One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

One of a set of toolkits to support student development and personal reflection. Produced by students for students.

Many students learn math from examples/practice problems. While going through the solution to a problem, students are often faced with several issues. They may not see the connection between the concept taught in class and the solution. Others may not understand the solution because a step is missing or there are insufficient explanations. The main goal of this exercise book is to address these issues to help students learn the material more efficiently and get better results. The book is for students taking a first course in linear algebra. It contains a wide variety of problems with very detailed solutions, and it is self-contained, as the summary for every concept is provided.

An Open Access Anthology of Greek and Roman Myth

Short Description:
Mythoi Koinoi: An Online, Open-Access Anthology of Greek and Roman Myth provides undergraduate university students with free, easy access to primary source texts and images for Greek and Roman mythology. Mythoi Koinoi means "Mythology for the People" in Ancient Greek, and it is intended to give everyone who engages with it access to the writings and artistic creations of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Long Description:
Mythoi Koinoi: An Online, Open-Access Anthology of Greek and Roman Myth began with the observation that many of the texts that we study in our Greek and Roman mythology classes have translations that are available online, either in the public domain or under open access copyright, though many of them are archaic, unreadable, and therefore inaccessible to modern students. Accessibility, then, has been the guiding principle for the book. We set out to update these open access translations, providing clear introductions that situate each text according to time, place, and genre, and organizing them into thematic chapters. We have adapted all translations that are more than forty years old for readability, while maintaining the integrity of the text and its faithfulness to the original languages.

Additionally, while there are thousands of primary source images related to Ancient Greek and Roman mythology available online, they are generally uncontextualized and scattered across multiple platforms, including museum databases, open access media collections, and popular webpages. We collected and organized these images, situating them within their respective chapters and providing necessary context for identification and interpretation.

The anthology contains more than 80 primary source texts from 35 authors, along with hyperlinks to online translations of many more. It has more than 600 high-resolution images of artwork from ancient Greece and Rome. In crafting the book, we have followed best practices for Universal Design for Learning. All images come with captions, descriptions and alternate text, for those that are unable to view them. There are over 500 glossary entries that are accessible either through links within each of the primary texts, or through the glossary section at the back of the book.

The book contains 43 chapters, organized into 7 parts, starting from the myths of creation and destruction, and going through the aftermath of the Trojan War. The sixth chapter focuses specifically on mythology unique to Ancient Rome, and the seventh chapter focuses on the mythology and archaeology of cities and spaces. We have also included mythology from Mesopotamia and the Levant in two chapters, “Aphrodite” and “Flood Myths.” We hope that these chapters will give instructors and students the opportunity to explore some of the ways in which ancient Greek and Roman myth is connected to earlier mythology from ancient West Asia.

Word Count: 386906

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The focus of many open education projects is to provide access to education. But what does access mean? If the materials are not accessible for each and every student, do they fulfill the mandate to deliver fully open education? The open education movement has helped people in different parts of the world access content that they would otherwise not be able to view or interact with. Open education resources reduce costs for students and allow for greater flexibility for instructors. Accessibility can help push the movement even further forward.

The goal of the OER Accessibility Toolkit is to provide the needed resources needed to each content creator, instructor, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open and accessible educational resource — one that is accessible for all students.

We’re building challenges that will help you to understand and apply concepts about open teaching and about finding, using and sharing the open resources that you create.

In this spirit of open, this site is public. The responses and challenges you add, contribute to the community and are licensed to allow for re-use under Creative Commons. Do you have a challenge to add to our collection? If so, please contribute! (see the link on the top navigation). Have fun!

Optimal, Integral, Likely is a free, open-source textbook intended for UBC’s course MATH 105: Integral Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences. It is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A Primer

Short Description:
A manual covering the basics of treating common skin conditions in children, adolescents, and adults. This manual is meant to accompany rotation or a course in pediatric dermatology.

Long Description:
This is a manual meant to accompany rotation or a course in pediatric dermatology. It covers the basics of treating common skin conditions in children, adolescents, and adults.

You will find: Skin conditions selected and placed specific to chapters, with colour-coded pages for quick access Syndromes presented in easy-to-read text, with accompanying pictures to allow an in-depth read of the material, or just a quick glance Boxed features highlighting important aspects of certain skin conditions Quizzes ending each chapter to test knowledge

It is important to note that this is not an exhaustive guide or reference and is only meant to be used as a quick reference presented in an efficient format. Note: Medical knowledge is constantly changing, new information will become available and new treatments approved after the publishing of this book, which may make parts of it out of date. Even at the time of writing, this is not a complete or exhaustive list of diseases and therapeutic options, but is geared toward those conditions seen most frequently in clinic. It is designed to be read as a companion manual for a rotation in pediatric dermatology or an introduction to pediatric dermatology course.

Word Count: 55995

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Short Description:
This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results. Woven throughout each chapter are testimonies of other students who have likewise persevered through the research process, relating their obstacles, solutions, and motivations to each stage of the research process to illuminate not only the technical goals of research, but also the emotional maturity that research entails.

Long Description:
This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results. Woven throughout each chapter are testimonies of other students who have likewise persevered through the research process, relating their obstacles, solutions, and motivations to each stage of the research process to illuminate not only the technical goals of research, but also the emotional maturity that research entails.

Word Count: 84578

ISBN: 978-0-88865-486-1

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Short Description:
Import this book into your Pressbook to get templates for commonly used front and back matter pages such as Licensing Info, How to Use This Book, Acknowledgements, Glossary, and Versioning History. This book can also be used as an outline, demonstrating an effective way of structuring your Pressbook.

Long Description:
This Pressbook was created to be a template for creating commonly used front and back matter pages. Each page contains a short description of what the purpose of that page is and how to edit the contents for your own Pressbook. This also acts as a template for the organization and structure of your book, demonstrating how to use Pressbook Parts and Chapters to effectively break down the content into smaller pieces.

Word Count: 1735

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A Case Study for British Columbia

Short Description:
This case study explores the ways in which wildfire events impact individual health and livelihood from a micro, meso, and macro level. The case study walks the learner through an introduction to how climate change further exacerbates wildfire occurrence, alongside the myriad health impacts that stem from wildfire smoke exposure.

Long Description:
This case study explores the ways in which wildfire events impact individual health and livelihood from a micro, meso, and macro level. The case study walks the learner through an introduction to how climate change further exacerbates wildfire occurrence, alongside the myriad health impacts that stem from wildfire smoke exposure. Notable importance is given to the need to advocate for Indigenous Sovereignty and traditional ways of knowing around wildfire management. Lastly, through the sharing of a case example from the lived experiences of individuals who fled the 2021 Lytton, British Columbia wildfire, the learner is challenged to consider upstream approaches to emergency preparedness in the face of foreseeable future calamities.

Word Count: 7373

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Short Description:
An introduction to using LaTeX in Pressbooks including an introduction to the program and worked tutorials on creating equations, plots, and multi-lingual documents.

Long Description:
An introduction to using LaTeX in Pressbooks including an introduction to the program and worked tutorials on creating equations, plots, and multi-lingual documents.

Word Count: 4777

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Short Description:
An introduction to using LaTeX in Pressbooks including an introduction to the program and worked tutorials on creating equations, plots, and multi-lingual documents.

Long Description:
An introduction to using LaTeX in Pressbooks including an introduction to the program and worked tutorials on creating equations, plots, and multi-lingual documents.

Word Count: 4389

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