Sat, Mar 20, 2004

The Digital Agora - Acadia University Political Science Online Learning Space

Political Science students at Acadia University are invited to participate in the Digital Agora, an online learning space shared by students in the program. The site includes a variety of resources, including a nice tutorials section that covers topics such as “lateral mapping,” a technique for documenting the key ideas of a chapter or thesis. The students are invited to try doing this using powerpoint, and a variety of downloadable examples are provided from past classes (see for example this short powerpoint on the culture of peace. 

Also provided is set of short video clips of political scientists from across Canada discussing relevant topics. The list of these clips is provided below for reference, but must be accessed from within the frames of the Agora site to work properly.

List of Available Video Clips from Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities (COSSH) held Ottawa, Canada, 1998

Lloyd Axworthy - National Security, Civilians and War
Lloyd Axworthy - ICT and Landmines, ICT and Interests Groups
Douglas Brown - Federal and Provincial Relations, Constitutional Reform
Keith Brownsey - Major Political Parties, Third Parties
R. Kenneth Carty - ICT and Public Policy, Reinventing Public Policy
Don Carmicheal - Conflicting Rights
Jean Charest - National Political Parties, Common Good
Jean Charest - National Unity
Honorable Stephane Dion - Quebec Unity, Multiple Identities
Walter Dorn - ICT and the United Nations, Role of Information
Christopher Dunn - New Public Management, Downsizing
Larry Fisk - Peace Research
Thomas Flanagan - Reform Party
Chad Gaffield - Knowledge-based Society, Role of Social Sciences and Humanities
Mark Sproule-Jones - Human Behaviour
Mark Sproule-Jones - Environmental Issues, Role of Social Sciences
Peter Langille - Defense, Definitions of Security and Environmental Security
Peter Leslie - Globalization, Regional Trading Blocks, Harmonization of Rules
Peter Leslie - Comparitive, European Union and Quebec
Heather MacIvor - Women and Politics
Mary Louise McAllister - Multi-stakeholder approach, Environmental Studies, Balancing Interests
Alan McDougall - Hegemonic Structures, Political Discourse, Rules and Structures, Marginalization
Kenneth McRoberts - National Unity, Federal Provincial Relations, Quebec
Michael Mehta - Pornography of the Net, ICT Users
John Meisel - ICT, Knowledge society
Vincent Mosco - ICT and Public Policy, Information Highway
Hanna Newcombe - Peace Solutions
Leslie A. Pal - ICT and Interest Groups
Thomas Pockington - Citizenship, Role of Political Science
Greg Poelzer - First Nations People, Public Sector Decision-making
Leonard Preyra - Political Parties, Third Parties, Multi-Party systems
Marc Renaud - Communications Revolution, Globalization, Role of Research
Grace Skogstad - Harmonization, Multi-national Corporations, Free Trade
Denis Stairs - ICT and Foreign Policy, ICT and Interest Groups, Communications Revolution
Garth Stevenson - English Minority in Quebec, Quiet Revolution, Language and Politics, Public Input
Ron Stewart - Health
Ron Stewart - Health Care Reform
Hugh Thorburn - Civics, Canadian Politics
Lisa Valentine - Political Discourse, Communication Studies, Constructing Identity
Jerry White - Health Care
Alan Whitehorn - Role of the Left, Social Democracy, Quality of Life
Robert Williams - Necessity of Political Science, Policy Stakeholders

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