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Implementation of Open Education Resources in Higher Education: Experiences of Scholars, Librarians, Administrators, and Advocates
(2018-12-01)
Open Education Resources (OER) provide free educational resources, tools, software, and learning material to the world. However, just because a resource is free, it does not mean it was produced for free. While there is a ...
Narrative-focused video games as situated learning: Media literacy implications of play, identity, and perspective taking
(2018-07)
With the emergence of more narrative-focused video games, this study attempted to better understand how college students construct meaning through these interactive experiences as a means of understanding social and cultural ...
Examination of the timely transitions game for use in first and second grades
(2018-05)
As academic time and resources are ever shrinking it is important for researchers and practitioners alike to identify solutions that do not require many additional resources to yield big results. The Timely Transitions ...
Visualization and intelligent solutions for big pavement data
(2018-07)
Pavement visualization and crack detection are two important components supporting modern pavement condition survey. In this dissertation, two major goals are accomplished based on implementable algorithms. 1) The long-distance ...
Qualitative inquiry into public perceptions of unmanned aviation safety
(2018-05)
The purpose of this research was to qualitatively study the public's trust and knowledge of unmanned aviation safety through data collection by interviewing research subjects. The researcher sought to determine whether the ...
Ionic Liquids: The Importance of Local Structures at Micro- and Mesoscale and Descriptors to Tune Them
(2018-12-01)
Ionic liquids (ILs) are novel chemical substances composed entirely of ions. The negligible vapor pressure coupled with the ability to design an IL by judicious choice of cations and anions or their substituent functional ...
Satellite remote sensing of harmful algal blooms in the southcentral United States of America (USA)
(2018-07)
The goal of water quality monitoring is to detect pollutants such as harmful algal blooms (HABs) and guide management decisions. A major challenge to this is the uncertainty in detecting pollutants in space and time. In ...
Design, synthesis and characterization of organic semiconductors: From eumelanin-inspired organic materials to novel electron acceptors
(2018-07)
Eumelanin, the black-brown variety of natural pigment melanin, is a fascinating material owing to its multifunctional physicochemical properties, such as broad-band absorption spectrum, antioxidant and free radical scavenging ...
M/othering in transnational space as curriculum theorizing: Investigating interrelationality in a self/other relationship through weaving
(2018-07)
The purpose of this dissertation study is to explore a different way of thinking otherness in a self/other relationship. Specifically, I theorize m/othering in a transnational context in dealing with otherness in curricular ...
Cognitive complexity in sexual minority individuals: The effect of positive identity factors, age, ethnicity, and education level on cognitive complexity
(2018-07)
Cognitive complexity is defined as a multidimensional way of looking at people and the world. Previous qualitative research has examined cognitive complexity in sexual minority individuals, suggesting that sexual minority ...