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Intellectual Gems- Cross-fertilization of Experiences and Exposures
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Intellectual Gems- Cross-fertilization of Experiences and Exposures is a valuable resource for individuals who embrace the idea of knowledge sharing through Open Educational Practices (OEP).The goal is to raise awareness about the limitless dissemination of experiences and exposures through the culture of open sharing. It encourages a mindset where learning takes precedence over financial considerations, fueled by passion and a vision for a more inclusive education system.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Burcu Eke
Dr. Deidrea Stevens
Dr. Munir Moosa
Jennifer Hancock
John Row
Karen Wagnon
Laurin Mayeno
Marte Skaara
Terrilynn Renella
The World Federation Against Drugs
Date Added:
07/09/2023
Intermediate College Writing: Building and Practicing Mindful Writing Skills
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Intermediate College Writing: Building and Practicing Mindful Writing Skills is an open textbook designed for use in university‐level courses that focus on cultivating study skills alongside effective academic and workplace writing skills. It offers a no‐cost alternative to commercial products, combining practical guidance with interactive exercises and thoughtfully designed writing opportunities.

This textbook’s modular design and ample coverage of topics and genres means that it can be used flexibly over semester‐long or stretch courses, allowing instructors and students to select the chapters that are most relevant for their needs. By blending new material with reviews of key topics, such as academic integrity, the chapters provide fresh perspectives on matters vital to the development of strong writing skills. The book adapts, builds upon, and expands material covered in our first open textbook, Mindful Technical Writing: An Introduction to the Fundamentals (Atkinson & Corbitt, 2021).

Subject:
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Montana Technological University
Author:
Dawn Atkinson
Stacey Corbitt
Date Added:
07/06/2022
Introduction to OER Workshop Materials for Faculty & Staff
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The materials in this module -- which include PowerPoint slides, two activity worksheets, and a LibGuide -- were developed for a 90-minute "back to basics" professional development workshop for college faculty and staff. The content provides a basic introduction to open educational resources, copyright, and open licenses.

Subject:
Applied Science
Education
Information Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Lesson
Module
Student Guide
Date Added:
06/13/2019
Introduction to Open Access
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Progress of every profession, academic discipline and society at large rides on the back of research and development. Research generates new information and knowledge. It is a standardized process of identifying problem, collecting data or evidence, tabulating data and its analysis, drawing inference and establishing new facts in the form of information. Information has its life cycle: conception, generation, communication, evaluation and validation, use, impact and lastly a fuel for new ideas. Research results are published in journals, conference proceedings, monographs, dissertations, reports, and now the web provides many a new forum for its communication. Since their origin in the 17th century, the journals have remained very popular and important channels for dissemination of new ideas and research. Journals have become inseparable organ of scholarship and research communication, and are a huge and wide industry. Their proliferation (with high mortality rate), high cost of production, cumbersome distribution, waiting time for authors to get published, and then more time in getting listed in indexing services, increasing subscription rates, and lastly archiving of back volumes have led to a serious problem known as "Serials Crisis". The ICT, especially the internet and the WWW, descended from the cyber space to solve all these problems over night in the new avatar of e-journals. Their inherent features and versatility have made them immensely popular. Then in the beginning of the 21st century emerged the Open Access (OA) movement with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Philosophy of open access is to provide free of charge and unhindered access to research and its publications without copyright restrictions. The movement got support from great scientists, educationists, publishers, research institutions, professional associations and library organizations. The other OA declarations at Berlin and Bethesda put it on strong footings. Its philosophy is: research funded by tax payers should be available free of charge to tax payers. Research being a public good should be available to all irrespective of their paying capacity. The OA has many forms of access and usage varying from total freedom from paying any charges, full permission to copy, download, print, distribute, archive, translate and even change format to its usage with varying restrictions.
In the beginning, OA publications were doubted for their authenticity and quality: established authors and researchers shied away both from contributing to and citing from OA literature. But Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, 1997) and its code of conduct formulated in collaboration with DOAJ and OASPA, etc. have stemmed the rot. They have defined best practices and compiled principles of transparency for quality control to sift the grain from the chaff; to keep the fraudulent at bay. Now it is accepted that contributors to OA get increased visibility, global presence, increased accessibility, increased collaboration, increased impact both in citations and applications, and lastly instant feedback, comments and critical reflections. This movement has got roots due to its systematic advocacy campaign. Since 2008 every year 21-27 October is celebrated as the OA week throughout the world. There are many organizations which advocate OA through social media and provide guidance for others.
Open Access research literature has not only made new ideas easy and quick to disseminate, but the impact of research can be quantitatively gauged by various bibliometric, scientometric and webometric methods such as h-index, i-10 index, etc. to measure the scientific productivity, its flow, speed and lastly its concrete influence on individuals, and on the progress of a discipline. The OA movement is gaining momentum every day, thanks to technology, organizational efforts for quality control and its measureable impact on productivity and further research. It needs to be strengthened with participation of every researcher, scientist, educationist and librarian. This module covers five units, covering these issues. At the end of this module, you are expected to be able to:
- Define scholarly communication and open access, and promote and differentiate between the various forms of Open Access;
- Explain issues related to rights management, incl. copyright, copy-left, authors’ rights and related intellectual property rights;
- Demonstrate the impact of Open Access within a scholarly communication environment.
This is Module One of the UNESCO's Open Access Curriculum for Library Schools.
Full-Text is available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231920E.pdf.

Subject:
Applied Science
Education
Information Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Module
Textbook
Unit of Study
Author:
Anup Kumar Das
Uma Kanjilal
Date Added:
09/12/2018
Introduction to Open Education
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This 4-part course is modified from a FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute hosted in 2018. It consists of a syllabus, slides, and instructional strategies designed to introduce open education to novices while also developing a more critical and nuanced understanding of complex issues within open education. Concepts or pieces can be reconfigured or adapted to fit other contexts, including workshops, trainings, and online instruction. The first three days of the course provide a foundation by defining OER and Creative Commons, delineating differences between affordable course material solutions and OER, exploring various OER repositories and evaluation tools, and learning about open pedagogy models. The fourth day of the course uses this foundation to explore and interrogate more complex issues, including labor, technocracy, accessibility, openwashing, and the intersection between privacy and openness. We have structured the content so that anyone with some background in scholarly communication (but perhaps no familiarity with open education) is able to learn from the resources firsthand or efficiently adapt them to teach a Library and Information Science course that covers these topics.

Subject:
Applied Science
Education
Information Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Syllabus
Author:
Ali Versluis
Sarah Hare
Date Added:
03/28/2023
“Is this an OER?” Addressing the Complex Relationship between Open and Affordable Course Materials
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As inclusive access programs and other affordable course material initiatives continue to grow across the higher education landscape, open education advocates will benefit from being able to distinguish their work from other, related initiatives. When it is perceived as just another affordable learning option, the concept and impact of OER initiatives can become garbled. While open education work can connect to affordable learning initiatives beneficially, approaching them as analogous yet distinct programs is vital.

This site has been created to help those supporting open and affordable course material programs better articulate the differences between these course material types and the unique benefits of each.

Subject:
Education
Educational Technology
Material Type:
Primary Source
Unit of Study
Provider:
PubPub
Author:
Abbey Elder
Shannon Smith
Date Added:
03/14/2023
(LOERA) Learning OER Anytime
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Learning OER Anytime (LOERA) is a series of self-paced, interactive, on-demand, responsive learning modules. LOERA contains 15 learning modules that can be used to provide a structured learning path towards the introduction to Open Education Resources (OER) and an opportunity for additional exploration and discovery of OER.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Full Course
Author:
Michael L. Porter
Date Added:
09/10/2021
Laboratory Methods for Clinical Microbiology
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This comprehensive module explores common laboratory experiments for microbiology, including microbiological stains (e.g. Gram stains), assessing the accuracy of diagnostic tests, measuring antibody response to infection, and Detection of microbial antigens, and nucleic acid amplification (e.g. Polymerase Chain Reaction).

Subject:
Applied Science
Biology
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Life Science
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
Cary Engleberg
Charles Agyei Osei
Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Date Added:
11/03/2010
Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Advance Diversity,…
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This guide is designed to support the integration of OER and DEI efforts within higher education institutions. Based on research funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation that examined the strategies and experiences of the sixty-six colleges, universities, and state systems that participated in AAC&U’s inaugural, yearlong Institute on Open Educational Resources (2021–22), this publication provides evidence-based guidance and best practices that result in initiative sustainability and broad adoption of OER by strategically connecting this work to DEI goals, strategies, policies, initiatives, and offices that also exist within a given educational context.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Anastasia Karaglani
C. Edward Watson
Judith Sebesta
Lisa Petrides
Selena Burns
Date Added:
05/08/2023
Librarians and OER: Cultivating a Community of Practice to Be More Effective Advocates
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As the costs of scholarly and educational publications skyrocket, open educational resources (OER) are becoming an important way to provide content and enhance the teaching and learning experience. Librarians have a key role to play in developing, advocating, and managing OER.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Brenda Smith
Leva Lee
Date Added:
01/29/2020
Maintenance of an Isolated Smooth Muscle Preparation in Vitro
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This module contains a series of demonstration videos on how to do isolated smooth muscle preparation in vitro using the Harvard Kymograph simulator. This series is complementary to the video Setting Up the Harvard Kymograph.This module has been internally reviewed by a cross-disciplinary committee within KNUST prior to releasing as an Open Educational Resource.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
Benjamin Prempeh
Ella Kasanga
George Koffour
Samuel Owusu Agyeman-Duah
Date Added:
04/01/2011
Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation
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Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation is a short resource designed to expand your understanding of inequities in the educational systems through breaking down the work into smaller pieces with opportunities for you to reflect, identify strategies for action, and locate resources and community members to connect with. The purpose of this guide is to explore strategies for you as OER creators to incorporate equitable practices into your workflows.

Long Description:
Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation is a self-guided resource designed to explore strategies for OER creators that can support your journey toward creating OER with diversity, equity, and inclusion at the core.

Structured into five interconnected parts that build off one another, it contains opportunities for you to reflect, identify strategies for action, and find resources and community members to connect with to create ripple effects of positive change in education and beyond.

While it includes strategies to keeping equity at the forefront of your OER creation process, this guide also encourages you to: Reflect on your role in education to transform your pedagogical practices by incorporating equitable methods and interactions into teaching and learning Connect and collaborate in and beyond your institutional setting in ethical ways to build equitable relationships and knowledge exchange Emphasize and practice reciprocity in teaching and learning by seeking every opportunity as an educator to contribute back to communities Embrace the complexity and messiness of the process with courage, honesty, and humility

Word Count: 15347

ISBN: 978-1-989014-30-1

(Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Subject:
Business and Communication
Education
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rebus Community
Author:
Kaitlin Schilling
Date Added:
05/01/2023
Managing Human Resources for Health Module Guide
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Human resource management is one of the key functions within the broader scope of human resource development. If you are or want to become a manager in the health services, you will in all likelihood have some responsibility for managing people.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
Uta Lehmann
Date Added:
11/05/2010
Measuring Health and Disease I: Introduction to Epidemiology Module Guide
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This module was designed to meet the growing need for an applied course in the measurement of a variety of health indicators and outcomes. Whether you manage a health programme, a health facility, or simply have to interpret health data in the course of your work, this module sets out to increase your capacity to deal with health and disease information. It aims to assist you in applying epidemiological knowledge and skills to a variety of Public Health problems such as:Is your DOTS programme succeeding?What does it mean if a TB prevalence is 850/100 000?Is this a Public Health problem or not?What is the Ňburden of diseaseÓ in different communities?

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
Debra Jackson
Neil Myburgh
Date Added:
11/05/2010
Mental Health Education (Healing-Souls)
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Healing Souls is designed to help young women living in the conflicted areas of Pakistan to cope out of depression. The resources will aware as well as empower them with skills on mental health for their well-being.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Module
Author:
MUNIR SADRUDDIN
Date Added:
12/13/2018
Mental State Examination
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This module provides a structured way of observing and describing a patient's current state of mind, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight and judgment. There are some minor variations in the subdivision of the Mental State Examination (MSE) and the sequence and names of MSE domains.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Psychology
Social Science
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
Adjapong Kojo
Cary Engleberg
Celice McDermott
Nana Osem Osei
Oppong Victor Barnor
Tutu Akua Nketiah
Twum Nimako
Veronica Boatemaa Owusu-Afriyie
Date Added:
11/03/2010
OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians
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We intend this book to act as a guide writ large for would-be champions of OER, that anyone called to action by the example set by our chapter authors might serve as guides themselves. The following chapters tap into the deep experience of practitioners who represent a meaningful cross section of higher education institutions in North America. It is our hope that the examples and discussions presented by our authors will facilitate connections among practitioners, foster the development of best practices for OER adoption and creation, and more importantly, lay a foundation for novel, educational excellence.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Date Added:
12/04/2018
OER Academy: Leadership & Advocacy
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This module in our training series provides participants with an exploration of OER leadership and advocacy. We have designed these modules to first spark the learner's interest in the topics covered and then dig deeper into the content through presentations, storytelling, and demonstrations of the tools. We will offer opportunities for learners to practice exploring the resources and tools, and reflect on how they might use them in their work.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
ISKME
Date Added:
05/09/2017
OER Africa Understanding OER
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Created by educators from OER Africa, this guide explains the concept and helps you understand OER. These OER topics have been divided into two tracks designed to support different orientations: The practice track, for those doing the work on OER, and the trends track, for those who want to understand the OER movement and philosophy of open education.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
OER Africa
Author:
OER Africa
Date Added:
05/16/2023