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Lecture Notes on Configuration Aerodynamics
Contributors: Mason and Raj
Publisher: Virginia Tech Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach
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Contributors: Anderson, Buengel, and Simpson
Publisher: Virginia Tech Publishing
This textbook is intended for students in undergraduate business programs taking a course in strategic management. Because strategic management synthesizes many business topics and takes a holistic view of business, strategic management courses are often senior-level capstone courses. Most undergraduate business school students begin their business education with a broad introductory business course and then concentrate on courses in their major. Then they return to a broader lens of business to cap off their business education at a higher-level of learning. This textbook supports this level of comprehensive learning. If used with a senior-level capstone course, this textbook supports seniors to synthesize their business education through the lens of strategic management and helps them understand how businesses become successful by leveraging their competitive advantage. This textbook integrates strategic management and case analysis, with cases linked from an open access collection of business strategy cases, RMIT Strategic Management Case Studies. Students will get the most out of this textbook if it is used with cases that students analyze.
Comprendre et se faire comprendre
Contributor: Miller
Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
This textbook supports a college-level pronunciation course for learners of French and focuses on the phonetic system of international French. The material is based on authentic resources that include a variety of topics from the French-speaking world, with the goal of improving the accuracy of comprehension and expression at the intermediate level. Each chapter integrates all modes of communication: interpretation, presentation, conversation, and culture. Phonetic themes include phonemes, enchaînement, liaison, nasal vowels, the letter E, mid vowels, semivowels, etc. The course explores regions such as Belgium, Tunisia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Canada. Cultural topics cover humor, dubbing, dance, comics, and more.
Gateway to Business Analytics
Contributor: Barreto
Publisher: PALNI
Business analytics is a new, expanding subfield with fuzzy edges that overlap into a variety of other established disciplines, including economics, econometrics, computer science, data science, finance, statistics, mathematics, and even psychology. Business analytics includes such traditional techniques as regression and data visualization, but also newer methods such as web scraping, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Its key dinstinguishing feature is using data to make and communicate business decisions. This textbook will present a mix of topics appropriate to a undergraduate level introduction to business analytics course with and engaging delivery style.
Supernature: An Introduction to Bionics Projects
Contributor: Haen Whitmer
Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press
Bionics technologies utilize constructs derived from the natural world to inspire the engineering design of the next generation of human function augmentation technologies. This text is a synthesis of the foundational concepts from human anatomy and physiology that underlie bionics with laboratory activities in bionics engineering. Activities in this text include an introduction to coding and using a microcontroller, circuitry, integration of data from body sensors, and additive manufacturing processes.
Mechanics of Materials
Contributors: Lord, Davison, Richardson, and Dillard
Publisher: Virginia Tech Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Mechanics of Materials is a multi-format, __ page open textbook and accompanying problem set intended for use in one-semester introductory undergraduate Mechanics of Materials courses. Mechanics of Materials is an important foundation for students in several disciplines, including mechanical, civil, aerospace, and materials engineering. It is typically completed early in the core engineering curriculum, following Statics, and serves as a prerequisite to more advanced Solid Mechanics courses.
Scientific Writing for Publication: A transdisciplinary approach
Contributors: Link, Nav, and Brunner
Publisher: Oklahoma State University
This book presents a genre-based approach emphasizing strategies that derive from a field of research focusing on strengthening the language skills of multilingual English speakers. These materials will advance knowledge across disciplines as they help graduate student writers to grow as writers and move closer to their publication goals.
Communication for College, Career, and Civic Life
Contributors: McGeough, Rudick, McGeough, and Golsan
Publisher: Iowa State University
To address the challenges facing us as a society and a species, students must develop a robust set of skills, ethics, and dispositions that help them work with others to promote justice, peace, and equity. This OER, in promoting a robust set of communication skills, will serve as a foundational preparation for students who want to be successful in their education, careers, and civic lives.
Curriculum Development for Christian Ministry
Contributor: Jones
Publisher: PALNI
This text will prepare students to develop curriculum for their ministry or Christian organizations. It will encompass both theory and practice, helping students understand the educational and organizational need for curricular planning, the biblical and theological foundations, and insight and skill in implementing a comprehensive curriculum plan. The entire process of development will be presented, from vision to evaluation. Each section will include questions or mini-assignments to help students process the content in ways that enhance learning.