Our qualitative study explored transition in seven Canadian universities—early providers of distance education that transitioned to online learning between 2002 and 2017. We interviewed 16 individuals who were involved the design, planning, or implementation learning. Participants reported their universities experienced significant impacts on organizational structure roles. Many saw an increase...

We demonstrate the Umple technology, which allows software developers to blend abstract models, including class-, stateand composite structure diagrams textually into their Java, C++ or PhP code. Umple is targeted at developers who prefer textual programming but also want additional abstractions in order to simplify their software and improve its quality. Umple development has involved over 60 ...

Research activity in bioengineering at Canadian universities has been surveyed. Details were provided by chemical engineering departments in response to a common request for information on activities by individual researchers and for key publications. The information provided has been grouped by topics within the broad theme of "Bioengineering," and contributions from individual departments hav...

Design engineering is critical to the well being of every developed country. The value, efficiency, environmental impact, and consumer appeal of a product are all set by design. There is even evidence that design impacts students’ intellectual development positively [1]. However, design practice, research, and education have not been highly valued in Canadian universities. Within this environme...