c.2 28 Up DVD-1066 Accidental Hero: Room 408 DVD-5980 3 Times Divorced DVD-5100 Act of Killing DVD-4434 30 Days Season 3 DVD-3708 Addicted to Plastic DVD-8168 35 Up DVD-1072 Addiction DVD-2884 4 Little Girls DVD-0051 Address DVD-8002 42 Up DVD-1079 Adonis Factor DVD-2607 49 Up DVD-1913 Adventure of English DVD-5957 500 Nations DVD-0778 Advertising and the End of the World DVD-1460 -
Against All Odds? Birth Fathers and Enduring Thoughts of the Child Lost to Adoption
genealogy Article Against All Odds? Birth Fathers and Enduring Thoughts of the Child Lost to Adoption Gary Clapton School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK; [email protected] Received: 4 March 2019; Accepted: 25 March 2019; Published: 29 March 2019 Abstract: This paper revisits a topic only briefly raised in earlier research, the idea that the grounds for fatherhood can be laid with little or no ‘hands-on’ experience of fathering and upon these grounds, an enduring sense of being a father of, and bond with, a child seen once or never, can develop. The paper explores the specific experiences of men whose children were adopted as babies drawing on the little research that exists on this population, work relating to expectant fathers, personal accounts, and other sources such as surveys of birth parents in the USA and Australia. The paper’s exploration and discussion of a manifestation of fatherhood that can hold in mind a ‘lost’ child, disrupts narratives of fathering that regard fathering as ‘doing’ and notions that once out of sight, a child is out of mind for a father. The paper suggests that, for the men in question, a diversity of feelings, but also behaviours, point to a form of continuing, lived fathering practices—that however, take place without the child in question. The conclusion debates the utility of the phrase “birth father” as applied historically and in contemporary adoption processes. Keywords: birth fathers; adoption; fatherhood 1. Introduction There can be an enduring psychological/attachment bond between the child and their biological father that is of significance both to the child and the father, whether the father is present, absent or indeed has never been known to the child (Clapton 2007, pp. -
Succeeding Against All Odds: Vanke's Songhua Lake Ski Resort
E-House Succeeding Against All Odds: Vanke’s Songhua Lake Ski Resort Sponsored by JULY 2019 Succeeding Against All Odds: Vanke’s Songhua Lake Ski Resort In late 2014, Vanke, one of China’s largest real estate companies, embarked on a new chapter in its corporate history with the launch of a 40 billion yuan (US $6 billion) ski resort in Songhua Lake, Jilin Province.1 The resort attracted 300,000 visitors in 2016 — a figure previously achieved only by a handful of other Chinese ski resorts — and generated nearly 150 million yuan (US $23 million) in profits despite the high start-up costs of the sport and its relatively recent introduction to the country.2 Vanke’s investment was part of a broader diversification strategy designed to enhance the company’s reputation as a premier real estate developer and service provider.3 But continued success would hinge not only on Vanke’s ability to sustain demand in an increasingly competitive market, but also its ability to address a spate of operational challenges unique to the global ski industry and particularly the Chinese market. CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL SKI INDUSTRY such as China. They are also less common to a younger Skiing is traditionally viewed as a sport for the affluent, generation of sports enthusiasts. While snowboarding along with polo and golf. Ski getaways, particularly to does tend to attract the youth, not enough are joining posh ski destinations such as St. Moritz and Klosters in the sport to replace skiers who leave as they age. From Switzerland or Courchevel 1850 in France, are often out 2008 to 2016, the number of skier-days in the world’s of reach for residents of economically developing nations main ski destinations fell from 350 million to around 320 1 “Vanke (000002.SZ): first skiing resort project to be completed in Dec.” Xinhua Economic News, August 26, 2014. -
The Building of a Women's Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By
Against All Odds: The Building of a Women’s Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By Homa Hoodfar from Changing Their World 1st Edition Edited by Srilatha Batliwala Scholar Associate, AWID Building Feminist Movements and Organizations 2008 This case study was produced by AWID’s Building Feminist Movements and Organizations (BEFMO) Initiative These publications can be found on the AWID website: www.awid.org Changing their World 1st Edition Contains case studies: Against All Odds: The Building of a Women’s Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By Homa Hoodfar The Dalit Women’s Movement in India: Dalit Mahila Samiti By Jahnvi Andharia with the ANANDI Collective Domestic Workers Organizing in the United States By Andrea Cristina Mercado and Ai-jen Poo Challenges Were Many: The One in Nine Campaign, South Africa By Jane Bennett Mothers as Movers and Shakers: The Network of Mother Centres in the Czech Republic By Suranjana Gupta The Demobilization of Women’s Movements: The Case of Palestine By Islah Jad The Piquetera/o Movement of Argentina By Andrea D’Atri and Celeste Escati GROOTS Kenya By Awino Okech The European Romani Women’s Movement—International Roma Women’s Network By Rita Izsak Changing their World 2nd Edition Contains four new case studies: The Seeds of a Movement—Disabled Women and their Struggle to Organize By Janet Price GALANG: A Movement in the Making for the Rights of Poor LBTs in the Philippines By Anne Lim The VAMP/SANGRAM Sex Worker’s Movement in India’s Southwest By the SANGRAM/VAMP team Women Building Peace: The -
Investigating the Effects of a Persuasive Digital Game on Immersion, Identification, and Willingness to Help
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Erasmus University Digital Repository Basic and Applied Social Psychology ISSN: 0197-3533 (Print) 1532-4834 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hbas20 Investigating the Effects of a Persuasive Digital Game on Immersion, Identification, and Willingness to Help Jonathan van ’t Riet, Annika C. Meeuwes, Laura van der Voorden & Jeroen Jansz To cite this article: Jonathan van ’t Riet, Annika C. Meeuwes, Laura van der Voorden & Jeroen Jansz (2018): Investigating the Effects of a Persuasive Digital Game on Immersion, Identification, and Willingness to Help, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2018.1459301 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2018.1459301 © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis Published online: 21 Jun 2018. Submit your article to this journal View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=hbas20 BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2018.1459301 Investigating the Effects of a Persuasive Digital Game on Immersion, Identification, and Willingness to Help Jonathan van ’t Rieta, Annika C. Meeuwesb, Laura van der Voordena, and Jeroen Janszb aRadboud University; bErasmus University Rotterdam ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a tremendous rise in the development and distribution of persuasive games: digital games that are used to influence players’ attitudes and/or behavior. Three studies (NStudy 1 ¼ 134; NStudy 2 ¼ 94; NStudy 3 ¼ 161) tested the effects of a persuasive game on immersion, identification, and willingness to help. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS How Independent Retail, Hospitality and Services Businesses Have Adapted to Survive the Pandemic a Grimsey Review Research Paper AGAINST ALL ODDS
A Grimsey Review Research Paper AGAINST ALL ODDS How independent Retail, Hospitality and Services Businesses have adapted to survive the pandemic A Grimsey Review Research Paper AGAINST ALL ODDS Key Findings ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Foreword .....................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Recommendations ..........................................................................................................................................................................18 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 State of the Nation ..........................................................................................................................................................................28 The impact of the pandemic on our high streets and town centres has rarely been out of the headlines, fuelled by high profile collapses involving iconic retail brands. However, little -
Approved Movie List 10-9-12
APPROVED NSH MOVIE SCREENING COMMITTEE R-RATED and NON-RATED MOVIE LIST Updated October 9, 2012 (Newly added films are in the shaded rows at the top of the list beginning on page 1.) Film Title ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1968) ANCHORMAN (2004) APACHES (also named APACHEN)(1973) BULLITT (1968) CABARET (1972) CARNAGE (2011) CINCINNATI KID, THE (1965) COPS CRUDE IMPACT (2006) DAVE CHAPPEL SHOW (2003–2006) DICK CAVETT SHOW (1968–1972) DUMB AND DUMBER (1994) EAST OF EDEN (1965) ELIZABETH (1998) ERIN BROCOVICH (2000) FISH CALLED WANDA (1988) GALACTICA 1980 GYPSY (1962) HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FOCUS (1999-2007) HIP HOP AWARDS 2007 IN THE LOOP (2009) INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965) IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS (2006) JEEVES & WOOSTER (British TV Series) JERRY SPRINGER SHOW (not Too Hot for TV) MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (1962) MATA HARI (1931) MILK (2008) NBA PLAYOFFS (ESPN)(2009) NIAGARA MOTEL (2006) ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT PECKER (1998) PRODUCERS, THE (1968) QUIET MAN, THE (1952) REAL GHOST STORIES (Documentary) RICK STEVES TRAVEL SHOW (PBS) SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964) SITTING BULL (1954) SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE (1957) SPLENDER IN THE GRASS APPROVED NSH MOVIE SCREENING COMMITTEE R-RATED and NON-RATED MOVIE LIST Updated October 9, 2012 (Newly added films are in the shaded rows at the top of the list beginning on page 1.) Film Title TAMING OF THE SHREW (1967) TIME OF FAVOR (2000) TOLL BOOTH, THE (2004) TOMORROW SHOW w/ Tom Snyder TOP GEAR (BBC TV show) TOP GEAR (TV Series) UNCOVERED: THE WAR ON IRAQ (2004) VAMPIRE SECRETS (History -
From the Middle of Nowhere to the Arlington Million, Little Bro Lantis Captured the Imagination of Small-Time Horsemen Everywhere by Denis Blake Four Footed Fotos
Against All Odds From the middle of nowhere to the Arlington Million, Little Bro Lantis captured the imagination of small-time horsemen everywhere By Denis Blake Four Footed Fotos Footed Four South Dakota-bred Little Bro Lantis and Louisiana trainer Merrill Scherer won the 1993 Stars and Stripes Handicap (G3) at Arlington Park at odds of 43-1. 34 SOUTHERN RACEHORSE • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 Despite having a population of about 800,000 in the entire state, have to worry about thumbing through a thick stallion directory. South Dakota can lay claim to more than its share of racing icons. “Lost Atlantis was really one of the only nicely bred horses in South To name just a few, Bill Mott, D. Wayne Lukas and brothers Cash Dakota and as far as I know the only Northern Dancer son that stood and Steve Asmussen all have strong ties to the state. Although Lukas around here,” Ryno said about the stallion who earned $12,754 on the was born in Wisconsin, he cut his teeth as a trainer at the now extinct track and stood at Everett Smalley’s Smalley Farm in Fort Pierre. Park Jefferson in the state’s Since the pairing of southeast corner near the Southern Tami and Lost Iowa and Nebraska border. Atlantis seemed to work, Before South Dakota native Ryno decided to breed Mott trained the incom- them just about every parable Cigar, he saddled season, and in 1988 the his first winner on the mare produced her fourth state’s bush track circuit foal by the stallion. -
Aj Thesis Corrected.Pages
The Liminal Text: Exploring the Perpetual Process of Becoming with particular reference to Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and George Lamming’s The Emigrants & Kitch: A Fictional Biography of The Calypsonian Lord Kitchener Anthony Derek Joseph A Thesis Submitted For The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of English and Comparative Literature Goldsmiths College, University of London August 2016 Joseph 1! I hereby declare that this thesis represents my own research and creative work Anthony Joseph Joseph 2! Acknowledgements I wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in providing financial support to complete this work. I also express my warm and sincere thanks to my supervisors Professors Blake Morrison and Joan Anim-Addo who provided invaluable support and academic guidance throughout this process. I am also grateful to the English and Comparative Literature Department for their logistic support. Thanks to Marjorie Moss and Leonard ‘Young Kitch’ Joseph for sharing their memories. I would also like to thank Valerie Wilmer for her warmth and generosity and the calypso archivist and researcher Dmitri Subotsky, who generously provided discographies, literature, and numerous rare calypso recordings. I am grateful to my wife Louise and to my daughters Meena and Keiko for their love, encouragement and patience. Anthony Joseph London December 16 2015 Joseph 3! Abstract This practice-as-research thesis is in two parts. The first, Kitch, is a fictional biography of Aldwyn Roberts, popularly known as Lord Kitchener. Kitch represents the first biographical study of the Trinidadian calypso icon, whose arrival in Britain onboard The Empire Windrush was famously captured in Pathé footage.