A reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks Short …
A reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks
Short Description: The second edition is an updated and expanded version of the original adoption guide. The first sections address three distinct groups involved in open textbook adoption: instructors, post-secondary institutions, and students. The second--most comprehensive--section focuses on the operational aspects of adoption: surveying instructors about, tracking usage of, and reporting out about open textbooks (and other OER). The last "Learn More" part provides additional adoption information.
Long Description: This guide was originally created by BCcampus Open Education with the assistance of several BC faculty and staff who attended the 2016 Adoption Workshop Development Sprint. Since then, open education has evolved and in response this guide has been updated and expanded into four parts. The first sections address three distinct groups involved in open textbook adoption: instructors, post-secondary institutions, and students. The second–most comprehensive–section focuses on the operational aspects of adoption: surveying instructors about, tracking usage of, and reporting out about open textbooks (and other OER). The last “Learn More” part provides additional adoption information.
Word Count: 12688
ISBN: 978-1-77420-026-1
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A reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks Short …
A reference for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks
Short Description: The second edition is an updated and expanded version of the original adoption guide. The first sections address three distinct groups involved in open textbook adoption: instructors, post-secondary institutions, and students. The second--most comprehensive--section focuses on the operational aspects of adoption: surveying instructors about, tracking usage of, and reporting out about open textbooks (and other OER). The last "Learn More" part provides additional adoption information.
Long Description: This guide was originally created by BCcampus Open Education with the assistance of several BC faculty and staff who attended the 2016 Adoption Workshop Development Sprint. Since then, open education has evolved and in response this guide has been updated and expanded into four parts. The first sections address three distinct groups involved in open textbook adoption: instructors, post-secondary institutions, and students. The second–most comprehensive–section focuses on the operational aspects of adoption: surveying instructors about, tracking usage of, and reporting out about open textbooks (and other OER). The last “Learn More” part provides additional adoption information.
Word Count: 16473
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Practical writing for the world of work. Includes business correspondence to technical …
Practical writing for the world of work. Includes business correspondence to technical reports. Analyze and create written digital products. Focus on understanding the audience for effective communication. Extensive critical reading and writing about workplace texts. Emphasis on fluency in critical writing. Includes research skills and writing a critical, documented report. Prerequisites: ENG101 or 101A or 103 or 136. Reading Proficiency.
COURSE CONTENT:
Writing skills: active verbs, specific details, imperative tone, parallelism, and information literacy Workplace communication skills: memorandums, business letters, e-mails, blog posts, etc. Outline development Graphical integration: instructions, presentations Technical project skills: research, reports, proposals Audience and rhetorical situation Workplace dynamics Content production and delivery processes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Demonstrate practical writing skills for workplace proficiency. (1, 2) Create digital and written communication documents integrating data. (2) Use organizational strategies to support the creation of written and digital workplace documents for a variety of purposes. (3) Write effective instructions incorporating graphics to communicate with peers and clients. (4) Locate and evaluate information to support workplace documents. (5) Analyze and interpret information to support workplace documents. (5) Integrate and document information to support workplace documents. (5) Analyze the rhetorical situation of digital and written communication to adapt for internal and external audiences; hierarchies and roles; and for psychological, social, cultural, and political factors. (6) Examine dynamics of organizational psychology in the workplace for the purpose of improving communication. (7) Analyze written documents, digital content, and oral presentations in order to examine the content production and delivery processes of the workplace writer. (8)
As a historic unit of the National Park Service, the Mary McLeod …
As a historic unit of the National Park Service, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The site also is within the boundaries of the Logan Circle Historic District. This lesson is based on the Historic Resources Study for Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, as well as other materials on Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women. The lesson was written by Brenda K. Olio, former Teaching with Historic Places historian, and edited by staff of the Teaching with Historic Places program and Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.
This designed instruction looks to provide students with the tools they need …
This designed instruction looks to provide students with the tools they need to become an active participant in reading and writing. The specific focus of this one-hour OER module will be to aid learners in determining main ideas and supporting details in statements and paragraphs. Learners will be able to understand the main idea of a paragraph and identify the supporting details that promote the main point.
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students learn about particle pollution. SCIENTIST NOTES: This …
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students learn about particle pollution.
SCIENTIST NOTES: This lesson introduces students to gain elementary knowledge about air pollution, its sources, and implications on air quality. It provides critical insights on the impacts it has on low-income communities of Los Angeles. The lesson materials are well-written and cited. Thus, this lesson has passed our science review.
POSITIVES: -This lesson dives deeper into the concept of air pollution and how to monitor air quality. -This lesson involves movement and allows kids to have fun while learning about something serious.
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: -You will need to prepare the appropriate materials for The Cilia Game before class begins. -The Cilia Game is quite silly. Be prepared for some laughs as the "cilia" try to defend the "lungs"! -Cilia are tiny hair-like structures in our respiratory system that protect our lungs from foreign matter like particle pollution. -In this lesson we use the term "particle pollution." This is usually referred to as "particulate pollution" or "particulate matter." For the purposes of this lesson, we have decided to use the simpler "particle pollution." -"Air pollution" is kind of a catchall term, referring to things like ozone, particulate matter, and even greenhouse gases. This can be tricky for elementary students to sort out. The purpose of this lesson is for students to better understand particulate matter.
DIFFERENTIATION: -Curious students may want more time to explore the interactive map of air quality. -Students who complete their journal entry early can make their own air quality monitor. -Be sensitive to your students' health situation. Some students with asthma or who know someone with asthma may find it difficult to learn more about this topic.
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students connect air quality with environmental justice. SCIENTIST …
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students connect air quality with environmental justice.
SCIENTIST NOTES: This lesson introduces the relationship between environment and justice. Students understand if their community is healthy and what to do to create a fair, just, equitable, and sustainable planet for all to thrive. Additional materials are suitable to broaden their understanding on a wide range of topics such as segregation, the connection between climate and justice, racial justice, and social justice. All materials in this lesson are properly cited and are void of scientific contradictions. In this light, this lesson has passed our science credibility process.
POSITIVES: -This lesson allows students to create their own meaning of environmental justice before viewing the explanatory video. -The EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool is amazing. Students will love it.
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: -The video explaining environmental justice might be tough for 3rd-5th graders to understand. Students should understand the core message in the video, even if they might not understand all the details.
DIFFERENTIATION: -Some students may want more time to explore the EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool. -The reflection journal at the end of the lesson has options for student creativity and imagination.
In this lesson plan, the traditional autobiography writing project is given a …
In this lesson plan, the traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies—recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet. Students are introduced to the idea of the alphabiography through a presentation giving the instructions of how to create guidelines for writing their own alphabiographies. Students create an entry for each letter of the alphabet, writing about an important event from their lives. After the entry for each letter, students sum up the stories by writing the life lessons they learned from the events. Since this type of autobiography breaks out of chronological order, students can choose what has been important in their lives. And since the writing pieces are short, even reluctant writers are eager to write!
Short Description: When Alma tries to write a song for her boyfriend …
Short Description: When Alma tries to write a song for her boyfriend Quang, she learns that actions speak louder than words.
Long Description: When Alma tries to write a song for her boyfriend Quang, she learns that actions speak louder than words.
This short novel for low-intermediate students of English introduces more quirky characters from Portland set in the world of Stig Digs In.
Word Count: 9124
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This is an activity for lower primary classes to help students learn …
This is an activity for lower primary classes to help students learn about the alphabet. Students are given a letter and are told to choose an animal that begins with the same letter.
Students who migrated to the USA from Mexico or any other country …
Students who migrated to the USA from Mexico or any other country when they were kids are the learner audience. However, this lesson series can be adapted for other types of learners. Each lesson will take up to 30 minutes. The topic of lesson #1 is social stratification and the American dream. The students will learn about these two concepts. The goals of lesson #2 are to learn how to create charts and graphs in a PowerPoint after collecting data through interviews and compare/ contrast results with National Survey 2005 NY Times. Lesson #3’s topic is about race as ascribed characteristics and its influence on social mobility. Students will integrate and evaluate information they collected and present their own ideas in discussions. Lesson #4’s topic is how gender can affect people’s ability to climb the economic ladder. During lesson #5 students will present their findings in class and reflect on their experience learning about the topic of the American dream and whether it is achievable or not.
American Literature I (1650–1860) examines significant literary works of early American and …
American Literature I (1650–1860) examines significant literary works of early American and Puritan literature, the Enlightenment, American Romanticism, and pre-Civil War era. The course includes primary texts (many accompanied by video/audio options), historical background, literary criticism and interpretation, and instruction on writing about literature.
This course was developed by Anne Eidenmuller from Columbia Basin College with contributing work from Lumen Learning.
Long Description: This book offers an anthology of texts that includes letters, …
Long Description: This book offers an anthology of texts that includes letters, journals, poetry, newspaper articles, pamphlets, sermons, narratives, and short fiction written in and about America beginning with collected oral stories from Native American tribes and ending with the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Many major and minor authors are included, providing a sampling of the different styles, topics, cultures, and concerns present during the formation and development of America through the mid-nineteenth century.
Word Count: 574680
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This is a resource designed to accompany a course on American Literature …
This is a resource designed to accompany a course on American Literature II. It has been found to be appropriate for California Community College courses with the following C-ID: ENGL 135
This is a unit about the ADA. It has hands on activities …
This is a unit about the ADA. It has hands on activities that simulate physical and cognitive impairments to build empathy in relation to the social justice standards.
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