tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/5?page=6Open Textbook Library - Education Textbooks2021-10-16T17:34:18Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png10952021-10-16T17:34:18Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZHumanizing Science through STEAM Challenges<img alt="Read more about Humanizing Science through STEAM Challenges" title="Humanizing Science through STEAM Challenges cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1a2cc07551f9cc519ffc1c9ef5f966c4aa646fbe/HumanizingScience-cover-350x453.png" />In a science methods course during the Covid19 pandemic, 51 future elementary teachers authored children's books and then read them aloud as part of a giving-back, service-learning activity as Open Educational Resources (OER). The 51 children's stories and their accompanying audiobooks aim to integrate STEM and the Arts to humanize science and scientific inquiry with history and philosophy of science in mind.10892021-10-15T20:44:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZLearning in the Digital Age<img alt="Read more about Learning in the Digital Age" title="Learning in the Digital Age cover image" class="cover " width="337" height="505" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk3NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--620870972fe8179d835caeaaf3ef5a059d19a2c3/Asino.PNG" />This book is designed to serve as a textbook for classes exploring the nature of learning in the digital age. The genesis of this book is a desire to use OERs in all my teachings, coupled with the realization that the resources that I was looking for were not available and as such I needed to contribute in creating them. It is thus a small attempt to contribute to the vast repository of Open Educational Resources. When discussing learning in the digital age, most focus on the technology first. However, the emphasis made in this book is that it’s about the learner not just the technology. One of the things that is easy to lose track of when talking about learning in the digital age is the learner. Technology is important and it has significant impact but it is still about the person who is using the technology. Many people conflate learning in the digital age with technology in today’s age. This important misconception is common and results from our failure to examine our understanding of what “learning” really is. Of course, Most of this depends on a person’s epistemology. There are numerous definitions of what learning is and often they come to how a person sees the world. Some argue that learning is about a change in behavior due to experiences, others state simply that learning is being able to do something new that you were not able to do before. Regardless of what side you choose, to understand what learning in the digital age is, one has to understand what learning itself is. I am immensely thankful to the authors for sharing their ideas freely and for the reviewers who volunteered their time to give feedback.7232021-10-13T15:18:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:28ZFoundations of Educational Technology<img alt="Read more about Foundations of Educational Technology" title="Foundations of Educational Technology cover image" class="cover " width="334" height="434" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk0MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--82572bd733a064d8cb9f322698048f5420f0055a/Thompson.PNG" />This text provides a a graduate level introduction to the field of educational technology.10682021-09-20T05:31:05Z2024-01-22T14:52:27ZIntroduction to Education (BETA)<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Education (BETA)" title="Introduction to Education (BETA) cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjg3NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--610ae2163db8ea48f5d668170759f279a8d53c6e/Intro-cover-683x1024.png" />This book was written to provide students with an introduction to the field of education. The book is broken into chapters that focus on questions students may have about education in general. Although some chapters may go into more depth than others, this is created as an introductory text.10512021-08-30T08:00:57Z2024-01-25T22:44:02ZTeaching Math for Emergent Bilinguals: Building on Culture, Language, and Identity<img alt="Read more about Teaching Math for Emergent Bilinguals: Building on Culture, Language, and Identity" title="Teaching Math for Emergent Bilinguals: Building on Culture, Language, and Identity cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjc5NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7d59bdd8b8b7fe4c98960b7058f971d065f8dffd/I-TeachingMath-Cover3-v2-350x453.png" />This book is designed for pre-service/in-service teachers and others who will work or work with K–12 students who have linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds, especially students of other languages (English language learners/Emergent bilingual/multilingual). The core concept of this course is helping teachers understand the needs of various Emergent Bilinguals (a.k.a. English language learners (ELLs)/English Learners (ELs), learn to use their language and culture as a resource in mathematics classrooms and implement research-based instructional strategies that are effective to teach mathematics for Emergent Bilinguals.10392021-08-16T17:08:55Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZBuilding Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life<img alt="Read more about Building Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life" title="Building Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life cover image" class="cover " width="323" height="500" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjczNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c11d4a5059f7993c652db4f9ed25feb70fd81d7f/110_md_01-31-2020_132914.jpg" />Designed as a core or supplementary text for upper elementary, middle and high school teachers and students, Building Democracy for All offers instructional ideas, interactive resources, multicultural content, and multimodal learning materials for interest-building explorations of United States government as well as students’ roles as citizens in a democratic society. It focuses on the importance of community engagement and social responsibility as understood and acted upon by middle and high school students—core themes in the 2018 Massachusetts 8th Grade Curriculum Framework, and which are found in many state history and social studies curriculum frameworks around the country. Building Democracy for All has been developed by a collaborative writing team of higher education faculty, public school teachers, educational librarians, and college students who are preparing to become history and social studies teachers. The primary editors and curators are from the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education. Contributing teachers come from school districts in the Connecticut River valley region of western Massachusetts (Amherst, Gateway, Westfield, Hampshire Regional, and Springfield). As an open resource, the book is being revised constantly by the members of the writing team to ensure timely inclusion of online resources and information.10362021-08-16T04:18:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZKnowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1<img alt="Read more about Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1" title="Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science Book 1 cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjczMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1d07e835e4254cae304d7136bbad30d3cff8e31a/KH_cover-350x453.jpg" />Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The traditional wisdom component of Indigenous Science—the values and ways of decision-making—assists humans in their relationship with each other, the land and water, and all of creation. Indigenous perspectives have the potential to give insight and guidance to the kind of environmental ethics and deep understanding that we must gain as we attempt to solve the increasingly complex problems of the 21st century. Braiding Indigenous Science and Western Science is a metaphor used to establish a particular relationship. Linked by braiding, there is a certain reciprocity. Each strand remains a separate entity, but all strands come together to form the whole. When we braid Indigenous Science with Western Science we acknowledge that both ways of knowing are legitimate forms of knowledge. The book provides a window into the vast storehouse of innovations and technologies of the Indigenous peoples who live in Northwestern North America. It is our hope that the Indigenous Science examples, research and curriculum models will inspire deep reflection regarding the under-representation of Aboriginal students in the sciences. It is intended that the rich examples and cases, combined with the resources listed in the appendices, will enable teachers and students to explore Indigenous Science examples in the classroom, and in addition, support the development of curriculum projects in home places.9982021-04-27T23:26:32Z2024-01-22T14:52:25ZRomeo and Juliet<img alt="Read more about Romeo and Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet cover image" class="cover " width="1275" height="1650" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjI2OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3f59d4dbd614c441ab5b89050209ba9d2d509e2e/FINAL-COVER-Romeo-and-Juliet-1.jpg" />This edition of Romeo and Juliet was edited by students for students. We believe that reliably edited versions of the play should be available for free online. But we wanted ours to be easy to get in other ways as well. The editors—Oregon State University students who remember, far better than their professors, what it was like to read the play for the first time—carefully considered every pronoun, punctuation mark, and footnote. Our goal: to make a friendly, confidence-building edition that supported classroom activities at the high school and college level.9722021-03-04T01:14:49Z2024-02-12T14:21:23ZFoundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology<img alt="Read more about Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology" title="Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology cover image" class="cover " width="328" height="507" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjEwNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e0ffa0d0ebfd57bf062a0945dfe200fced4ca3d/3_md_09-11-2019_014748.jpg" />This book received the 2018 AECT Outstanding Book Award! "What is this field?" "Where have we come from as a discipline, and where are we going?" "What do I want to study?" These and other questions are typical for new students in the field of Learning and Instructional Design Technology. This textbook is designed to help answer these questions and provide the quickest route to understanding the history and current trends in the field. After surveying classic theories and writings, as well as more recent applications of theory and practice, students will be better prepared to chart their own course and careers within the discipline. This book is designed to support foundations courses common in departments, as well as seminars on current trends and issues.9622021-02-07T04:33:58Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZDesign for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis<img alt="Read more about Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis" title="Design for Learning: Principles, Processes, and Praxis cover image" class="cover " width="323" height="500" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjAzOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--62b7aa6e1c1881176b0e0fe79b12f5c941567923/22_md_06-16-2020_121621.png" />Our purpose in this book is twofold. First, we introduce the basic skill set and knowledge base used by practicing instructional designers. We do this through chapters contributed by experts in the field who have either academic, research-based backgrounds, or practical, on-the-job experience (or both). Our goal is that students in introductory instructional design courses will be able to use this book as a guide for completing a basic instructional design project. We also hope the book is useful as a ready resource for more advanced students or others seeking to develop their instructional design knowledge and skills.
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