Ontario OER Collection: Recent submissions

  • Writing for Electronic Media 
    Champagne, Brian; Bodily, Brianna (2020)
    Welcome to Writing for Electronic Media, an OER textbook. OER stands for Open Educational Resource, which means it’s free for all to access. Since it is electronic, I will do what I can to keep it updated with the changing ...
  • Introduction to Communication in Nursing, 1st Canadian edition 
    Lapum, Jennifer; St-Amant, Oona; Hughes, Michelle; Garmaise-Yee, Joy; Lee, Charlotte (2020-08-14)
    This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in communication in the context of the nursing profession. The resource addresses communication theory, therapeutic communication and interviewing, and ...
  • 12 Key Ideas : An Introduction to Teaching Online 
    Cormier, Dave; O'Neil, Ashlyne (2020-06-01)
    This book is meant to be a short course to help you prepare to move your to teaching online. Do a chapter a day. Or just pick the ones you like.
  • Learning to Learn Online 
    Csabai, Bailey; Sohail, Bilal; Pavo, Jykee; Swiatoschik, Kristen; Odeh, Maryam; Ramesh, Nitin (Office of Open Learning, University of Windsor, 2020-08-14)
    Learning to Learn Online was created by students to help ease the shift from a traditional classroom setting to an online environment. You will explore a total of six unique chapters that will help you successfully prepare ...
  • Stand up, Speak out : The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking 
    Leslie J. Harris; Christopher Anderson; Leslie J. Harris; Marnie Lawler Mcdonough; Josh Miller; Stacey Mirviss-Jossart; Emily Mueller; Megan Orcholski; Kristin Woodward (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, 2017-08-24)
    From audience analysis to giving a presentation, Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking will guide students through the speech making process. The authors focus on the process of speech making ...
  • Speaking of Culture 
    Weil, Nolan (2020)
    “Speaking of Culture” is a collection of instructor-authored background readings intended to accompany other activities, discussions, experiences, projects, and readings for IELI 2470 – Cross-Cultural Perspectives, a course ...
  • Sight-Reading for Guitar : The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series 
    Green, Chelsea (Rebus Community, 2020-04-02)
    Sight-Reading for Guitar: The Keep Going Method Book and Video Series teaches guitar players from all musical backgrounds to understand, read and play modern staff notation in real time. The Keep Going Method is designed ...
  • Rebus Community Reports : Insights from OER Project Leads 
    Langille, Donna (Rebus Community, 2019-09-27)
    This collection of short narratives provides insight into the process of creating open textbooks and other open educational resources (OER). Over the first months of 2019, Donna Langille (Rebus’s then practicum student) ...
  • OpenSem : A Student-Generated Handbook for the First Year of College 
    Unknown author (Rebus Community, 2017-01-07)
    This book was created entirely by students in a Fall 2016 section of First-Year Seminar at Plymouth State University. We called the course “OpenSem” because it was organized around a core set of open pedagogical practices. ...
  • Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature 
    Timothy Robbins (Rebus Community, 2020)
    The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature was initially created by Robin deRosa at Plymouth State University. This textbook takes a distinctly socio-historical approach to introducing Early American literature. The ...
  • Mythology Unbound : An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology 
    Mellenthin, Jessica; Shapiro, Susan O. (2020)
    This textbook shares and deconstructs classic myths of Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes. It differentiates the three types of myths: Aetiological myths, Historical myths, and Psychological myths.
  • Modifying an Open Textbook : What You Need to Know 
    Cuillier, Cheryl; Hofer, Amy; Johnson, Annie; Labadorf, Kathleen; Lauritsen, Karen; Potter, Peter; Saunders, Richard; Walz, Anita (Open Education Network, 2016-11-01)
    Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know focuses on the technological aspects of editing open textbooks found in the Open Textbook Library or elsewhere, and will help you assess the effort, expertise, and technical ...
  • Introductory Chemistry 
    Utah State University (UEN Digital Press, Utah State University, 2020)
    This Introductory Chemistry textbook was developed by Utah State University and includes introductory modules on the topics of the Scientific Methods of Chemistry, Particles of Matter, Elements of Chemistry, Subatomic ...
  • Psychological Science 
    South, Mikle (Rebus Community, 2020)
    Psychological Science is a textbook designed for an introductory psychology course. It covers the questions and issues of the study of psychology, as well as sections dedicated to biological influences on behaviour, ...
  • Introduction to Psychology 
    Alldredge, Cameron (2020)
    Introduction to Psychology is a textbook designed for an introductory psychology course. It introduces the science of psychology, and has sections covering consciousness, learning and memory, behavioural genetics & human ...
  • Paphnutius 
    Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2020)
    Paphnutius is a public domain play written by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim in 10th century Roman Egypt. Originally written in Latin, it was later translated by Christopher St. John.
  • Tartuffe or the Hypocrite 
    Unknown author (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2020)
    Jean Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Molière, stands without a rival at the head of French comedy. Born at Paris in January, 1622, where his father held a position in the royal household, he was educated ...
  • The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 
    Stein, Gertrude (Toronto Metropolitan University, 1933)
    The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a public domain book written by Gertrude Stein, formatted as an autobiography authored by her life partner, Alice B. Toklas. Considered one of Stein's most accessible works, it marks ...
  • Introduction to Philosophy : Logic 
    Assadian, Bahram; Knachel, Matthew; Rodrigues, Cassiano Terra; Shaffer, Michael; Smith, Nathan (Rebus Community, 2020)
    Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively. The chapters, all written by experts in the field, provide an overview of what ...
  • Introduction to Philosophy : Ethics 
    Aragbonfoh Abumere, Frank; Giles, Douglas; Kao, Ya-Yun (Sherry); Klenk, Michael; Kranak, Joseph; MacKay, Kathryn; Morgan, Jeffrey; Rezkalla, Paul (Rebus Community, 2019-12-09)
    We often make judgments about good and bad, right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text ...

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