User profiles for L Rourke

Liam Rourke

University of Alberta
Verified email at ualberta.ca
Cited by 8828

Learning in communities of inquiry: A review of the literature (Winner 2009 Best Research Article Award)

L Rourke, H Kanuka - International Journal of E-Learning & Distance …, 2009 - ijede.ca
… Le but de cette étude était d’examiner l’apprentissage dans des communautés d’… une
mesure de l’apprentissage étudiant. De façon prédominante, l’apprentissage était défini comme l’…

The effect of restricting residents' duty hours on patient safety, resident well-being, and resident education: an updated systematic review

L Bolster, L Rourke - Journal of Graduate Medical …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background Despite 25 years of implementation and a sizable amount of research, the
impact of resident duty hour restrictions on patients and residents still is unclear. Advocates …

The surgical treatment of lymphedema: a systematic review of the contemporary literature (2004–2010)

JN Cormier, L Rourke, M Crosby, D Chang… - Annals of surgical …, 2012 - Springer
… The maximum score possible from our quality assessment instrument was 14 l all ratings fell
between 2 and 12 points, with an overall mean ± standard deviation (SD) score of 6.8 ± 2.4. …

Assessing social presence in asynchronous text-based computer conferencing

L Rourke, T Anderson, DR Garrison… - … Education/Revue de l' …, 1999 - learntechlib.org
Discusses computer conferencing in higher education, presents a community of inquiry model
that includes benefits of computer conferencing, and discusses social presence, defined …

Methodological issues in the content analysis of computer conference transcripts

L Rourke, T Anderson, DR Garrison… - International journal of …, 2001 - telearn.hal.science
This paper discusses the potential and the methodological challenges of analyzing computer
conference transcripts using quantitative content analysis. The paper is divided into six …

The influence of instructional methods on the quality of online discussion

H Kanuka, L Rourke, E Laflamme - British Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this case study, we examined the influence of five groups of communication activities on
the quality of students’ contributions to online discussion. The activities were the nominal …

Validity in quantitative content analysis

L Rourke, T Anderson - Educational technology research and …, 2004 - Springer
… A further example is found in our work on social presence (Rourke & Anderson, 2002).
Originally, we developed a scheme for coding the purely social elements of computer conferences…

Magnetic resonance scans should replace biopsies for the diagnosis of diffuse brain stem gliomas: a report from the Children's Cancer Group

AL Albright, RJ Packer, R Zimmerman, LB Rorke… - …, 1993 - journals.lww.com
CHILDREN'S CANCER GROUP Protocol CCG-9882 was designed to determine the effectiveness
of hyperfractionated radiation for the treatment of children and young adults with brain …

Using peer teams to lead online discussions

T Anderson, L Rourke - 2002 - auspace.athabascau.ca
… (For commentary on the use of the content analysis technique in computer mediated
communication research see Rourke, Anderson, Garrison, and Archer, in press; for empirical …

Trends in and outcomes from sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) alone vs. SLNB with axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer patients …

…, HM Kuerer, RF Hwang, I Bedrosian, L Rourke… - Annals of surgical …, 2010 - Springer
Background Complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) after a positive sentinel lymph
node biopsy (SLNB) remains the standard practice. As nodal surgery has long been …