Media, Society, Culture and You grew out of an experiment in developing and employing open educational resources (OER) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Professors from various disciplines were encouraged to find or develop texts to replace or supplement course materials. Because the field of mass communication changes so rapidly, the author of this text decided to …
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This is a lab manual to accompany the University of Houston Virtual KIN 4370 course: Exercise Testing and Prescription. The lab activities have been modified from face-to-face environments to an at-home virtual learning community. Each lab activity includes protocol description, comprehension questions and tables to help with test interpretation. Labs are included for testing flexibility, …
An open textbook that was adapted from an OpenStax’s anatomy and physiology textbook and follows the scope of most two-semester anatomy and physiology courses. Enrichment elements provide relevance and deeper contexts for kinesiology students with relevance to their intended careers.
An open textbook with seven chapters. There is a chapter on the skeletal system, one on the nervous system, and the remaining five chapters are on the muscles, bones and joints throughout the body.
Provides an overview of the different types of stretches (static, dynamic, PNF) and 10 for the upper extremities and 10 stretches for the lower extremities using proper hand placement and form.
Composed of ten chapters. Includes one thorough chapter on relaxation methods. Other chapters are on managing anger, communication skills, types of anxiety disorders, healthy eating, exercise, time management, and developing a stress reduction plan.
No licenses stated, stated they can be used for private use or any sort of teaching but needs to credit Alice Roberts. High quality, colored illustrations of the bones, joints, and organs. Some illustrations have labels and others drawn lines requiring students to label during an exam.
An open textbook comprised of ten chapters catered to the needs of kinesiology students enrolled in a first-year biomechanics course. Chapters include anatomy basics, linear kinematics in one and two dimensions, angular kinematics, linear kinetics, work power and energy, mechanisms of injury and more
Note: The version adapted by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services is unpublished as of 12/31/24.Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication is adapted from a work produced and distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive …