Open Educational Resources and Physics

Monday, December 4, 2023 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Watch the “Examples of OER Development Processes” recording

Access the “Examples of OER Development Processes” presentation slides

Have you wondered what it’s like to develop OER?  It turns out that there are a LOT of different processes and experiences! Join us in this webinar to listen to the experiences of a few different OER developers. We’ll have plenty of time to answer your questions, too!

Friday, December 1, 2023 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Register for Biotechnology and OER

Join us in this conversation to review biotechnology OER materials. We will also be looking at new contributions to the discipline as well as the next contributors’ plan.

Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Watch the “Intro to OER for English” recording

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Join us for this introductory session on English and literature Open Educational Resources. We will explore old and new OER texts, reserving time for questions and discussion. Bring your ideas and experiences to share.

An introductory Art Appreciation text that focuses on tools of visual analysis, followed by an exploration of themes: religion, nature, power, garden realms, and copying. The book does not include an overview of art historical periods or movements. “Instead,” as Dr. Mittman writes, “by using examples chosen from throughout the globe, and from prehistory to the present day, the book should help you learn how to apply the basic tools of visual analysis to any object.”

Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Register for Economics Office Hours

The OERI is pleased to offer economics OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will be open to discuss any questions or ideas about economics and OER.

Friday, December 1, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Register for Data OER and ZTC Pathways

The need to “map” OER/ZTC sections has resulted in the development of dashboards that can not only identify existing ZTC pathways but also inform ZTC pathway work. Such tools can also be used to quantify the impact of OER on course fill rates, student success, and much more. This webinar will provide an overview of the ways data are being visualized and used by one college and one multi-college district.

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Register for Chemistry OER Office Hour on Wednesday, November 29, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

The OERI is pleased to offer chemistry OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will be open to discuss any questions, barriers, or ideas about chemistry and OER.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Watch the “Overview of OER in Philosophy” recording

This webinar will give an overview of the numerous OER works in philosophy that cover the most commonly taught courses in the California Community College system.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Register for New OER Books and Resources in Ethnic Studies and Chicanx/Latinx Studies

In this webinar, we will hear about the two new OER textbooks in ethnic studies: Introduction to Ethnic Studies and New Directions in Chicanx and Latinx Studies. Participants will have the opportunity to preview content from both textbooks and learn how the structure and format of the LibreTexts platform can be utilized for course delivery in various modalities, including online, hybrid, and face-to-face as well as with incarcerated students.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Watch the “Writing and AI: An OER Guide” recording

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How do teachers who assign writing teach about artificial intelligence (AI) text generators? Joel Gladd and Liza Long have developed an OER guide to Writing and Artificial Intelligence in Write What Matters (Pressbooks) that helps students and teachers understand the predictive nature and limitations of large language models like ChatGPT. They invite us to become familiar with these systems and strategies for prompting and citing AI even as we continue to wrestle with the ethical considerations.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Watch the “Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating OER” recording

Access the “Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating OER” presentation slides – TBD

Join us as a panel of OER Liaisons discuss different approaches to supporting faculty to learn about OER, adopt existing OER, remix, curate, and create OER.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Watch the “Different Types of Assessments in MyOpenMath” recording

Access the “Different Types of Assessments in MyOpenMath” presentation slides

Join us to explore the different types of questions you can create in your MyOpenMath assignments. This webinar will focus particularly on types of questions useful for science, technology and engineering courses.

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Drop in to chat about the OERI IDEA Framework. This space is for anyone using the framework to assess existing OER materials, to create new OER, or to discuss all things IDEA. Join your IDEA colleagues to ask questions, get feedback, or brainstorm.

Register for Thursday, December 7, 9:30 am – 10:30 am IDEA Framework Office Hours

Register for Thursday, December 14, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm IDEA Framework Office Hours

Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 1:00 pm -2:00 pm

Register for Celebrating Successes, Finding Support for Challenges, and Looking Ahead

As we come to the end of 2023, join your OERL colleagues in conversation to celebrate our successes in our Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) efforts as well as find support – and maybe even possible solutions – for the challenges that remain. We’ll also take a look ahead at where we’re going next to prepare for 2024.

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Looking for a place to discuss your Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) experiences and challenges? Interested in how your colleagues are mapping their ZTC data and prioritizing their work? Curious to learn how others are creating ZTC plans that avoid duplication and ensure sustainability? Join the OERI and your OER Liaison colleagues to explore the topics that are top of mind.

Register for Thursday, December 7, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm OERI Office Hours

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The OERI is pleased to offer Psychology OER office hours. These office hours will be a space to discuss any questions or ideas about psychology and OER.

Register for Psychology OER Office hour on Tuesday, December 12, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for Exploring the Fall 2023 OER Liaison Survey Data

With this year’s OERL survey, the OERI continued to gather data on both marking no-cost course sections and the implementation of the XB12 data element. In addition, the focus of the survey was expanded to include local Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) efforts and compensation for ZTC and OER work. What has and has not changed over the last year? And how can these survey data inform your local work? Join us for an exploration of our findings.

Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition, like previous editions, is intended for a two-semester introductory organic chemistry course. The tenth edition retains the functional group approach of prior editions and the table of contents is retained. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY NC-SA) license, which means that you can non-commercially distribute, remix, and build upon the content, as long as you provide attribution to OpenStax and its content contributors, under the same license.

This book is a cloned version of Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (updated at: https://opentext.ku.edu/teams/) by cpiercy, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

Theories and techniques of public speaking from the perspective of the speaker and the audience. Emphasis on research, logical organization, composition and effective delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Practice in clearly stating and developing ideas.

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 06.01

Whereas, AB 607 (Kalra, 2023)[1] modifies California Education Code §66406.9[2] to expand the cost information required in course schedules, requiring that colleges

Prominently display, by means that may include a link to a separate internet web page, the estimated costs for each course of all required course materials and fees directly related to those materials, for no less than 40 percent by January 1, 2025, 55 percent by January 1, 2026, 65 percent by January 1, 2027, and 75 percent by January 1, 2028, of the total number of courses on the online campus course schedule for which a faculty member or course instructor has been assigned. “Course materials” as used in this paragraph includes digital or physical textbooks, devices such as calculators and remote attendance platforms, and software subscriptions;

Whereas, Restricting “course materials” to “digital or physical textbooks, devices such as calculators and remote attendance platforms, and software subscriptions” places inappropriate limits on the estimated costs to be included in course schedules by excluding homework systems, art supplies, uniforms, safety equipment, and other expenses that students should be informed of when registering for classes; and

Whereas, California Code of Regulations Title 5, §59402[3] states that required instructional materials “means any materials which a student must procure or possess as a condition of registration, enrollment or entry into a class; or any such material which is necessary to achieve the required objectives of a course,” establishing the definition of “instructional materials” to include textbooks, supplemental materials, and any other course supplies that are required to achieve course objectives;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend that the cost-transparency requirements in California Education Code §66406.9 as modified by AB 607 (Kalra, 2023) be interpreted to include all instructional materials as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 5, §59402.

[1] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB607

[2] California Education Code §66406.9: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=66406.9.&lawCode=EDC

[3] Title 5, §59402: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I6E1B90644C6911EC93A8000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 07.02

Whereas, The Procedures and Standing Orders of the Board of Governors (December, 2022)[1] requires that “any published materials produced under an agreement or sub-agreement using public funds must be subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY),” allowing such materials to be used, modified, and monetized by any entity provided the source is properly attributed;

Whereas, California Education Code §78052^[2] establishes that “it is the intent of the Legislature that community college districts develop and implement zero-textbook-cost degrees and develop open educational resources for courses,” and $115 million dollars have been appropriated to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to disperse to the colleges to establish zero-textbook-cost pathways that “prioritize the development and implementation of a degree from an existing associate degree for transfer and, to the extent possible, prioritize the adaptation of existing open educational resources through existing open educational resources initiatives, or elsewhere, before creating new content”;

Whereas, The requirement to use the CC BY license as established in Procedures and Standing Orders of the Board of Governors (December, 2022)[3] can be interpreted to mean that any resource developed by curating or modifying existing openly-licensed resources must be licensed CC BY, even when a CC BY license is inconsistent with the permissions associated with the content used to develop the resource; and

Whereas, When authoring or creating new content, faculty may want to prevent the commercialization of their work and choose to use CC BY-NC since the CC BY license does not prohibit the use of openly-licensed resources from being monetized;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges request that the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office clarify that any licensing requirement established by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors applies only to content authored or created using public funds, as opposed to curated collections of resources that may not be in conflict with the licensing mandates established by the Board of Governors; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges request that the Board of Governors modify its licensing requirement to permit the use of the CC BY-NC license (attribution-noncommercial)[4] to allow authors to prohibit the commercial use of their intellectual property.

[1] Procedures and Standards of the Board of Governors (December, 2022): https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/procedures-standing-orders/december-2022-procedures-standing-ordersv2-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=FF692A0AE8ACC8FE6BB2A4D75018302005A8A4D6

[2] California Education Code §78052: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=78052.&lawCode=EDC

[3] Procedures and Standards of the Board of Governors (December, 2022): https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/procedures-standing-orders/december-2022-procedures-standing-ordersv2-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=FF692A0AE8ACC8FE6BB2A4D75018302005A8A4D6

[4] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 17.01

Whereas, California Education Code §78052[1] requires that districts “Develop degrees with consideration for sustainability after grant funding is exhausted, including how content is updated and presented,” and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) recognizes open educational resources as the preferred and most sustainable mechanism for eliminating course costs as stated in Resolution 03.05 F21 Zero Means Zero Textbook Cost[2];

Whereas, The Burden-Free Instructional Materials Task Force was convened to “provide recommendations and possible regulatory actions for system structural changes that will facilitate the creation of sustainable solutions that reduce instructional materials costs for students in the long term,” and Resolution Number 2023-18 of the California Community Colleges’ Board of Governors[3] established that “the Chancellor’s Office shall work, in partnership with statewide participatory governance partners, to study implementation of the Burden Free Instructional Materials Taskforce recommendations, prioritizing actions that aim to remove barriers that unduly limit students’ ability to access timely and affordable instructional materials, establish a robust and sustained OER support infrastructure, and strengthen data collection capacity to better support local innovations towards reducing instructional material costs”;

Whereas, The ASCCC encourages local academic senates to collaborate with other constituencies to integrate open educational resources into their colleges’ guiding resources, including institutional goals, educational master plans, equity plans, accreditation institutional self-evaluation reports, board policies, and administrative procedures or regulations, as stated in Resolution 13.01 S21 Institutionalizing Open Educational Resources[4]; and

Whereas, Although the ASCCC has urged “local academic senates to work with their administrations and other appropriate college constituencies to establish a faculty coordinator position that plays a leadership role with respect to the local implementation of the Zero Textbook Cost Program” and encouraged “local academic senates to work with their administrative colleagues to use a portion of the Zero Textbook Cost Program funds to support a faculty coordinator who leads the college’s open educational resources and Zero Textbook Cost Program efforts” as directed in Resolution 17.03 F22 Using Zero Textbook Cost Funds to Support an Open Educational Resource/Zero Textbook Costs Faculty Coordinator[5], some colleges expect their designated Open Educational Resources liaison to assume this role without additional compensation, and others are only providing stipends to faculty coordinators, which does not provide faculty with the necessary time to effectively oversee the zero-textbook-cost work and integrate it into the resources and structure of the college as is necessary for sustainability;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recognize that sustaining and institutionalizing zero-textbook-cost pathways requires substantial and on-going work and coordination by faculty; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to advocate for the establishment of a local faculty coordinator position reassigned from their usual duties to lead their college’s zero-textbook-cost efforts.

[1] California Education Code §78052: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=78052.&lawCode=EDC

[2] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/zero-means-zero-textbook-cost

[3] https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/cccchan/Board.nsf/files/CTUQG96934A5/$file/resolution-of-the-board-of-governors-instructional-material-affordability-final-a11y.pdf

[4] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/institutionalizing-open-educational-resources

[5] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/using-zero-textbook-cost-funds-support-open-educational-resourcezero-textbook-costs

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 17.02

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is committed to the participation of part-time faculty in all academic and professional matters, as evidenced by the inclusion and recognition of part-time faculty though committee appointments, numerous resolutions, position papers, and the adoption of Resolution 01.01 S23 Add a Designated At-Large Part-time Representative to the Executive Committee[1];

Whereas, The ASCCC “recognize[s] open educational resources as the preferred and most sustainable mechanism for eliminating course costs” as stated in Resolution 03.05 F21 Zero Means Zero Textbook Cost[2];

Whereas, In the creation of new open educational resources (OER), the Open Educational Resources Initiative has awarded projects to teams of faculty that include part-time faculty authors, showing that adequately compensating part-time faculty supports their involvement in the creation and adaptation of OER; and

Whereas, As of Fall 2022, the California Community Colleges system employs 36,305 (67.2%) part-time faculty—labeled as “academic, temporary” in the dashboard–in comparison to 17,727 (32.8%) full time faculty[3], indicating that part-time faculty teach the majority of classes and can have a substantial influence in helping colleges create zero-textbook-cost pathways by adapting and adopting open educational resources as instructional materials for their classes;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to review their local policies and practices related to part-time faculty participating in open educational resources and zero-textbook-cost efforts to ensure that they do not create barriers for efforts that require a long-term commitment;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to work in partnership with their administrative colleagues to ensure the inclusion of part-time faculty in all local open educational resources and zero-textbook-cost pathway efforts; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to work in partnership with their unions and administrative colleagues to secure the participation of part-time faculty in adopting and adapting open educational resources and in the creation of zero-textbook-cost pathways by adequately compensating them for their work.

[1] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/add-designated-large-part-time-representative-executive-committee

[2] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/zero-means-zero-textbook-cost

[3] California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. Management Information Systems Datamart. “Faculty & Staff Demographics Report.” Retrieved September 21, 2023, from https://datamart.cccco.edu/Faculty-Staff/Staff_Demo.aspx

Fall 2023, Resolution Number 20.02

Whereas, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Resolution 20.02 F20 Ensure Course Cost Transparency for Students[1] encourages “local academic senates to advocate for the implementation of a process for consistent, clear, and transparent messaging to students prior to registration regarding all material and supply costs in appropriate locations including the schedule of classes and the bookstore”;

Whereas, Provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act that went into effect in July, 2010 require each institution of higher education receiving federal financial assistance to “disclose, on the institution’s Internet course schedule and in a manner of the institution’s choosing, the International Standard Book Number and retail price information of required and recommended college textbooks and supplemental materials for each course listed in the institution’s course schedule used for preregistration and registration purposes”[2] but do not require that colleges provide the URLs where students can access open educational resources (OER) that may be used in lieu of commercial texts, thereby denying students the opportunity to peruse readily-available resources and, when available, to obtain print versions of those resources; and

Whereas, Faculty who are using OER in lieu of a commercial text and wish to provide access to that OER via the internet course schedule may not be provided with a mechanism for doing so;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to work with their administrations to develop a procedure to publish URLs, where available, to free open educational resources in the course schedule; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to develop Title 5 language that requires districts to publish in course schedules the URLs, where available, where students may access free open educational resources.

[1] https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/ensure-course-cost-transparency-students 

[2] Higher Education Opportunity Act page 33: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-110publ315/pdf/PLAW-110publ315.pdf

This clearly organized and presented textbook features many informative diagrams and photographs and includes chapter review questions. It covers most of the C-ID required topics for Environmental Geology. The topics not included in the book, such as formation of the Earth, are easily found in other OER resources. Overall, this book could be used as a nearly stand-alone resource for California Community College Environmental Geology course.

Monday, November 13, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Register for Compensating for OER and ZTC Projects

Join us for a conversation about compensating faculty, staff, students, and other stakeholders for their work on OER and ZTC projects. Does your college offer re-assigned time? Are stipends given and possibly limited? Is hourly compensation sufficient? Let’s lay out our budgets and talk honestly about the possibilities and limits of compensation.

• This textbook, designed specifically for C-ID ARTH 110 and produced by a team of art historians working within the CCC system, curates Smarthistory and other scholarly resources into a coherent textbook by providing chapter introductions, a comprehensive glossary, and explanatory editors’ notes. Throughout, it acknowledges and explores the historiography of art history and brings in global connections to provide a broader, more diverse, and more inclusive survey of art history from the Paleolithic through Gothic periods.

This text was created by over forty individuals who have a passion for the hospitality industry. As such, each section may vary slightly in writing style, length, and formatting. Although the sections may not be completely consistent, we can guarantee that each contains perspectives from experts on the topic and will provide students with a realistic, current, and honest perspective of the hospitality industry.

Text Goals
To replace expensive and quickly outdated traditional textbooks with a free, digital, current introduction to the hospitality industry compiled by a diverse group of college and university faculty and industry professionals.

To provide beginning hospitality students with a broad overview of the industry, highlighting career paths and employment opportunities and presenting topics that pique their interest, encouraging them to take additional courses in the discipline and/or seek employment in the field.

To provide hospitality faculty with a relevant, flexible text, allowing them to remix content to fit their course and program offerings.

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Access the “Journalism and OER” presentation slides

As more individuals are interested in journalism, it’s important to ensure adherence to the discipline’s standards and principles. We must meet student journalists where they are and take them further – in story construction, design layout, and much more. Please join us for a vibrant discussion on OER options, themes, and projects for journalism.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Register for English OER Office Hour

The OERI is pleased to offer English OER office hours. These office hours are a space to ask about OER texts and other materials for English courses.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Register for OER for Physics Labs Share-out

Join us to share your experiences, challenges, and opportunities using OER for physics labs and to hear from others.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Access the Counseling Conversations: OER and Your Thoughts presentation slides

What OER exist for counseling courses – and what resources does the counseling discipline need? Join us for a candid conversation regarding the available OER for counseling courses and barriers to OER adoption – real and perceived.

Additional resources shared during the session:

• https://asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-and-counseling/
• https://www.cool4ed.org/coursematerial/1311
• https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/planparaelexito/
• https://www.firstgentransfer.com/
• https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Cultural_Sociology_and_Social_Problems/Exploring_Socio-Cultural_Perspectives_in_Diversity_(Cozart_et_al.)

Yo puedo: segundos pasos (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC) – LibreTexts

This OER resource enhances second language using the flipped classroom model.

Yo puedo: para empezar (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY) – LibreTexts

New Spanish OER useful as a resource for beginning Spanish language students. The pedagogical approach incorporates the flipped classroom methodology.

Monday, November 6, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Register for Review Existing OER for Hospitality Management

Join us for a conversation on hospitality management OER for courses in the discipline’s transfer model curriculum and beyond. We will also provide information on new resources being developed and discuss what OER is still needed for the discipline.

Traditional textbook covering a broad range of topics, including non-Western approaches.

Friday, November 3, 2023 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Register for American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Education Resources (OER)—Updates and Open Discussion about OER and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC)

Join us to share updates for ASL OER and to discuss new OER development. We will also consider the relationship between OER and the statewide push for ZTC pathways. Our conversation will be facilitated in ASL, with interpreters available to support those who need spoken English.

Friday, November 3, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Watch “The Intersection of AI and OER” recording

Access “The Intersection of AI and OER” presentation slides

As advances in artificial intelligence create new challenges and opportunities for academia (and society), how can faculty harness the power of AI to create OER? Is it ethical to employ AI to generate content? What can we do and what should we do? Join this session for an exploration of the possibilities and boundaries.

Additional Resources

Friday, November 3, 2023 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Register for Historians Connect and Create OER

Are you interested in creating new OER for United States and world history courses? Join us to meet and identify opportunities to collaborate with like-minded historians and discuss how to expand zero-textbook-cost history programs. Presenters will also share the supplementary resources for existing OER.

Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Register for OER Efforts in Political Science

There are several new OER in political science and more that are under development. With so many moving parts, it is important to know the current state of affairs. In this webinar, we will review what political science OER are currently available and highlight future efforts.

Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Watch the “What’s New in ECE OER” recording

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Come find out what’s new in early childhood education/child development OER and rediscover what’s already available. In this webinar, we will also investigate the places to find videos, photos, and other non-text resources for your courses.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Watch the “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Adopting and Using OERs in a Real Art History Classroom” recording

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In this conversation, Art History Professor Dr. Monica Jovanovich of Golden West College will discuss her experiences adopting OER for her courses. Dr. Jovanovich will discuss the advantages of, challenges with, and her students’ reactions to using OER, as well as plans to increase OER usage and establish a zero-textbook-cost pathway in her department. Please join us with your own stories, questions, and input.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Watch the “Existing and Pipeline Geology OER Resources” recording

Access the “Existing and Pipeline Geology OER Resources” presentation slides

Join us as we briefly review existing geology OER and learn about an exciting forthcoming text. There will also be time to discuss and share our best practices.

Tuesdays, October 31, 2023 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Register for OERI Office Hours on Tuesdays

Looking for a place to discuss your Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) experiences and challenges? Interested in how your colleagues are mapping their ZTC data and prioritizing their work? Curious to learn how others are creating ZTC plans that avoid duplication and ensure sustainability? Join the OERI and your OER Liaison colleagues to explore the topics that are top of mind.

Monday, October 30, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Resolutions: The What, How, and Why

As part of the ASCCC, the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) uses ASCCC’s resolution process to establish positions, encourage actions, and propose solutions to identified issues and challenges. What are ASCCC resolutions? How does the resolution process work? How are ASCCC resolutions used? Why are ASCCC resolutions used in this manner? What resolutions related to Open Educational Resources and Zero Textbook Cost Program will be considered at the upcoming ASCCC Fall 2023 Plenary? And what resolutions would you like to see? Come with your questions and ideas.

Friday, October 27, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Access the Spanish OER Hackathon presentation slides

Do you want to help us create Spanish OER homework activities in ADAPT? During our OER Hackathon, we will create a collection of activities using LibreTexts ADAPT homework system. Come and join the fun and share the newly created resources with the world!

Thursday, October 26, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Register for Economics Office Hours

The OERI is pleased to offer Economics OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will be open to discuss any questions or ideas about economics and OER.

Thursday. October 26, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Register for IDEA Framework Office Hours

Drop in to chat about ASCCC’s IDEA Framework. This space is for anyone using the framework to assess existing OER materials, to create new OER, or to discuss all things IDEA. Join your IDEA colleagues to ask questions, to get feedback, or to brainstorm.

Wednesdays, October 25, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for OERI Office Hours on Wednesdays

Looking for a place to discuss your Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) experiences and challenges? Interested in how your colleagues are mapping their ZTC data and prioritizing their work? Curious to learn how others are creating ZTC plans that avoid duplication and ensure sustainability? Join the OERI and your OER Liaison colleagues to explore the topics that are top of mind.

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The OERI is pleased to offer a series of math open educational resources (OER) office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath.

Register for Math OER Office Hour on Wednesday, December 13, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Register for ZTC Degrees for Communication Studies: Where are the gaps?

Are you interested the ZTC degree options and paths that are being developed with the Chancellor’s Office Acceleration grants? What is your college doing? Where do you need support? Join us to share your ideas, aspirations, and challenges.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Watch the “Communicating Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) to Students and Colleagues” recording

Join us as a panel of OER Liaisons discuss their colleges’ successes and challenges in helping colleagues and students understand ZTC and LTC. Our panelists will address such topics as: the process for defining ZTC and LTC, advocacy and outreach to students and faculty, designating courses as ZTC and LTC, and communicating to students in both the online schedule and bookstore.

Friday, October 20, 2023 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Watch the “Getting Spanish to Zero” recording

Access the “Getting Spanish to Zero” slides

Are you tired of having students pay for expensive licenses to access a homework platform? Say goodbye to costly licenses for homework! Discover a more inclusive and affordable approach for your language students with LibreTexts ADAPT. Plus, learn how to seamlessly integrate homework grades into your Canvas grade book. Join us and hear from our Spanish colleagues who have already embraced ADAPT for their courses. Unlock a new era of accessible education with LibreTexts ADAPT!

Friday, October 20, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Watch the “IDEA Framework Assessment Process” recording

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Join us in exploring the complete IDEA Framework assessment process including the IDEA principles, assessment categories, and rubrics. Also in this session, an OER textbook editor will share their experience going through the assessment process and offer considerations for other textbook editors.

College Algebra 2e provides a comprehensive exploration of algebraic principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra course. The modular approach and richness of content ensure that the book addresses the needs of a variety of courses. College Algebra 2e offers a wealth of examples with detailed, conceptual explanations, building a strong foundation in the material before asking students to apply what they’ve learned.

Friday, October 6, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Watch the “Accelerating and Implementing Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways” recording

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How many colleges applied for ZTC Acceleration Grants by September 15 and how many intend to apply by November 15? What pathways were funded – and how did colleges address duplication and sustainability? Join us for a discussion of what has happened – and what can happen – as the California Community Colleges strive to achieve the intent of California Education Code 78052.

Monday, October 2, 2023 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Register for Exploring a Medical Anthropology OER

Join us to explore the creation of a new OER for medical anthropology/global health. We encourage you to contribute your objectives and ideas.

Friday, September 29, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Register for OER Liaison Kick Off – September 29

Although not a comprehensive textbook, this resource provides a significant amount of material that could be very helpful in a California Geology course. The resource includes sections on the rocks, fossils, topography, energy, and mineral resources present in various physiographic regions and also includes virtual field experiences and virtual labs.

Thursday, September 28, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for OERI Office Hours on Thursdays

Looking for a place to discuss your OER and ZTC experiences and challenges? Interesting in learning about how your colleagues are mapping their ZTC data and prioritizing their work? Curious to learn how others are making ZTC plans that avoid duplication and ensure sustainability? Join the OERI and your OERL colleagues to explore the topics that are on your mind.

View each page for licensing information. Chapters by different authors on all topics generally covered in biological psychology courses.

A remix of the OERI’s Biopsychology

This introductory text on baking and pastries covers the following topics: baking and pastry equipment; dry ingredients; quick breads; yeast doughs; pastry doughs; custards; cake and buttercreams; pie doughs and ice cream; mousses, Bavarians, and souffle; and cookies. The appendix includes measurement and conversion charts, cake terms, and industry resources.

Supervision in the Hospitality Industry: Leading Human Resources

Preface: Culinary arts, in which ‘culinary’ means “related to cooking”, are the ‘arts’ of preparation, cooking, and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are called “chefs” or “cooks”, although, at its most general, the terms “culinary artist” and “culinarian” are also used. Table manners as an exemplar, (“the table arts”) are sometimes referred to as a culinary art. Expert chefs are required to have knowledge of food science, nutrition, and diet and are responsible for preparing meals that are as pleasing to the eye as they are to the palate. This text was written by Chef Randy Cheramie for CULA 111: Culinary Foundations at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.

Culinary Production and Operations is Zero Textbook Cost course for undergraduate students that is licensed by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, except otherwise noted. The course C-ID aligns with HOSP160. It is supported by the Central Mother Lode Regional Consortium. Culinary Production and Operations is a fundamentally based course in culinary arts. Course content covers food service operations, safety and sanitation, tool and equipment, flavoring of foods, food identification, principles of cooking, protein fabrications, and presentation techniques. This course is designed to inspire, influence creativity, and to prepare individuals with quality hospitality knowledge.

Hospitality Cost Control is Zero Textbook Cost course for undergraduate students that is licensed by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, except otherwise noted. The course C-ID aligns with HOSP120. It is supported by the Central Mother Lode Regional Consortium. This course covers the fundamentals for students in analyzing and managing of food, beverage, labor, and other costs within a hospitality operation. This course emphasizes problem solving and applying cost control techniques to maximize profits while managing expenses. Topics within this course include establishing standards, cost-volume-profit-analysis, forecasting, purchasing and storage controls, menu costing and pricing, theft prevention, and labor control.

Hospitality Laws is Zero Textbook Cost course for undergraduate students that is licensed by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, except otherwise noted. The course C-ID aligns with HOSP150. It is supported by the Central Mother Lode Regional Consortium. This course covers the fundamentals for students to explores the legal relationship and considerations of hotel, restaurant, travel, and tourism operations.

Monday, September 25, 2023, from 9 am – 10 am

Register for OERI Office Hours on Mondays

Looking for a place to discuss your OER and ZTC experiences and challenges? Interesting in learning about how your colleagues are mapping their ZTC data and prioritizing their work? Curious to learn how others are making ZTC plans that avoid duplication and ensure sustainability? Join the OERI and your OERL colleagues to explore the topics that are on your mind.

Friday, September 22, 2023 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 

Watch the “Anti-Racism in Action: Applying the IDEA Framework to OER” recording

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Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is an important element of student equity efforts. Join us for a hands-on training to learn how you can use the ASCCC’s Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework to ensure your course materials reflect anti-racist and culturally relevant pedagogy. In this training you will learn what the IDEA Framework is and how to use it as an assessment tool for your OER. Remember, equity is a journey and not a destination. Let’s keep going!

Covering a temporal span of some 5000 years, from c.3200 BCE to the present day, and ranging from the Americas to the Near East, chapters in this volume bring various perspectives to questions of writing materialities.

Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook, is designed to assist students in the Intro to Archaeology course by giving them questions and assignments to reinforce what is learned in the classroom lectures.

This OER explores archeology as the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture specifically artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes, with a focus on the Americas.

Thursday, October 12, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Watch the “Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) Mapping: High- and Low-Tech Solutions” recording

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Many OER Liaisons and local ZTC leads are working to identify and map their ZTC pathways. This webinar will showcase three different approaches to mapping pathways from four different colleges. From Airtable to Excel to Tableau, come to learn how you can map and track ZTC courses at your college.

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Register for OER Liaison Kick Off – September 19

Monday, September 18, 2023 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Register for OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation

The Annual OER Liaison Survey will be available in early October. As we update this year’s survey, we are seeking your input to ensure that we gathering information that will be of benefit to all. What do you want to know about the work of your OERL colleagues? What would you like an opportunity to share? Email us your ideas (oeri@asccc.org) or attend an OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation to learn more about the survey and share your ideas.

Friday, September 15, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Register for H5P/LibreStudio and ADAPT Office Hours

Join us in office hours to address specific H5P/LibreStudio and ADAPT issues. Access H5P Part I – Introduction to H5P and LibreTexts Studio and H5P Part II – Introduction to ADAPT to learn more about these tools.

Friday, September 15, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Watch the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – Sustainability, Updating Content, and Duplication” recording

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California Education Code 78052 allocated to the California Community Colleges $115 million to “develop and implement zero-textbook-cost degrees and develop open educational resources.” It also introduced the further requirements including that districts “[d]evelop degrees with consideration for sustainability after grant funding is exhausted, including how content is updated and presented,” and that “[t]he chancellor’s office shall ensure that a grant does not result in the development or implementation of duplicate degrees for a subject matter to avoid duplication of effort and ensure the development and implementation of the greatest number of degrees for the benefit of the greatest number of students.” In practical terms, what does this mean for your local ZTC efforts? Join us for a lively conversation about avoiding duplication and ensuring currency and sustainability in our ZTC Program efforts.

Wednesday September 13, 2023 from 2:30 – 3:30 pm

Register for OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation

OERI’s Annual OER Liaison Survey will be available in early October. As we update this year’s survey, we are seeking your input to ensure that we gather beneficial information. What do you want to know about the work of your OERL colleagues? What would you like an opportunity to share? Email us your ideas (oeri@asccc.org) or attend an OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation to learn more about the survey and share your ideas.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Watch the “New OER Liaison Orientation” recording

Access the “New OER Liaison Orientation” slides

Monday, September 11, 2023 from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Register for OER Liaison Kick Off – September 11

Friday, September 8, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Watch the “Integrating ADAPT in Canvas” recording

Access the “Integrating ADAPT in Canvas” presentation slides

ADAPT provides a mechanism for linking openly licensed activities to the Canvas gradebook. In this webinar, we will build auto-graded activities in ADAPT as summative assessments that can be integrated into Canvas and create fill-in the blank, multiple choice, true or false, select choice, and matching ADAPT native questions. We will also demonstrate how to add newly developed questions to an ADAPT assignment and how to use ADAPT in LibreTexts and, if locally available, within Canvas. Additional details regarding ADAPT integration into Canvas will be provided prior to the workshop.

Note: To participate, attendees will need to create both an ADAPT and a LibreStudio account.

How do you access ADAPT?

• Login: https://adapt.libretexts.org/login 
• To create account, go to Contact us, Request Instructor access code

How do you access LibreStudio?

• Go to LibreStudio [https://studio.libretexts.org/ ]
• Then click on the register link [https://studio.libretexts.org/user/register] to set up an account and use ASCCC for access code.

Friday, September 8, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Watch the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update” recording

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In July, the Chancellor’s Office shared its intent to make “Acceleration Grants” available to the colleges. An overview of the program plan will be provided to discuss the information required for submission as well as the basic criteria to be used for application awards. Although the stated due date to submit applications for this non-competitive funding opportunity is September 15, colleges can request an extension to November 15 in NOVA. During the webinar, an overview of the ZTC Program will be provided, and a representative from the Chancellor’s Office will give an update on the current funding phases and answer your questions.

Click here to view the ZTC Program Timeline

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Register for OER Liaison Kick Off – August 30

Thursday, August 24, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for OER Liaison Kick Off – August 24

As in the past, the ASCCC OERI kick-off the term with a webinar to prepare you for your OER Liaison role. This session provides an opportunity for the OERI to update OER Liaisons and for the OERI to hear from Liaisons. We look forward to seeing you at one of our Fall 2023 OERL Kick-Off webinars.

Friday, August 18, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for H5P Office Hours – August 18

The OERI is pleased to offer a series of H5P office hours for the month of August These office hours will serve as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their H5P needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to H5P/ADAPT.

Friday, August 18, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Watch the “H5P Part II – Introduction to ADAPT” recording

Access the “H5P Part II – Introduction to ADAPT” presentation slides

Following a brief recap of the skills developed in H5P Part I, we will build auto-graded activities in ADAPT as summative assessments that can be integrated into Canvas and create fill-in the blank, multiple choice, true or false, select choice, and matching ADAPT native questions. You will also learn how to add newly developed questions to an ADAPT assignment and how to use ADAPT in LibreTexts and, if locally available, within Canvas. Additional details regarding ADAPT integration into Canvas will be provided prior to the workshop.

Note: To participate, attendees will need to create an ADAPT account.
How do you access ADAPT?
Login: https://adapt.libretexts.org/login

• To create account, go to Contact us, Request Instructor access code
• Make sure to check your email for the access code (code is valid for a limited time)

Thursday, August 17, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Watch the “Anti-Racism in Action: Applying the IDEA Framework to OER” recording

Access the “Anti-Racism in Action: Applying the IDEA Framework to OER” presentation materials

Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is an important element of student equity efforts. Join us for a hands-on training to learn how you can use the ASCCC’s Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework to ensure your course materials reflect anti-racist and culturally relevant pedagogy. In this training, you will learn what the IDEA Framework is and how to use it as an assessment tool for your OER. Remember, equity is a journey and not a destination. Let’s keep going!

Friday, August 11, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for H5P Office Hours – August 11

The OERI is pleased to offer a series of H5P office hours for the month of August. These office hours will serve as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their H5P needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to H5P/ADAPT.

Friday, August 11, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Watch the “H5P Part I – Introduction to H5P and LibreTexts Studio” recording

Access the “H5P Part I – Introduction to H5P and LibreTexts Studio” presentation materials

H5P is a free and easy-to-use tool for creating interactive exercises. Following a showcase of existing H5P resources that are free, openly-licensed, and available for your use and customization, you’ll create your own H5P fill-in the blanks, multiple choice, true or false questions and sort the paragraphs activities. In addition, you will
learn how to embed H5P resources in LibreTexts and Canvas as formative assessments.

Note: To participate, attendees will need to create a LibreStudio account.
How do you access LibreStudio?

• Go to LibreStudio [ https://studio.libretexts.org/ ]
• Then click on the register link [ https://studio.libretexts.org/user/register ] to set up an account and use the code ASCCC.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for “OERI Inquiry”

Visualizing how to start an OER project? Stuck trying to decide on an optimum OER development workflow for you or your colleagues? Come ask the OERI facilitators all your development questions for a successful OER project from start to finish. Designed for the RFP#5 teams, this is an open office hour for all things OER and OER development.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC, Customer Service Chapter (Freeman and Glazer) – LibreTexts  (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides some information that may add to existing customer service content.
Cons: Only one chapter. Has a Canadian focus which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Food Production and Service, Managing Guest Services Chapter (Egan) – LibreTexts) (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides an overview of guest services.
Cons: Only one chapter. Does not provide enough detail to fully cover service. Would need to be combined with other resources. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Food Production and Service, Managing Labor Costs Chapter (Egan) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides an overview of managing labor costs.
Cons: Only one chapter. Would need to be combined with other resources. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Food Production and Service, Managing Food and Beverage Production Chapter (Egan) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides some instruction for surprising production staff.
Cons: Only one chapter. Would need to be combined with other resources. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC, Risk Management and Legal Liability Chapter (Westcott and Anderson) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides a good overview of risk management.
Cons: Only one chapter. Has a Canadian focus, highlighting Canadian laws and court cases, which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC (Westcott and Anderson), Accommodation Chapter – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Provides an overview of lodging history, classifications, basic financials, operations, etc.
Cons: Only one chapter. Would need to be combined with other resources. Has a Canadian focus which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC (Westcott and Anderson) F&B Chapter – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Good graphics and charts. 
Cons: Very loose overview. Has a Canadian focus which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Food Production and Service (Egan) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Most chapters in this text (2,3,7-16) address cost control in some way (forecasting, pricing, inventory management, expenses, budgeting, etc.)
Cons: The book is designed for a food production course and would need to be remixed to use in a cost control course. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Overview: Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.

Introduction to Food Production and Service, Process HACCP for Recipes Chapter (Egan) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
Pros: Covers a broad overview of food safety standards.
Cons: Only one chapter. Does not cover everything students need to know to pass a Manager Level ServeSafe exam. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Register for “OERI Inquiry”

Visualizing how to start an OER project? Stuck trying to decide on an optimum OER development workflow for you or your colleagues? Come ask the OERI facilitators all your development questions for a successful OER project from start to finish. Designed for the RFP#5 teams, this is an open office hour for all things OER and OER development.

The Tarea Libre project is a comprehensive and accessible Open Educational Resources question bank of 1,400 interactive activities created in LibreStudio and ADAPT for first-year Spanish courses for California Community Colleges. The content can be used via ADAPT or linked to a campus Learning Management System via LTI. This LTI integration seamlessly connects the assigned activities to the grade book streamlining the assigning and grading of homework. Learn more about the project at the archive of the May 5, 2023 webinar “What’s new in Spanish OER: Tarea Libre.“

This is an online textbook with 5 units:

• Unidad 1: La comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos: imágenes y estereotipos
• Unidad 2: Tradiciones e historias: música, fiestas y leyendas hispanas
• Unidad 3: El arte y el cine en España y América Latina
• Unidad 4: España y América Latina en el mundo actual
• Unidad 5: Selecciones literarias

PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio de los temas presentados. Este libro es una combinación y adaptación, u OER remix, de varios textos abiertos con mis propias aportaciones.

It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar high school classes.

Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio – LibreTexts (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
It contains 6 modules each with grammar lessons, explanations, H5P activities, and additional activities in Google docs.

• Módulo Uno: identidades y relaciones humanas
• Módulo Dos: Dale sabor a la vida
• Módulo Tres: Nuestro entorno
• Módulo Cuatro: Un mundo sin fronteras
• Módulo Cinco: Vivir a toda prisa
• Módulo Seis: La salud y el bienestar

A set of four problem-based learning (PBL) units presenting students with compelling, real-world problems to solve collaboratively in small groups.  The purpose of these PBL units is to provide advanced students of Spanish (generally 3rd and 4th-year college students) a series of problems from Spanish culture and society.  Each unit introduces a problem that students must solve collaboratively in small teams according to a process.  The units are: 1. ¿Mezquita o Catedral?, 2. ¿Arte o tortura?, 3. ¿Protección o racismo?, and 4. ¿Independencia o sedición?

Authors: Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Oscar Cardoner Sebio y Sean Gullickson.  University of Kansas. (CC BY-NC) It contains 15 modules on topics ranging from Alfonso el Sabio to Diego Maradona. The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

• A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
• The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
• A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.

This OER textbook for heritage language learners of Spanish centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. H5P activities are embedded in the lessons.  It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.

Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
El objetivo principal del libro es resumir las reglas básicas de gramática que se aprenden en los primeros años del estudio formal del español, y luego ofrecer un análisis más avanzado de algunas áreas gramaticales en las que los hablantes de español intermedio/avanzado necesitan enfocarse en más detalle.
El libro está organizado en cuatro secciones: i) Las partes del discurso; ii) La oración simple; iii) El sistema de objetos; y iv) Las oraciones coordinadas y complejas.  En las primeras tres secciones, cada capítulo está organizado en dos partes: Gramática básica y Gramática avanzada del tema indicado.  En la parte de Gramática básica, se presenta la gramática del tema consistente con un currículo de los cursos introductorios e intermedios de español en un contexto académico (i.e. la universidad). En la parte de Gramática avanzada, se presenta una perspectiva más avanzada de la gramática de español, consistente con un curso  de gramática avanzada en un programa académico de lengua. Access the Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español resource site.

This collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons (.pdf format) is composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.

Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual as well as the Entrada Libre H5P activities library or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their course management system. Each of the 24 units includes a reading with examples of the grammar points used in context, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities for practice using H5P as a formative assessment. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.

This is a complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas.  Acceso is made up of eight units, beginning with the United States and then tracing the diachronic route of the Spanish language from Spain through the Americas, ending in the Southern Cone.  There is also a Vocabulario section, an online glossary, and additional Gramática section with grammar explanations.

Part 1 and Part 2 are designed for first-year Spanish with the goal of increasing oral proficiency according to ACTFL standards. The activities are designed to be versatile for working on at-home, in-class, as solo activities, with partners or groups. Students can use this book as a workbook, and access it on any of their devices while in class. We hope you enjoy the book and your first semester of Spanish at CSU Pueblo! ¡Bienvenidos!

This is an open educational, content-forward resource for first-semester students of Spanish that seeks to foster appreciation of the Spanish-speaking world and contributions of Latinos to American society while developing novice-mid proficiency in productive and receptive skills. The authors, Lennie Amores, PhD (University of Miami), and Janice Rodríguez, MA (University of Pennsylvania), have a combined fifty years of experience teaching college students.

This resource consists of 4 units:

1. Vocabulary of nationalities, ser vs. estar, days, months, seasons, weather
2. Vocabulary of food, verb ir, the immediate future, direct object pronoun, irregular verbs, the gerund
3. Vocabulary of technology, numbers beyond 100, past tense, indirect object pronouns
4. Vocabulary of city and activities, reflexive verbs, past tense of irregular verbs, verbs like gustar

PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Students will learn vocabulary related to celebrations and the stages of life, personal relationships, health and medical conditions and parts of the body, the car and its accessories, computers and electronic products, the parts of the house and household chores and table settings. Students will learn grammatical structures that support sentence formation such as irregular preterits, verbs that change meaning in the preterit, relative pronouns, ¿qué? and ¿cuál?, the imperfect tense, constructions with se, adverbs, distinguishing between the preterit and the imperfect tenses, por and para, stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns, formal commands, the present subjunctive tense and the subjunctive with verbs of will and influence.

This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Students will learn vocabulary related to transportation and lodging, days of the week, months, seasons, weather expressions, clothing, colors, daily routine, personal hygiene, sequencing expressions, foods, meals and adjectives that describe food.  Students will learn grammatical structures that support sentence formation such as estar with conditions and emotions, the present progressive tense, the uses of ser and estar, direct object nouns and pronouns, numbers 101 and higher, the preterit tense of regular verbs, stem changing verbs and ser and ir, indirect object pronouns, demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, reflexive verbs, indefinite and negative words, the preterit of ser and ir, gustar and verbs like gustar, double object pronouns, saber and conocer, and comparisons and superlatives.

This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Completion of the study of the first-year sequence of basic skills. This course was formerly known as Spanish 101. Prerequisite: none. Students will learn vocabulary related to greetings and farewells, courtesy expressions, college courses, professions, family relationships, pastimes, city places, numbers, days of the week, months and how to tell time. Students learn grammatical structures that support sentence formation, such as nouns and articles; descriptive and possessive adjectives; the present tense of ser, estar, tener, venir, ir, ver and oír; the present tense of regular –ar, –er and –ir verbs; stem changing verbs (e-ie, e-i and o-ue); verbs with irregular yo forms (hacer, poner, salir, suponer and traer); and question formation.

¡Chévere! is based on a communicative approach aligned with technology and engages students by fostering diverse literacies, intercultural understanding, and proficiency-oriented language instruction. Content includes culturally authentic narratives, many written by students, exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world in contact with the U.S.

Beginning Spanish, ¡Empecemos por aquí! (CC-BY-NC) focuses on Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational communication skills while centering student voice. Activities engage students in real exchange of information on topics that are relevant to adult students. In addition to language acquisition learning outcomes, this text supports learning outcomes in diversity and inclusion, cultural sustainability, and social justice.

This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains 5 themed chapters, which are divided into 8 sections. Each section has its own set of learning objectives, and is further separated into three types of assignments, Para estudiar en casa (with detailed explanations), Para practicar en casa (homework exercises), and Para practicar en clase (paired and group classwork activities). The explanations and primary input are written to be easily comprehensible. The individual exercises are geared towards acquisition of form and function, and the communicative classwork exercises promote interpersonal exchanges between students. The digital copy includes some embedded audio files, and we are developing a website to house many more resources.

This ASCCC OERI-supported resource was authored by Mario Barrio de Mendoza, Karla Gutierrez, Hsing Ho, Ching-Ping D. Lin, and Anaid Stere Lugo. (2021, Libretexts, CC-BY-NC 4.0)
¡Naveguemos Juntos! Navigate with Us! welcomes you to the Spanish-speaking world and its language. This OER is designed to provide students access to interactive activities in order to reinforce the acquired knowledge of the basic Spanish vocabulary and grammatical points. The activities presented in each chapter are contextualized and interconnected through the Spanish language and culture. This text was created for students taking the first year of Spanish; intended as an introductory Spanish course that covers levels 1 and 2 at community colleges. Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college (including Canvas). Furthermore, instructors have the option to adapt, edit, modify, and create their own version by using the LibreTexts’ Remixer tool. The goal of this OER is to help students access these free activities while saving them hundreds of dollars in costly homework platforms offered by commercial textbooks.It is with great hope that the content provided in ¡Naveguemos Juntos! fulfills the academic expectations across the community colleges in California.

Libro Libre (Huebener) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Libro Libre is an introductory Spanish OER textbook.  It consists of 10 chapters.  Each chapter contains cultural reading, vocabulary, grammar, activities, and end-of-chapter goals.

Introductory Spanish II (Lumen) – LibreTexts (Licenses vary; resource requires review prior to use)
Spanish 2 was designed and developed by the Spanish department at SUNY Oneonta in cooperation with Lumen Learning. Introductory Spanish II is the second half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.

Introductory Spanish I (Lumen) – LibreTexts (Licenses vary; resource requires review prior to use)
Spanish 1 was designed and developed by the Spanish department at SUNY Oneonta in cooperation with Lumen Learning. Introductory Spanish I is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.

This textbook is composed of original instructional materials created for the OER-based course, and the team is working to create a full open textbook at a later date. Grammar and vocabulary pre-class activities, lectures, and post-class homework are included within these seven chapters:

1. Introduction
2. La Universidad
3. La Familia
4. El Tiempo
5. Libre La Casa
6. La Salud
7. Comidas y Bebidas

For both, the teacher and student alike, this Spanish I book is intended for a first-year, college Elementary Spanish I level. It also attempts to make the study of a language in this case, Spanish, more than another required subject. Eliminating the artificial limitation of the traditional textbook, offers the teacher and the student the ability to tailor the content to their own needs. Also, this book tries to show the value of learning a second language from a high-quality pedagogical criteria at a low-cost solution.

University of West Georgia textbook for Spanish I, II, and III. 
Chapters include:

• Capítulo 1: La clase e información personal
• Capítulo 2: ¿Cómo eres? ¿Qué haces? ¿Qué te gusta?
• Capítulo 3: ¿Cuándo vas a tus clases?
• Capítulo 4: La tecnología
• Capítulo 5: Familias y profesiones
• Capítulo 6: En la ciudad y el pueblo
• Capítulo 7: En tu tiempo libre
• Capítulo 8: En la tienda de ropa
• Capítulo 9: ¡Qué rico!
• Capítulo 10: La casa y el hogar
• Capítulo 11: Cultura y medios de comunicación
• Capítulo 12: ¿Te sientes bien?
• Capítulo 13: ¡A viajar!

Content in this textbook is adapted from The Open University, OpenStax, The Noba Project, and Wikipedia. Each chapter presents the source in the top header and each chapter has its own version of the Creative Commons (CC) license, noted at the bottom of the chapter.

(CC BY-SA) Managing Groups and Teams is a wikibook that takes a challenge-based approach, one that focuses on the “how” of managing a group or a team. It covers topics on leadership, team roles and dynamics, cohesion, inclusion and groupthink.

(CC BY-NC-SA) Small Group Communication is an interdisciplinary textbook focused on communication in groups and teams. The aim of this textbook is to provide students with theories, concepts, and skills they can put into practice to form and sustain successful groups across a variety of contexts.

(CC BY 4.0) Small Group Communication is an Open Resource published by the College of the Canyons for their Comm 120 course. The text provides a comprehensive look at small group communication. It includes chapters covering group development, team management, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, leadership and conflict management, and intercultural group communication.

An Introduction to Group Communication in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
An Introduction to Group Communication was designed to accompany the General Education course, COMM542 Interpersonal Communication and Group Dynamics at Granite State College. It includes chapters on theory, group development, membership, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, conflict and problem solving, group leadership and motivation, and intercultural/international group communication.

(CC BY-SA 3.0) I.C.A.T. covers significant elements of an introductory interpersonal communication course including perception, identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, emotions, conflict and power, and interpersonal relationships. Canvas pages were created for each chapter of the Interpersonal Communication Abridged Textbook (ICAT) containing accessible content and subsection tabs to make it easier to access targeted information. Download I.C.A.T Interpersonal Communication Abridged Textbook on Canvas Commons

(CC BY 3.0) This textbook was compiled and graphically designed especially for College of the Canyons students. The following chapters will cover topics such as: dealing with conflict, how to communicate in professional and personal relationships, and self-presentation in communication. There are two types of interactive features in this book to help you, the student, engage with the various concepts and procedures behind interpersonal communications.

(CC-BY-NC-SA) Communicating to Connect introduces an undergraduate to a whole new world of concepts with an in-depth exploration of interpersonal communication. Theory and research that reflect what is currently known about interpersonal communication complement practical skills explaining why course concepts are important in everyday life. The narrative voice and culturally diverse examples, as well as relevant pictures, charts, graphs, videos, and multimedia enhance reading comprehension. Ancillary materials are available upon request to support student learning and instructional planning.

Interpersonal Communication – A Mindful Approach to Relationships (Wrench et al.) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Interpersonal Communication helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The authors incorporate the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, interpersonal dynamics, language, listening, nonverbal communication, and romantic relationships, as well as exploring emerging areas such as self-compassion, body positivity, friendships, and “the dark side.” Includes a student handbook and ancillaries

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.

(CC BY) Exploring Intercultural Communication is a comprehensive introductory text, it begins by defining intercultural communication and the roots of culture. It includes chapters on identity, verbal and nonverbal processes, culture shock, barriers and conflict, intercultural relationships and communication competence.

Intercultural Communication for the Community College (Krumrey-Fulks) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
In the quest to explore the multiple facets of intercultural communication, this book is divided into three general areas: foundations, elements, and contexts. The foundations cover the basic principles associated with communication studies and culture. The elements move beyond the basics into self, identities, verbal, and nonverbal process associated with communication and culture. Contexts explore all the different environments such as media, business, and education, in which intercultural communication occurs.

Language and Culture in Context – A Primer on Intercultural Communication (Godwin-Jones) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
This textbook was written and designed especially for College of the Canyons Communications students. The following chapters will cover topics such as: understanding cultural identity, social construction, cultural biases, and culture shock. There are two types of interactive features in this book to help you, the student, engage with the various concepts and procedures behind intercultural communication.

(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Intercultural Communication examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores the opportunities and problems arising from similarities and differences in communication patterns, processes, and codes among various cultural groups. It explores cultural universals, social categorization, stereotyping and discrimination, with a focus on topics including race, ethnicity, social class, religion, gender and sexuality as they relate to communication.

(CC BY-NC 3.0) Speaking of Culture was designed to fulfill General Education breadth requirements in social sciences at Utah State University intended to introduce students to the nature, history, and methods of different disciplines; and to help students understand the cultural, historical, and natural contexts shaping the human experience. This book focuses on culture and other concepts associated with it.

(CC BY 4.0) Each of the three modules in this series introducing the Little Red Schoolhouse principles aims to do several things: (1) Present an overview of the Little Red Schoolhouse method; (2) Review key LRS topics and terminology; (3) Examine one aspect of the writing and editing process more closely, working through selected examples.

(CC BY-NC-SA) Exploring Perspectives helps students gain a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay. The first two chapters focus on the nature of an analysis and what’s involved in writing an analytical essay. Then students are shown how to “set the stage” for producing one of their own. The remaining three chapters reveal more specific advice on how to develop an analytical essay.

(CC BY-SA) Communication Theory is a Wikibook with an overview of communication theory. It includes an introduction and then has chapters covering theories from Uncertainty Reduction to Uses and Gratification to Social Systems and Network Society.

(CC BY-NC-SA) This OER textbook provides a survey of the field of communication studies. In today’s world, it’s difficult or even nearly impossible to function without some level of communication literacy. That term, communication literacy, refers to the ability of an individual to not only convey their ideas, information, and messages to others, but also to be able to interpret and understand the ideas, information, and messages that they receive. The processes involved in communicating, or transferring messages and ideas between people, are far more intricate than many people recognize. In today’s world, these processes include a variety of forms and styles, such as interpersonal, digital, public, media, intercultural, transnational, gendered, racial, group, and organizational communication, to name a few. We refer to people who have the ability to communicate effectively in one or more of these modes as having communication competency, which requires a high level of “communication literacy” and knowledge of how communication actually works.

(CC BY 4.0) According to the author Message Processing “provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction and explanation of the social and cognitive processes involved in human communication, focusing on how people create understanding.”

(CC BY 4.0) Process of Communication is an OER published by the College of the Canyons for their Comm 100 course. The text provides a comprehensive look at the field including foundations and history. It has chapters covering the major components of communication including perception, verbal, nonverbal, listening, etc. before turning to the distinct types of communication.

(CC0) This book is private and accessible only to registered users. If you have an account you can sign in here. The Evolution of Human Communication is a more specialized text with a focus on theory. The book begins with an introduction to the field and then provides one chapter on each of the following topics: interpersonal, relationships, gender, media, intercultural, and rhetoric.

This textbook is targeted for Introduction to Human Communication courses that introduce students to the study of Communication. The underlying organization addresses the importance of students to be able to answer the question, “What is Communication Study?” in a way that captures the field of Communication appropriately, as well as an important discipline across colleges and universities.

Introduction to Communication (Green, et al) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) 
Introduction to Communication is an introductory communication studies text comprised of several individual modules covering perception, diversity, language, listening, interpersonal, small group, and public speaking. The modules can be used as a whole or broken up into smaller portions covering individual topics.

(CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) A Primer on Communication Studies is a comprehensive textbook that covers all of the basics of communication including perception, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, and culture. It also has chapters on public speaking including preparing and delivering speeches. Finally, it covers various types of communication including small group, interpersonal, and cultural communication.

Communication in the Real World – An Introduction to Communication Studies in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Communication in the Real World overviews the foundations of the field while incorporating the latest research and cutting-edge applications of these basics. Each chapter includes timely, concrete, and real-life examples of communication concepts in action. A key feature of this book is the integration of content regarding diversity and organizational communication in each chapter through examples and/or discrete sub-sections. Also integrated into the content are examples that are inclusive in terms of race, gender, sexuality, ability, age, marital status, religion, and other diverse identity characteristics. The book has a 4.5/5 star rating from more than 35 reviews.

(CC BY-NC-ND) The book includes essential chapters on the history and development of informal logic. Other chapters are key reflections on the theoretical issues raised by the attempt to understand informal argument. Many of the papers were previously published in journals.

(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) A Concise Introduction to Logic is an introduction to formal logic suitable for undergraduates taking a general education course in logic or critical thinking and is accessible and useful to any interested in gaining a basic understanding of logic. This text takes the unique approach of teaching logic through intellectual history; the author uses examples from important and celebrated arguments in philosophy to illustrate logical principles.

(CC BY-NC-ND) “ND” means “No Derivatives. Editing this resource is not permitted. Logic and Critical Thinking is primarily a philosophy textbook but it covers a number of topics that overlap with argumentation including deduction and induction, fallacies, proofs, and kinds of arguments. Due to licenses that apply to certain sections of this book, it is safest to presume this work as a whole to be under a CC-BY-NC-ND license.

(CC BY-NC-SA) Logical Reasoning aims to improve students’ critical thinking skills by focusing ono abilities that help you get someone’s point, generate reasons for your own point, evaluate the reasons given by others, decide what or what not to do, decide what information to accept or reject, explain a complicated idea, apply conscious quality control as you think, and resist propaganda.

(CC BY 4.0) The (In)Credible Argument covers all of the major topics of argumentation from the basic components of argument to common argument frameworks. It walks students through how to find, evaluate, and use evidence including bias and fallacies.

(CC BY-NC) How Arguments Work takes students through the techniques they will need to respond to readings and make sophisticated arguments in any college class. It is a practical guide to argumentation with strategies and templates for the kinds of assignments students will commonly encounter. It covers rhetorical concepts in everyday language and explores how arguments can build trust and move readers. Ancillaries are currently under development.

Arguing Using Critical Thinking focuses on teaching students argumentation skills with an emphasis on constructive conflict resolution. Through its 12 chapters the textbook explores all types of conflict from interpersonal disagreements to major policy decisions.

(CC BY-SA 4.0) This material was created by Steven Ginley at Morton College. He argues “the purpose of an introduction to public speaking course should be to provide a human communication overview. It should use independent study, textbook readings and exercises, group work, class discussions, library research, oral presentations and lectures to prepare students for successful lives by improving their oral and written communication skills. It should stress personal responsibility, ethics and the ability to understand and follow written and oral directions.” The all-inclusive site includes a textbook, workbook, presentations, practice quizzes and tests, motivational aids, and more.

(CC BY 4.0) Fundamentals of Public Speaking is an OER published by the College of the Canyons for their Comm 105 course. The text begins with the fundamentals, ethics and communication apprehension before walking students through the process of developing, researching, and delivering speeches. In addition to covering informative and persuasive speeches it also includes a chapter on special occasion speeches.

(CC BY-SA 4.0) Introduction to Public Communication is an open textbook created specifically for Indiana State University’s COMM 101 course. A guiding team of communication instructors compiled content from other open sources and wrote original content to complete the text. In addition to more traditional public speaking content this text also includes chapters on interpersonal, professional, and small group communication as well as global engagement and culture.

(CC BY-NC-ND) Note: “ND” means no derivatives – editing the text is not permitted.
The Public Speaking Project includes everything needed to teach public speaking starting with introductory chapters covering the origins and ethics of the subject. It includes material to help students through research, reasoning, organization, composition, presentation, and evaluation of various types of speeches including informative, persuasive, special occasion, and group speeches. The text includes additional instructor resources including test questions, chapter outlines, and video resources.

Exploring Public Speaking (Barton and Tucker) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Exploring Public Speaking is now on its 4^th edition. The text addresses all the subjects that traditional publishers’ books would address with some additional topics that might be excluded from most texts including learning theory, plagiarism, speaking online, speaking to diverse audiences, and humor in public speaking. The third and fourth editions also include case study examples and outline samples. The text includes a set of test banks which are not available to the public. For access to these resources, please contact Dr. Barbara Tucker.

Stand up, Speak out – The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking in LibreTexts  (CC BY-NC-SA)
Stand Up, Speak Out focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and emphasizes ethics in communication. The text covers all of the major aspects of public speaking from research through organization and presentation skills with specific chapters on informative, persuasive, and entertaining speeches. The book has a 4.5/5 star rating from more than 50 reviews.

This text covers the standard topics in a sophomore-level course in discrete mathematics: logic, sets, proof techniques, basic number theory, functions, relations, and elementary combinatorics, with an emphasis on motivation. It explains and clarifies the unwritten conventions in mathematics, and guides the students through a detailed discussion on how a proof is revised from its draft to a final polished form. Hands-on exercises help students understand a concept soon after learning it. The text adopts a spiral approach: many topics are revisited multiple times, sometimes from a different perspective or at a higher level of complexity. The goal is to slowly develop students’ problem-solving and writing skills.

This is a new open textbook version of the material mentioned above. Applied Discrete Structures is designed for use in a university course in discrete mathematics spanning up to two semesters. Its original design was for computer science majors to be introduced to the mathematical topics that are useful in computer science. It can also serve the same purpose for mathematics majors, providing a first exposure to many essential topics.

Applied Discrete Structures – Textbook (CC BY-NC-SA)
This is an amazing resource…another one of those cool websites with a plethora of resources and tools.

Mathematics for Computer Science – LibreText PDF; Mathematics for Computer Science PDF (CC BY-SA)
This text explains how to use mathematical models and methods to analyze problems that arise in computer science. Proofs play a central role in this work because the authors share a belief with most mathematicians that proofs are essential for genuine understanding. Proofs also play a growing role in computer science; they are used to certify that software and hardware will always behave correctly, something that no amount of testing can do.

x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu PDF (CC BY-NC-SA)
The purpose of this text is to provide a reference for university-level assembly language and systems programming courses. Specifically, this text addresses the x86-641 instruction set for the popular x86-64 class of processors using the Ubuntu 64-bit Operating System (OS). While the provided code and various examples should work under any Linux-based 64-bit OS, they have only been tested under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64-bit).

This is a course in assembly language programming of the MIPS processor. It emphasizes the topics needed for the study of computer architecture: bits, bit patterns, operations on bit patterns, and how bit patterns represent instructions and data. This course is equivalent to a semester-long junior college or university course (except, perhaps, for the emphasis on bit patterns). The emphasis of the course is on understanding how computers work. This will provide a basis for further study of computer architecture and computer software. The MIPS processor, the subject of this course, has a well-designed architecture and is particularly fruitful to study.

Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language Programming PDF (CC BY)
This book was written to introduce students to assembly language programming in MIPS. As with all assembly language programming texts, it covers basic operators and instructions, subprogram calling, loading and storing memory, program control, and the conversion of the assembly language program into machine code.

(CC-BY-ND; “ND” indicates “no derivatives”, editing is not permitted)
This book is NOT about assembly language programming. There is assembly language sprinkled throughout the book, so you will in fact learn assembly language—but only as a means to a different end, the latter being understanding of computer systems. Specifically, you will learn about high-level hardware, the large differences between one machine and the next, and low-level software, meaning operating systems and to some degree compilers.

OpenDSA is infrastructure and materials to support courses in a wide variety of Computer Science-related topics such as Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), Formal Languages, Finite Automata, and Programming Languages. OpenDSA materials include many visualizations and interactive exercises. Our philosophy is that students learn best when they engage the material and then practice it until they have demonstrated their proficiency. OpenDSA provides a place for students to practice skills and develop knowledge with a variety of exercises including small code writing problems, proficiency exercises where students demonstrate knowledge of an algorithm by interacting with a data structure, and questions about knowledge.

(CC BY-SA and GNU Free Documentation License)
A complete online reference for the C and C++ languages and standard libraries, i.e. a more convenient version of the C and C++ standards.

Any user should ensure they read the GNU Free Documentation license in its entirety.

This resource is a well-written text that covers the material quite well. It is a bit older than other material, but it is still a very valid resource. The main website has some other variations of this text. It is intended to teach the design and analysis of basic data structures and their implementation in an object-oriented language. In this edition, the language happens to be C++. This book is not intended to act as an introduction to the C++ programming language. Readers of this book need only be familiar with the basic syntax of C++ and similar languages. Those wishing to work with the accompanying source code should have some experience programming in C++.

This is part of MIT’s OpenCourseWare website. It includes a course syllabus, reading list, lecture videos, Powerpoint slides and code, in-class questions and video questions as well as assignments – all available for download. The course is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.

A Byte of Python – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
This book serves as a guide or tutorial to the Python programming language. It is mainly targeted at newbies. It is useful for experienced programmers as well. The aim is that if all you know about computers is how to save text files, then you can learn Python from this book. If you have previous programming experience, then you can also learn Python from this book.

Think Python 2e – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
Think Python is an introduction to Python programming for beginners. It starts with basic concepts of programming and is carefully designed to define all terms when they are first used and to develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters.

Python for Everybody – LibreTexts (CC BY)
An excellent book on introductory computer programming topics. The book’s website has a great deal of additional information and resources. The book itself has great vocabulary words, it has exercises, and includes the use of Jupyter Notebooks, where you can edit and run code right in the LMS environment. The material has been translated into several different languages, see the book’s website for a complete list.

Principles of Macroeconomics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)

Principles of Microeconomics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)