tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks/reviewedOpen Textbook Library - All Reviewed Textbooks2024-03-04T01:51:41Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png16132024-03-04T02:05:46Z2024-03-26T21:25:15Z#OnYGo<img alt="Read more about #OnYGo" title="#OnYGo cover image" class="cover " width="804" height="1048" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEyNDQsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--701c33e402426553b1e81d54feb8904ec6adc937/onygo.jpg" />#OnYGo is an innovative first-year French language e-textbook, designed as Open Educational Resource (OER), for learning beginning French (equivalent to one year at an American university). It is inspired by a remix of task-based, multiliteracies and communicative approaches, which provides students with opportunities to engage with French language and culture in a variety of contexts and situations, across a range of modalities. Through a wide range of activities, students develop and practice their language skills, and reflect on their cross-cultural knowledge and positionality in their understanding of the vast francophone landscape. #OnYGo is a first-year textbook that takes a DEI-forward approach to the depiction of people, contexts, and concepts. It views language learners, instructors and a wide range of individuals interacting in French as belonging to a large multilingual and francophone community. It recognizes multilingualism and multiculturalism in all its forms, and showcases French speakers with a variety of backgrounds and relationships to the French language. The cultural and pedagogical materials in this collection have been selected for their authenticity and diverse representation of French speakers on the five continents, and are thus purposely inclusive of gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity.16122024-03-04T01:28:08Z2024-03-18T18:38:16ZBuilding Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare<img alt="Read more about Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare" title="Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare 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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEyNDEsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--51772a99dc1cdf422a09983d9901b6cc586c0649/Yellow-Professional-Gradient-Tech-Business-Flyer-350x453.png" />Building Bridges: Establishing a Foundation for Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on teaching interprofessional collaboration in healthcare to students entering their respective health profession's program. This book will help students achieve success not only in their educational program, but as they experience various healthcare settings through internships and employment. This resource is targeted for students in healthcare professions.15792024-01-16T22:53:37Z2024-01-30T13:18:13ZSurface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing - Third Edition<img alt="Read more about Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing - Third Edition" title="Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing - Third Edition cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="994" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA3OTAsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--23e8b3001760ae762f2b51d992ef37b8190d8cc0/203-OER-Cover-768x994.jpg" />Open-educational resource textbook created by the TAMU English 203 OER Committee.15732024-01-14T06:24:55Z2024-01-22T15:08:42ZInterpersonal Communication: Context and Connection<img alt="Read more about Interpersonal Communication: Context and Connection" title="Interpersonal Communication: Context and Connection cover image" class="cover " width="807" height="1051" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA2NzEsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--bb78ade45fd88ee231db1366caaa854a4654c80a/inter2.jpg" />Interpersonal Communication: Context and Connection provides an engaging overview of interpersonal communication grounded in theory, research, and practical application, with an eye to the lived experience of college students. The first three chapters provide the foundation of interpersonal communication with an examination of the theoretical and conceptual background of communication, self, and perception. The next section of the book examines unique features of messaging, with an exploration of listening, verbal, and nonverbal communication. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 explore dynamic factors that shape interpersonal relationships, including emotions, climate, and conflict. The final chapters of the book delve into communication in context through building and maintaining relationships, the dark side of communication, and workplace relationships.15532024-01-14T01:22:24Z2024-03-04T02:32:00ZDrug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective<img alt="Read more about Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective" title="Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective cover image" class="cover " width="810" height="1052" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1ODUsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--6ac3d4cc1cce5a3ae7936ba5c3bb081d89e0e001/duse'.jpg" />Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective provides students with an introduction to the biological, psychological, and legal aspects of drug use and misuse through the lens of community health and discusses the impact of drug use and misuse on community health. The book contains eight distinct chapters addressing the background of drug use and misuse, including key terms, as well as an introduction to different categories of drugs including gateway drugs, opioids, and prescription drugs, and a conclusion that describes evidence-based prevention and treatment models. Originally developed for use in the popular undergraduate survey course “Drug Use and Abuse” taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the book is aimed at students learning about community health and the effects of drug use in a variety of contexts, such as survey courses for pharmacology, psychology, or public health.15462024-01-14T00:15:36Z2024-03-11T16:23:28ZAdvanced Legal Research: Process and Practice<img alt="Read more about Advanced Legal Research: Process and Practice" title="Advanced Legal Research: Process and Practice 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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1NjUsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--35e333ac3b893f602b00e1726b43baf1d7ae5f2e/Advanced-legal-research-cover-350x453.png" />Written for students and instructors in an advanced legal research course, this book uses the steps of the legal research process to facilitate skills practice, collaboration, and reflection. It proposes a hypothetical as a basis for practicing the research process steps and encourages students and instructors to contribute other hypotheticals. The text also includes sample assignments, demonstration videos, and discussion and reflection questions, with opportunities for students and instructors to contribute additional questions. This text uses an approach that emphasizes student reflection on the development of research skills, with the benefit of repeated and consistent formative feedback.15402023-12-04T20:18:51Z2024-01-04T22:52:49ZMethods for Stress Management<img alt="Read more about Methods for Stress Management" title="Methods for Stress Management cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="233" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAzNDAsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--113811edc66ba76c1cd5eac36b46e40e7e8c39d0/hurry-2119711_1920-350x233.jpg" />Stress is a feeling you get when faced with a challenge. In small doses, stress can be good for you because it makes you more alert and gives you a burst of energy. For instance, if you start to cross the street and see a car about to run you over, that jolt you feel helps you to jump out of the way before you get hit. But feeling stressed for a long time can take a toll on your mental and physical health. Even though it may seem hard to find ways to de-stress with all the things you have to do, it’s important to find those ways. Your health depends on it.15382023-11-01T19:07:31Z2023-12-20T15:40:31ZCase Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand<img alt="Read more about Case Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand" title="Case Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="495" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAyNjIsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--70e002713024265905d7a8e628c014b13318cd6e/Health_Research-and-Practice-in-Australia-and-New-Zealand-OER_20230818-350x495.jpg" />The OER includes case studies of 5 families from a variety of backgrounds in metropolitan and regional Queensland (QLD), New South Wales (NSW), and Victoria (VIC), Australia. Case studies have been popular in nursing to help students bring their learning to life and enhance their critical thinking. However, often case studies appear in one unit or one particular content area to aid students learning for a particular condition or point in time. Taking a transformational, place-based approach, the OER case studies for health are set within metropolitan and regional areas, so learning is contextual and relatable. Case studies increase in complexity so that students can be introduced to and ‘get to know’ the families from their first year of study. As students progress through their studies, they meet the families again in different, often more complex scenarios. The families experience a variety of political and socio-economic circumstances, which helps students to learn about various healthcare contexts, build knowledge and understanding about the families’ circumstances from a holistic, person-centred, interprofessional perspective, and engage at a deeper level.15292023-10-25T03:02:42Z2024-03-26T16:42:38ZIntroduction to Probability<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Probability" title="Introduction to Probability cover image" class="cover " width="736" height="957" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAxNDQsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--eeb1f0bad95a9ba2f0020f6595ad1b23f5a4d974/Screenshot%202023-10-24%20at%209.50.32%20PM.png" />This is an introduction to probability theory, designed for self-study. It covers the same topics as the one-semester introductory courses which I taught at the University of Minnesota, with some extra discussion for reading on your own. The reasons which underlie the rules of probability are emphasized. Probability theory is certainly useful. But how does it feel to study it? Well, like other areas of mathematics, probability theory contains elegant concepts, and it gives you a chance to exercise your ingenuity, which is often fun. But in addition, randomness and probability are part of our experience in the real world, present everywhere and yet still somewhat mysterious. This gives the subject of probability a special interest.15192023-10-21T18:19:35Z2023-12-19T20:30:03ZPeer Review: A Critical Primer and Practical Course<img alt="Read more about Peer Review: A Critical Primer and Practical Course" title="Peer Review: A Critical Primer and Practical Course cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="467" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAwODcsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--b128f6be590c2f0ec5855bbcdc9e4e854ea83d7c/peerreview_canvacoverscaled-3-350x467.jpg" />This book is a self-paced, open access training in peer review. In eight modules it asks readers to engage in a variety of activities to learn the who, what, why, and how of peer review. It is geared to library professionals, library school students, or other academic professionals who must understand and/or engage with the peer-review process.
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