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Open data structures: an introduction

by Morin, Pat

fromOPEL (Open paths to enriched learning)

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Introduction -- Array-based lists -- Linked lists -- Skiplists -- Hash tables -- Binary trees -- Random binary search trees -- Scapegoat trees -- Red-black trees -- Heaps -- Sorting algorithms -- Graphs -- Data structures for integers -- External memory searching.

Open data structures: an introduction

by Morin, Pat

fromOpen paths to enriched learning

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Offered as an introduction to the field of data structures and algorithms, Open Data Structures covers the implementation and analysis of data structures for sequences (lists), queues, priority queues, unordered dictionaries, ordered dictionaries, and graphs. Analyzed and implem…

Sociocultural systems: principles of structure and change

by Elwell, Frank W.

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Macrosociology--the study of large-scale social structures and the fundamental principles of social organization--was the style of sociology practiced by the founders of the discipline. Today, the social theories of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, and Herbert Spencer (amon…

An online doctorate for researching professionals: program design, implementation, and evaluation

by Kumar, Swapna, Dawson, Kara

fromIssues in distance education series

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"The interest and demand for online terminal degrees across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be eval…

The letters of Vincent van Gogh: a critical study

by Grant, Patrick

fromCultural dialectics

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When he died at the age of thirty-seven, Vincent van Gogh left a legacy of over two thousand artworks, for which he is now justly famous. But van Gogh was also a prodigious writer of letters?more than eight hundred of them, addressed to his parents, to friends such as Paul Gaugu…

Mission life in Cree-Ojibwe country: memories of a mother and son

by Young, Elizabeth Bingham, Young, E. Ryerson, (Egerton Ryerson)

fromOur lives--diary, memoir, and letters

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In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her new husband, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville. For the next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband's work at two mission houses, Norway House and then B…

Alberta's lower Athabasca basin: archaeology and palaeoenvironments

fromRecovering the past (Edmonton, Alta.)

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Over the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape in the Lower Athabasca B…

Hobohemia and the crucifixion machine: rival images of a new world in 1930s Vancouver

by McCallum, Todd

fromFabriks, studies in the working class

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In the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of unemployed homeless transients settled into Vancouver's "hobo jungle." The jungle operated as a distinct community, in which goods were exchanged and shared directly, without benefit of currency. The organization of life w…

Teaching crowds: learning and social media

by Dron, Jon, Anderson, Terry

fromIssues in distance education series

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"[Authors] introduce a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies, one that rests on connections - on networks and collectives - rather than on separations. Recognizing that online learning both demands and affords new models o…

Mind, body, world: foundations of cognitive science

by Dawson, Michael Robert William

fromOpen paths to enriched learning

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"Mind, Body, World" addresses a number of questions currently being asked by those practicing in the field: What are the core assumptions of the three different schools? What are the relationships between these different sets of core assumptions? Is there only one cognitive scie…

25 years of ed tech

by Weller, Martin

fromIssues in distance education series

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"In this lively and approachable volume based on his popular blog series, Martin Weller demonstrates a rich history of innovation and effective implementation of ed tech across higher education. From Bulletin Board Systems to blockchain, Weller follows the trajectory of educatio…

World Bolshevism

by Martov, L., Kellogg, Paul

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"Beginning in 1903, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was divided into opposing sections, one led by Vladimir Lenin, the other by Iulii Martov. Until 1917, both Lenin and Martov were equally prominent figures in Russian politics. Martov, an anti-war socialist intellectu…

Transparent lives: surveillance in Canada

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Although most Canadians are familiar with surveillance cameras and airport security, relatively few are aware of the extent to which the potential for surveillance is now embedded in virtually every aspect of our lives. We cannot walk down a city street, register for a class, pa…

Speaking power to truth: digital discourse and the public intellectual

by Hawkins, Richard, Keren, Michael

fromCultural dialectics

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Introduction : New challenges to knowledge in the public sphere / Richard Hawkins and Michael Keren -- Establishing the public legitimacy and value of scientific knowledge in an information ether / Richard Hawkins -- Public intellectuals, media intellectuals, and academic intell…

Speaking power to truth: digital discourse and the public intellectual

fromCultural dialectics

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"Online discourse has created a new media environment for contributions to public life, one that challenges the social significance of the role of public intellectuals--intellectuals who, whether by choice or by circumstance, offer commentary on issues of the day. The value of s…