Using the Atlas
Ways to use the topic and concept databases
As noted in About, we hope the Atlas will be useful to those who wish to teach, or assess, or learn curricular content in MPP and MPA programs.
Potential applications include:
Prospective students and interested citizens
- Using the Atlas to Prepare for an MPP or MPA Program
- Using the Atlas for an Introduction to How Government Works in Canada
Students and graduates
- Using the Atlas as Cliffs Notes
- Using the Atlas to find the Most Useful Concepts
- Using the Atlas for Professional Development
Public officeholders
Practitioners
Instructors
- Using the Atlas to Gauge Concept Usefulness
- Using the Atlas to Refresh a Syllabus
- Using the Atlas to Supplement Course Readings
- Using the Atlas to Flip the Classroom
Academic administrators
- Using the Atlas to Design an MPP or MPA Program
- Using the Atlas to Formulate Questions for Program Review
- Using the Atlas to Detect Curricular Gaps and Overlaps
- Using the Atlas to Fill Curricular Gaps
- Using the Atlas to Raise Academic Standards
- Using the Atlas for Preparatory Instruction
- Using the Atlas to Develop Executive Education Offerings
Navigation and Search
The structure of the Atlas is described in About. The search window on the left navigation bar provides returns to search items that appear anywhere on a page. Standard search conventions apply:
- terms separated by spaces results in an “All of these words (in any order, anywhere on the page)” search
- terms enclosed in quotation marks results in a “This exact phrase” (word string) search.
Recent use of the Atlas
For a recent data from Google Analytics, see Who is Using the Atlas? and Most Viewed Concepts.
Page created by: Ian Clark, last modified 6 June 2019.
Image: IBK Business Incubator, at http://inkubatori.rda-korca.org/, accessed 28 April 2016.