Athabasca University Press is Canada’s first open access scholarly press. Founded in 2007 with the principal aim of reducing barriers to knowledge and increasing access to scholarship, AU Press is committed to bringing the work of emerging and established scholars to the public. With both an open-access journal and monograph program, they make a significant contribution to the growing body of academic and literary work that is available to a global readership at no cost to the reader.
Leaving Iran
Between Migration and Exile
An intimate portrait of one family’s displacement after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and their search for identity.
Scaling Up
The Convergence of the Social Economy and Sustainability
Speaking Power to Truth
Digital Discourse and the Public Intellectual
The Digital Nexus
Identity, Agency, and Political Engagement
The totalizing scope of the combined effects of computerization and the worldwide network are the subject of the essays in The Digital Nexus, a volume that responds to McLuhan’s request for a “special study” of the tsunami-like transformation of the communication landscape.
How Canadians Communicate V
Sports
Community Nutrition for Developing Countries
How Canadians Communicate VI
Food Promotion, Consumption, and Controversy
Learning in Virtual Worlds
Research and Applications
In this authoritative collection, a team of international experts outline the emerging trends and developments in the use of 3D virtual worlds for teaching and learning.
Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning
Foundations and Applications
