tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=7&term=Introduction+to+Art%3A+Design%2C+Context%2C+and+MeaningOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning"2019-02-28T18:49:18Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png6762019-02-28T18:49:18Z2023-08-31T14:10:11ZAn Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad<img alt="Read more about An Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad" title="An Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad cover image" class="cover " width="557" height="802" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjIyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1359a8d80ce3d4e5b6184c5c6c91600a456a5adb/0000MatLabCad.png" />This textbook, or really a “coursebook” for a college freshman-level class, has been updated for Spring 2014 and provides an introduction to programming and problem solving using both Matlab and Mathcad. We provide a balanced selection of introductory exercises and real-world problems (i.e. no “contrived” problems). We include many examples and screenshots to guide the reader. We assume no prior knowledge of Matlab or Mathcad.6812019-03-09T02:19:51Z2024-01-22T14:52:22ZWrite Here, Right Now: An Interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research<img alt="Read more about Write Here, Right Now: An Interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research" title="Write Here, Right Now: An Interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjI3LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--fbe20633b5514d030ece92b8c215a3d8467a7d08/0000WriRigAca.jpg" />Write Here, Right Now: An interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research utilizes PressBooks to create and host a writing e-textbook for first year university students that would effectively integrate into the flipped classroom model. The textbook could also be used for non-flipped classroom designs, as the embedded videos, diagrams and linked modules would act as an all-in-one multimedia textbook geared towards multiple learning styles and disciplines. The components of the textbook, including the embedded videos, could be swapped in and out in order to accommodate a professor’s best idea of his/her own course design.6862019-03-14T19:44:33Z2024-01-22T14:52:19ZDigital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud - Revised Edition<img alt="Read more about Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud - Revised Edition" title="Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud - Revised Edition cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjMyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--0e1f10e39a987fe1bb7d83083be8583934607c08/0000DigFouMed.jpg" />Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software for the trade and academic markets. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning. This revised edition updates the original text for use with Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 software.6882019-03-17T17:19:47Z2024-03-18T13:10:36ZIntroduction to the American Criminal Justice System<img alt="Read more about Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System" title="Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjM0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--088616df468de097d555ab436d0aa22d48b78d75/0000AmeCriJus.jpg" />There is a dearth of OER textbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice, which made creating this textbook all the more exciting. At times we faced challenges about what or how much to cover, but our primary goal was to make sure this book was as in-depth as the two textbooks we were currently using for our CCJ 230 introduction course. The only way we were willing to undertake this project as if it was as good, or better than the current books students read. We have had very positive feedback about the required textbooks in the course but consistently heard how expensive the books were to buy. We also needed to ensure we met the learning outcomes outlined by SOU for a general education course, as well as the state of Oregon, to make sure this textbook helps students meet those outcomes.7092019-05-15T22:11:18Z2024-03-25T13:11:46ZIntroduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences" title="Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences cover image" class="cover " width="396" height="493" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDUyOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7a489ad7a63e8794a585dc9989949c95d6f43126/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-09%20at%203.13.38%20PM.png" />Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of statistics, and hypothesis testing as need for psychology students. The textbook introduces the fundamentals of statistics, an introduction to hypothesis testing, and t Tests. Related samples, independent samples, analysis of variance, correlations, linear regressions and chi-squares are all covered along with expanded appendices with z, t, F correlation, and a Chi-Square table. The text includes key terms and exercises with answers to odd-numbered exercises. Psychology students often find statistics courses to be different from their other psychology classes. There are some distinct differences, especially involving study strategies for class success. The first difference is learning a new vocabulary—it is similar to learning a new language. Knowing the meaning of certain words will help as you are reading the material and working through the problems. Secondly, practice is critical for success; reading over the material is not enough. Statistics is a subject learned by doing, so make sure you work through any homework questions, chapter questions, and practice problems available. Statistical knowledge gives you a set of skills employable in graduate school and the workplace. Data science is a burgeoning field, and there is practical significance in learning this material. The statistics presented in this book are some of the most common ones used in research articles, and we hope by the end of this OER you’ll feel comfortable reading (and not skipping!) the results section of an article. This work is broken into 14 chapters, covering the fundamentals of statistics, and hypothesis testing.7112019-05-16T00:11:37Z2024-01-22T14:52:12ZAn Introduction to Nutrition<img alt="Read more about An Introduction to Nutrition" title="An Introduction to Nutrition cover image" class="cover " width="652" height="842" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjU3LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--dabaad981bc79df5618464bbec9fbdc6100f76b1/0000IntrodNut.png" />Welcome to Essentials of Nutrition: A Functional Approach! This book is written for students who are not majoring in nutrition, but want to learn about the fundamental aspects of nutrition and how it applies to their own lives. We have written this book with the assumption that you have little or no prior knowledge of college level chemistry, biology, or physiology. But that does not mean it’s not scientific! Nutrition is a science-based discipline, so all the material included is backed up by rigorous scientific research, but it is presented in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion without requiring a background in science.7132021-02-18T21:59:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:24ZIntroduction to Biosystems Engineering<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Biosystems Engineering" title="Introduction to Biosystems Engineering cover image" class="cover " width="480" height="600" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODIxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--0626a4d2c5564bde3c99547cf0011b1b13f5c40c/Cover%20-%20Intro%20to%20Biosystems%20Engineering.jpg" />The discipline of Biosystems Engineering emerged in the 1990s from the traditional strongholds of agricultural engineering and food engineering. Biosystems engineering integrates engineering science and design with applied biological, environmental, and agricultural sciences. Introduction to Biosystems Engineering is targeted at 1st and 2nd year university-level students with an interest in biosystems engineering but who are not yet familiar with the breadth and depth of the subject. It is designed as a coherent educational resource, also available for download as individual digital chapters. The book can be used as a localized, customizable text for introductory courses in Biosystems Engineering globally. It is written as a series of stand-alone chapters organized under six major topics: Food and Bioprocessing; Environment; Buildings and Infrastructure; Information and Communications Technology and Data; Machinery Systems; and Energy. Each chapter is organized around stated learning outcomes and describes key concepts, applications of the concepts, and worked examples. Instructors adopting or reviewing this text are encouraged to register with the publisher using this form.7282019-06-22T16:46:01Z2024-01-22T14:52:18ZMetaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy<img alt="Read more about Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy" title="Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy cover image" class="cover " width="160" height="241" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjczLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1f39ef2d132a3a03163d77c546b9ae8c52cd3227/9781783742004.jpg" />Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint addresses in a novel format the major topics and themes of contemporary metaethics, the study of the analysis of moral thought and judgement. Metathetics is less concerned with what practices are right or wrong than with what we mean by ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’ Looking at a wide spectrum of topics including moral language, realism and anti-realism, reasons and motives, relativism, and moral progress, this book engages students and general readers in order to enhance their understanding of morality and moral discourse as cultural practices. Catherine Wilson innovatively employs a first-person narrator to report step-by-step an individual’s reflections, beginning from a position of radical scepticism, on the possibility of objective moral knowledge. The reader is invited to follow along with this reasoning, and to challenge or agree with each major point. Incrementally, the narrator is led to certain definite conclusions about ‘oughts’ and norms in connection with self-interest, prudence, social norms, and finally morality. Scepticism is overcome, and the narrator arrives at a good understanding of how moral knowledge and moral progress are possible, though frequently long in coming.Accessibly written, Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint presupposes no prior training in philosophy and is a must-read for philosophers, students and general readers interested in gaining a better understanding of morality as a personal philosophical quest.7322019-06-22T19:51:42Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZIntroduction to Oceanography<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Oceanography" title="Introduction to Oceanography 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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Njc3LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--de2c7105a9bb2aea95dc07b14e461e91a607f8b2/0000InttoOcea.jpg" />Introduction to Oceanography is a textbook appropriate to an introductory-level university course in oceanography. The book covers the fundamental geological, chemical, physical and biological processes in the ocean, with an emphasis on the North Atlantic region.7352019-06-29T15:09:02Z2024-01-22T14:52:04ZIntroduction to Programming using Fortran 95/2003/2008<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Programming using Fortran 95/2003/2008" title="Introduction to Programming using Fortran 95/2003/2008 cover image" class="cover " width="652" height="844" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjgwLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--94a6928950ef9a742bc476af7e397cf3b4950911/0000ProFortra.png" />Computers are everywhere in our daily lives. Between the desktop, laptop, phone, bank, and vehicle, it is difficult to completely get away from computers. It only makes sense to learn a little about how a computer really works.This text provides an introduction to programming and problem solving using the Fortran 95/2003/2008 programming language. This introduction is geared for non-computer science majors. The primary focus is on an introduction to problem solving and algorithm development. As such, many details of the Fortran 95/2003/2008 language are omitted.
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