Catalog – PressbooksOER

#Openteach: professional development for open online educators

CC BY (Attribution) 30 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Orna Farrell, James Brunton, Caitriona Ni She, Eamon Costello

Subject(s): Higher education, tertiary education, Open learning, distance education, Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)

Last updated: 30/09/2023

Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, Ben Shepard

Last updated: 19/08/2023

Informal Calculus

CC BY (Attribution) 1 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Tyler Seacrest

Subject(s): Mathematics and Science, Calculus, Biology, life sciences, Earth sciences

Institution(s): The University of Montana-Western

Last updated: 26/04/2023

This book is an approachable introduction to calculus with applications to biology and environmental science. For example, one application in the book is determining the volume of earth moved in the 1959 earthquake that created Quake Lake. Another application uses differential equations to model various biological examples, including moose and wolf populations at Isle Royale National Park, ranavirus in amphibians, and competing species of protozoa. The text focuses on intuitive understanding of concepts, but still covers most of the algebra and calculations common in a survey of calculus course.

Mindful Technical Writing

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Dawn Atkinson, Stacey Corbitt

Editor(s): TRAILSOER

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides

Publisher: MUS TRAILS OER Program

Last updated: 14/03/2023

Narratives and the Policy Process: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Author(s): Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, Elizabeth A Shanahan

Editor(s): Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth, Elizabeth A Shanahan

Subject(s): Research methods: general, Social research and statistics

Institution(s): Montana State University

Publisher: Montana State University Library

Last updated: 13/03/2023

Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire, Kathy Anders

Last updated: 25/08/2022

Howdy or Hello? Technical and Professional Communication

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Matt McKinney, Kalani Pattison, Sarah LeMire, Kathy Anders, Nicole Hagstrom-Schmidt

Last updated: 25/08/2022

OERigin Stories

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Ursula Pike

Editor(s): Ursula Pike

Subject(s): Open learning, distance education, Diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace

Publisher: Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex)

Last updated: 19/05/2022

OERigin Stories presents interviews with six leaders in the Open Education Movement: Tonja Conerly, Angela DeBarger, Liliana Diaz Solodukhin, Shinta Hernandez, Jessie Loyer, and Ariana Santiago. Inspired by a presentation at the OpenEd 19 conference by Ariana Santiago, Cynthia Orozco, and Regina Gong (Highlighting Women of Color Experiences in Leading OER Projects), Ursula Pike asked each woman to detail her pathway into the Open Education Movement, how her identity intersects with Open, the future of the movement, the benefits of Open Education, and what they think is missing from the Open Education Movement.

Introduction to Narrative Journalism

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Benjamin Wielechowski

Subject(s): Media studies: journalism

Publisher: UM-Dearborn Open Education

Last updated: 19/05/2022

Introduction to Narrative Journalism: Real Stories, Artfully Told is a textbook created for beginning narrative journalists exploring the craft. It is inspired by the Narrative Journalism course (JASS/COMP/ENGL 310) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and it is intended to be used as a guide and handbook. It is structured around the five elements of fiction, and provides both instruction and student examples of various narrative journalism projects.

Keys to the Understanding the Middle East

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Camron Michael Amin

Subject(s): Middle Eastern history, Middle East, Systems of law: Islamic law

Publisher: UM-Dearborn Open Education

Last updated: 19/05/2022

This book, developed for students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, is a remix of Alam Payind’s and Melissa McClimans’ 2017 open text, “Keys to Understanding the Middle East,” published by Ohio State University. Specifically, this version adds a more consistent approach to transliteration, and expands on languages in the Middle East, Islamic sects, and the history that preceded the modern period.

This book is intended for those who have never studied the Middle East, or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one’s knowledge of the region, these fundamentals are important to know. The languages, cultural, religious and sectarian communities of the region, and selected turning points and influential people in history are starting points for gaining an understanding of the diverse contexts of the region.