August 6-8, 2025 Cal OER will focus on OER efforts and impact, broadly defined, across the state of California and especially across the state’s three public higher education systems, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California. The theme for the 2025 conference is Beyond the Horizon: Challenges and Opportunities in …

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Salón de clase, Intermediate Spanish for Education Professionals is a comprehensive intermediate Spanish open access textbook with reading, listening, speaking, and writing practice for students who have an interest and/or intend to pursue a career in the field of Education (teachers, administrators, counselors, psychologists, social workers, support staff members, paraprofessionals, among others). This Open Education …

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Bienvenidos a VIDA SANA! This ultra innovative course is designed to help you build your superhero Spanish-language skills for the health profession of your choice. Do you want to develop Spanish skills for a nursing, dentist, midwife, psychologist, social work, health coach, community health advocate, doctor, radiologist, physical therapy or other health career? With this …

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This book is the third edition of a collective effort to understand and apply current conceptualizations of sustainability to a study of state and local government. It is an attempt to focus our attention on a basic understanding of the time-tested institutions and guiding principles likely to take society and governance towards greater advancement.