Student       Thesis topic Progress Date Liz Coleman Barriers and challenges to web-based learning Convocated May,2004 Leeann Burke Female students' experiences of learning technology in single and mixed gender settings Convocated May, 2004 Cheryl Perkins Identifying and measuring critical thinking in online asynchronous discussions Convocated May, 2004 Tracey Powell The experiences of instructional designers of web-based learning at the post-secondary level. Winner of the CADE (Canadian Association for Distance Education) award for Excellence in Graduate Research Convocated October,2004 Eric Nippard Social presence in the web-based, synchronous, secondary classroom Convocated October,2005 Maria Rodriguez-Manzanares The language learning beliefs of self-identified successful learners of Spanish as a foreign language. Convocated October,2006 Zhen Zeng Tensions in the language learning experiences and beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a foreign language. Convocated May,2006 Lana Penney Rubrics for designing and evaluating online asynchronous discussions Convocated May, 2008 David Francis Instructional designers' conceptualisations of learning objects Convocated May,2007 Paul Leslie Post-secondary students' purposes for blogging Convocated May, 2008 Maria Rodriguez-Manzanares Portraits of the activity systems of post-secondary International students in online learning: From tensions to transformations Convocated May, 2012