Business Law I Essentials (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)This OpenStax textbook has been edited to streamline the content. It is a brief introduction to Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business.
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Fundamentals of Business
(View Complete Item Description)This OER textbook is a remix to provide a shorter version of Stephen Skripak's Fundamentals of Business textbook. It covers business foundations, ethics and social responsibility, economics, business ownership, entrepreneurship, management/leadership, organizational structures, managing human resources, operations management, marketing, and accounting/financial information.
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Human Development Life Span (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)This is a remixed OER textbook from Laura Overstreet's Human Development Life Span text. It includes chapters on developmental theories, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.
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Introduction to Diversity Studies
(View Complete Item Description)This OER textbook is adapted from Social Problems: Continuity and Change under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. The original author asked not to receive attribution. It covers poverty, racial and ethnic inequality, sexual orientation and inequality, aging and ageism, and religion.
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Infant & Toddler Development
(View Complete Item Description)This OER textbook is a remix of chapters from “Understanding the Whole Child: Prenatal Development Through Adolescence“, “Observation and Assessment“, and “The Role of Equity and Diversity in Early Childhood Education“.
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Technical Reporting
(View Complete Item Description)This OER textbook includes 5 chapters from Bay College’s Eng 145 Technical and Report Writing (originally numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6), 3 sections from Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing (pages 56-78), and 2 units of Professional and Technical Writing (originally numbered 7 and 8). It covers an introduction to technical and report writing, document design, ethical and legal obligations, writing definitions, collaboration, proposals, formal reports, oral reports, research, and basic punctuation, gramma, and conventions of English.
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Communication in the Real World
(View Complete Item Description)Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies is adapted from a work produced and distributed by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition includes information about communication, perception, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, interpersonal communication processes, culture and communication, preparing and delivering a speech, small group communication, and leadership, roles, and problem solving in groups.
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
(View Complete Item Description)This text covers elementary mathematics strands including place value, numbers and operations, fractions, patterns, algebraic thinking, decimals, and geometry. Measurement and Data and Statistics strands are not included in this particular text. The last chapter supplies the audience with problem-based learning approaches that include some measurement, but not in the detail of previous chapters of the book. It does incorporate problem solving strategies and pedagogical techniques teachers may use in the classroom. Examples with solutions and clarifying notes are provided throughout the text. The text does address Common Core Standards as well as the eight mathematical process standards. The textbook also provide teachers with a conceptual understanding of elementary mathematics along with appropriate mathematical terminology. The text does not offer an index or glossary.
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College English Skills for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
(View Complete Item Description)The text is arranged in four parts: Part 1, College Writing; Part 2, Readings and Reading Strategies for College-level Work; Part 3, Research Strategies and Documenting Research; Part 4, Grammar, Sentence Structure, and Mechanics. Each unit in Part 2 includes readings and practice exercises that exemplify the types of writing assignments that are discussed in Part 1. The themed reading units each include work designed to cover one semester. These units may be used as a whole, or you could select readings from any of the units to combine as you prefer. The reading selections are linked to external websites, primarily to the site Common Lit.org., where you will find additional reading resources. Part 3 is designed to complement both Parts 1 https://www.wikipedia.org/be used as needed. Not all students will need to complete every grammar exercise.
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Anatomy & Physiology
(View Complete Item Description)Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements. Its lucid text, strategically constructed art, career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course. The web-based version of Anatomy and Physiology also features links to surgical videos, histology, and interactive diagrams.
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ENGL 101 - Rhetoric & Composition by Bay College
(View Complete Item Description)Online OER text adapted for use in ENGL 101 - Rhetoric & Composition by Amber Kinonen, Jennifer McCann, Todd McCann, and Erica Mead for Bay College. © 2017 Bay College and Content Creators. Except where otherwise noted this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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English Composition II (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)English Composition II is an expository writing course that helps students develop more advanced writing skills than English Composition I. The course also reviews and incorporates some of the same skills. This course teaches research skills by emphasizing the development of advanced analytical/critical reading skills, proficiency in investigative research, and the writing of persuasive prose including documented and researched argumentative essays. A major component of this course will be an emphasis on the research process and information literacy. This course is based on the materials faculty developed for English Composition II as a part of the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative (KOCI). This adaptation of Lumen's work reduces the number of chapters and includes additional material about logical fallacies.
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Introduction to Sociology
(View Complete Item Description)Introduction to Sociology is intended for a one-semester introductory sociology course. Conceived of and developed by active sociology instructors, this up-to-date title and can be downloaded now by clicking on the "Get this book" button below. This online, fully editable and customizable title includes sociology theory and research; real-world applications; simplify and debate features; and learning objectives for each chapter
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Intermediate Algebra in Context
(View Complete Item Description)Containing 4 modules, this textbook covers the intermediate algebra concepts within specific themes such as citizenship, physical world, personal finance, and medical literacy.
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Nursing Pharmacology – Simple Book Publishing
(View Complete Item Description)This open access Nursing Pharmacology textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed, which provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. This textbook is aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Pharmacology course (543-103). The project is supported by a $2.5 million Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN) grant from the Department of Education and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This book is available for download in multiple formats, but the online version is required for interaction with the adaptive learning activities included in each chapter.
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eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Marketing in a Digital World
(View Complete Item Description)The newly updated edition - based on Quirk's unique Think, Create, Engage, Optimise structure and processes - includes chapters on the latest marketing trends as well as updated facts and figures and all new real-world case studies showing the application of digital best practice. Other important updates include: Expansion of the THINK section to better position itself as a platform for approaching the rest of the book and the marketing process overall. Enormous improvements to the Market Research and Strategy chapters and the addition of a Content Strategy chapter. New Usability Design chapter. Expansion of the Video Marketing and Mobile chapters to reflect the growing importance of these areas in the digital landscape.
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Nursing Skills 2e – Simple Book Publishing
(View Complete Item Description)This is the second edition of the Open RN Nursing Skills OER textbook. This free online textbook is an open educational resource with CC-BY 4.0 licensing that has been developed for prelicensure nursing students. It is designed for use in both practical/vocational nursing programs, as well as for first-year courses in programs preparing students to become registered nurses. An additional Open RN OER textbook, “Nursing Advanced Skills,” includes advanced skills such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion. The Open RN project is supported by a $2.5 million Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN) grant from the Department of Education and is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 creative commons license. More information about the Open RN project can be found at cvtc.edu/OpenRN. The second edition has been updated according to the 2023 NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN Test Plans, and additional NCLEX Next Generation-style learning activities have been added to each chapter. It is aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102). View a list of updates made to the second edition based on the 2023 NCLEX Test Plans and suggestions received from WTCS nursing faculty. This Open RN Nursing Skills OER textbook focuses on the development of evidence-based clinical skills and physical assessment across the life span routinely performed by entry-level nurses.[1],[2] Techniques related to obtaining a health history and basic physical assessment using a body systems approach are described and include sample skills checklists and instructor demonstration videos. Mathematical calculations and conversions related to clinical skills are also included. The first edition of Open RN Nursing Skills received an OE Award for Excellence from OE Global. For more information, visit the 2020 OE Awards for Excellence site. Award image for Open Textbook Award for Best OER 2021. Several free, online, interactive learning activities are included in each chapter to encourage students to apply the nursing process while analyzing assessment findings and performing nursing skills. Additionally, in this second edition, NCLEX Next-Generation style questions are included in each chapter, with formative feedback immediately provided, to encourage the development of clinical judgment based on the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. This online book can be downloaded as a PDF or other formats for offline use. The online version is required for interaction with the learning activities included in each chapter.
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)This dynamic OER text supports the course of Infant and Toddler Education and Care. Through reading the materials in the book and by participating in activities you can expect to explore research-based child learning and development; developmentally appropriate activities using a strength-based approach; quality caregiving routines; and environmental influences on growth and development.
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College Technical Math 1B (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)This college mathematics textbook has bee edited to cover the law of sines and cosines, polynomials, factoring, quadratic equations, rational expressions, and systems of equations.
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Labor Relations and Negotiations (NWTC)
(View Complete Item Description)This OER textbook for human relations specialists contains chapters on unions, the labor relations process, the labor movement, current union challenges, federal labor laws, collective bargaining, the National Labor Relations Board, union strikes, and grievance processes.
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