Curriculum & Instruction Textbooks
Writing Instruction Tips For Automated Essay Graders: How To Design an Essay for a Non-human Reader
Contributor: Lamoreaux
Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources
As schools, as well as the workplace, become more automated, and remote or distance learning/working becomes the “new normal,” understanding and leveraging artificial intelligence will become a critical skill.
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Hybrid-Flexible Course Design
Contributor: Beatty
Publisher: EdTech Books
This volume provides readers with methods, case stories, and strategies related to Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) course design so that they may make decisions about using it themselves and even begin their own HyFlex course (re)design. More specifically, based on the needs identified for their course(s), readers will be able to a) determine if and how HyFlex course design could help them solve critical needs, b) take advantage of emerging opportunities to improve their education practice, enabling them to better serve more students, c) gain an awareness of the HyFlex design, d) find their own innovative HyFlex solution to their specific challenges, and e) begin the HyFlex implementation process using strategies similar to those used by instructors described in this book. The volume describes the fundamental principles of HyFlex design, explains a process for design and development, and discusses implementation factors that instructors have experienced in various higher education institutions. These factors include the drivers, the variations in implementation approaches and constraints, and the results (e.g., student scores, student satisfaction). A series of worksheets provides specific guidance that can be used by individuals or teams engaging in HyFlex design projects at their own institution. Case reports from institutions and faculty who have successfully implemented HyFlex-style courses provide a rich set of real-world stories to draw insights for a reader’s own design setting.
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Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education
Contributors: Paris, Beeve, and Springer
Publisher: College of the Canyons
Welcome to learning about how to effectively plan curriculum for young children. This textbook
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Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools
Contributor: Prokopchuk
Publisher: OPENPRESS.USASK.CA
To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects their growing knowledge about English as an Additional Language (EAL). EAL is the term used in Saskatchewan to describe students who speak languages other than English and require adequate levels of English to be successful with the school curriculum.
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Guía Para Realizar Textos Abiertos Con Estudiantes
Contributors: Mays, DeRosa, and Jhangiani
Publisher: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
¿Qué es la pedagogía abierta? ¿Cómo la están poniendo en práctica los profesores en sus aulas para construir textos abiertos y otros recursos educativos abiertos? ¿Cuáles son las ventajas de la pedagogía abierta? Esta sección responde a estas preguntas y proporciona ideas para trabajar dentro de las estructuras de enseñanza existentes para introducir la pedagogía abierta en sus clases.
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
Contributor: Manes
Publisher: University of Hawaii Manoa
This book will help you to understand elementary mathematics more deeply, gain facility with creating and using mathematical notation, develop a habit of looking for reasons and creating mathematical explanations, and become more comfortable exploring unfamiliar mathematical situations.
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Efficacious Technology Management: A Guide for School Leaders
Contributor: Ackerman
Publisher: Gary Ackerman
Dr. Gary Ackerman, an educational technology specialist with decades of experience in K-12, community college, and faculty development has released Efficacious Technology Management: A Guide for School Leaders. This is his second book, and it is available under a Creative Commons license.
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Project Management for Instructional Designers
Contributors: Clements, Drysdale, and Francis
Publisher: David Wiley
Project Management for Instructional Designers (PM4ID) is – as the name suggests – a book about project management tailored specifically for instructional designers. This book is a revise / remix of a pre-existing, openly licensed project management textbook which was donated to the commons by a benefactor that desires to be attributed as Anonymous.
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Education for a Digital World: Advice, Guidelines and Effective Practice from Around Globe
Contributors: Hirtz and Harper
Publisher: BCcampus
Education for a Digital World contains a comprehensive collection of proven strategies and tools for effective online teaching, based on the principles of learning as a social process. It offers practical, contemporary guidance to support e-learning decision-making, instructional choices, as well as program and course planning, and development.
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Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media
Contributors: Dron and Anderson
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by no means obsolete, networked learning is in the ascendant. A foundational method in online and blended education, as well as the most common means of informal and self-directed learning, networked learning is rapidly becoming the dominant mode of teaching as well as learning.
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