Foundations of Educational Technology
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Contributor: Thompson
Publisher: Oklahoma State University
License: CC BY-NC
This text provides a a graduate level introduction to the field of educational technology.
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Creating Online Learning Experiences
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Contributors: Crosslin, Benham, Dellinger, Patterson, Semingson, Spann, Usman, Watkins, Dellinger, Heiser, Riviou, and Usman
Publisher: Mavs Open Press
License: CC BY-NC
This book provides an updated look at issues that comprise the online learning experience creation process. As online learning evolves, the lines and distinctions between various classifications of courses has blurred and often vanished. Classic elements of instructional design remain relevant at the same time that newer concepts of learning experience are growing in importance. However, problematic issues new and old still have to be addressed. This handbook explores many of these topics for new and experienced designers alike, whether creating traditional online courses, open learning experiences, or anything in between.
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Let's Get Writing!
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Contributors: Browning, DeVries, Boylan, Kurtz, and Burton
Publisher: Virginia Western Community College
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This introduction is designed to exemplify how writers think about and produce text. The guiding features are the following:
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The Essence of Mathematics Through Elementary Problems
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Contributors: Borovik and Gardiner
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
License: CC BY
It is increasingly clear that the shapes of reality – whether of the natural world, or of the built environment – are in some profound sense mathematical. Therefore it would benefit students and educated adults to understand what makes mathematics itself ‘tick’, and to appreciate why its shapes, patterns and formulae provide us with precisely the language we need to make sense of the world around us. The second part of this challenge may require some specialist experience, but the authors of this book concentrate on the first part, and explore the extent to which elementary mathematics allows us all to understand something of the nature of mathematics from the inside. The Essence of Mathematics consists of a sequence of 270 problems – with commentary and full solutions. The reader is assumed to have a reasonable grasp of school mathematics. More importantly, s/he should want to understand something of mathematics beyond the classroom, and be willing to engage with (and to reflect upon) challenging problems that highlight the essence of the discipline. The book consists of six chapters of increasing sophistication (Mental Skills; Arithmetic; Word Problems; Algebra; Geometry; Infinity), with interleaved commentary. The content will appeal to students considering further study of mathematics at university, teachers of mathematics at age 14-18, and anyone who wants to see what this kind of elementary content has to tell us about how mathematics really works.
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Teaching Mathematics at Secondary Level
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Contributor: Gardiner
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
License: CC BY
Teaching Mathematics is nothing less than a mathematical manifesto. Arising in response to a limited National Curriculum, and engaged with secondary schooling for those aged 11 ̶ 14 (Key Stage 3) in particular, this handbook for teachers will help them broaden and enrich their students’ mathematical education. It avoids specifying how to teach, and focuses instead on the central principles and concepts that need to be borne in mind by all teachers and textbook authors—but which are little appreciated in the UK at present.
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Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy
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Contributor: Wilson
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
License: CC BY
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.’
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Speaking of Culture
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Contributor: Weil
Publisher: Rebus Community
License: CC BY-NC
“Speaking of Culture” is a collection of instructor-authored background readings intended to accompany other activities, discussions, experiences, projects, and readings for IELI 2470 – Cross-Cultural Perspectives, a course offered by faculty in the Intensive English Language Institute at Utah State University. Its main purpose is to define culture and other concepts often associated with it.
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Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology
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Contributors: Mellenthin and Shapiro
Publisher: Rebus Community
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Mythology Unbound
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Writing for Electronic Media
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Contributor: Champagne
Publisher: Rebus Community
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Welcome to Writing for Electronic Media, an OER textbook. OER stands for Open Educational Resource, which means it’s free for all who access. Since it is electronic, I will do what I can to keep it updated with the changing media. People’s viewing habits are changing as they migrate to mobile sources, social media, and kitten videos.Television News is still a dominant #1 source, and radio is still the safest way to stay informed in your car. Hopefully, you already have some journalism background. This book does not teach the who, what, when, where, why, and how of reporting; its goal is to teach how to present the journalism you already know via electronic media, primarily television.
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Introduction to Oceanography
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Contributor: Webb
Publisher: Rebus Community
License: CC BY
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.
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