Ontario OER Collection: Recent submissions

  • Introduction to Community Psychology : Becoming an Agent of Change 
    Jason, Leonard A.; Glantsman, Olya; O'Brien, Jack F.; Ramian, Kaitlyn N. (Rebus Community, 2019-06-21)
    This textbook will show you how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism. It will provide you with ...
  • Interdisciplinary Studies : A Connected Learning Approach 
    DeRosa, Robin (Rebus Community, 2020)
    This open textbook is designed for and by undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies students, with a special concentration on rethinking interdisciplinary education in a digital age.
  • History of Applied Science & Technology : An Open Access Textbook 
    Brosnan, Jennie; Guyer, Benjamin; Van Tine, Shalon; Weinert, Friedel; Garvin, Karen; Dare, Tashia; Odler, Martin; Guerin-Yodice, Stephanie; McGaha, Richard; van Tine, Shalon (The Digital Press, University of North Dakota, 2020)
    This textbook is designed to to meet the needs of History of Applied Science and Technology courses at colleges and universities around the world. Chapters will be organized around the theme of the transformative impact ...
  • Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology : Historical Roots and Current Trends 
    West, Richard E. (EdTech Books, 2017-01-01)
    "What is this field?" "Where have we come from as a discipline, and where are we going?" "What do I want to study?"These and other questions are typical for new students in the field of Learning and Instructional Design ...
  • Ancient Greek for Everyone : Essential Morphology and Syntax for Beginning Greek 
    Major, Wilfred E.; Laughy, Michael (2020-08-18)
    AGE is a digital resource for students of the 21st century who know English and want to learn Greek. Every explanation and exercise has been designed and tested to make translation from English to Greek (or Greek to English) ...
  • An Open Approach to Scholarly Reading and Knowledge Management : Exploring Scholarly Reading through Publisher, Librarian, and Reader Perspectives 
    McGuire, Hugh; Anthony, Boris; Wake Hyde, Zoe; Ashok, Apurva; Bjarnason, Baldur; Mays, Elizabeth (The Rebus Foundation, 2018-03-01)
    In 2017, The Rebus Foundation embarked on a research and development project to prototype an open, web-based reading system, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Our main goals with this project were to clearly ...
  • La France Sauvée ou le Tyran Détrôné : A Dramaturgical Casebook 
    de Gouges, Olympe; Raftus, Deb (University of Washington Libraries, 2019-06-20)
    This digital humanities project is an example of a digital dramaturgical casebook for the play, La France Sauvée, ou le Tyran Détrôné (France Preserved, or the Tyrant Dethroned, 1792). The dramaturgical casebook includes ...
  • A Natural History of the Anthropocene 
    Lambrinos, John (Oregon State University, 2020)
    A Natural History of the Anthropocene highlights the major drivers of change in the Earth's most recent geological time period and provides a structure for further adaptations.
  • Western University OER Faculty Toolkit 
    Grogan, Deanna (eCampusOntario, 2019-08-12)
    The Western University OER Faculty Toolkit is intended to be used as an introductory guide for Western faculty interested in incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) into their teaching practice. Beginning with a ...
  • USask Open Textbook Authoring Guide (v 1.0) 
    Distance Education Unit (DEU); University of Saskatchewan (Open Press DEU, University of Saskatchewan, 2016-03-07)
    This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the PressBooks platform. It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed. The primary audience for this book ...
  • The Turn of the Screw 
    James, Henry (Open Press DEU, University of Saskatchewan, 2016-04-29)
    The Turn of the Screw is a public domain horror novella written by Henry James and published in 1898.
  • Time Management for Busy Students 
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 2018-05-31)
    This workshop has been designed so that you can follow your own path. You will begin the workshop by taking a quiz to help you identify which path would be most helpful for you. After you complete the quiz and discover ...
  • Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications 
    Ashman, Melissa; Cruthers, Arley; Duncan, Sarah; Inkster Vance, Karen; Tritchew, Panteli (BCcampus, 2020)
    Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications is a compilation resource for instructors of workplace writing and oral presentations. The activities in this book can add value and energy to the classroom by ...
  • Simulator Laboratory : Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator 
    Beyenir, Serhat; Boskovic, Sanja (British Columbia Institute of Technology and BCcampus, 2017-12-08)
    This Simulator laboratory (SIMLAB) book was created to provide ancillary resources for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator courses. It is intended to act as a collection of exercises to help our students merge ...
  • Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements 
    Nakano, Michelle (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 2020-02-13)
    Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. It is an editable, open access learning resource with interactive ...
  • Reading Texts : An Interactive Workshop 
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres; Page, Christina (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 2018-04-30)
    Welcome to Reading Texts! In this short workshop, you will: Assess your current textbook reading habits and strategies -- Identify the ways that reading textbooks will help you meet your learning goals -- Use a reading ...
  • Pour une politique scientifique au service du bien commun : Textes politiques de l'Association science et bon commun 2011-2014 
    Association science et bien commun; Piron, Florence (�ditions science et bien commun, 2015-12-01)
    Une politique scientifique regroupe l’ensemble des actions d’un gouvernement à l’endroit des activités scientifiques du pays : montants attribués à la recherche, modalités d’attribution de ces montants selon les thèmes et ...
  • Policy and Governance in Postsecondary Institutions : Canadian Perspectives on Ethics and Decision Making 
    Kumar, Rahul; McGray, Robert; Kopczinski, Jennifer; Beres, Jacqueline (Brock University, 2019-04-11)
    This edition represents the collection of seminal ideas that have shaped the postsecondary institutions in Canada. The chapters in this edition correspond to the animating ideas that are relevant in this era of increased ...
  • Physical Geology, 2nd edition 
    Earle, Steven (BCcampus, 2019-09-23)
    Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate ...
  • Douglas College Astronomy 1105 : Open Stax Astronomy, 1st Canadian edition 
    Kirkey, Jennifer; OpenStax; Fraknoi, Andrew; Morrison, David; Wolff, Sidney C. (BCcampus, 2020)
    Open Stax has done good work in making open textbooks available. I felt that an edition that also referenced our Canadian astronomers, our more northern skies, as well as the contributions of our First Nations would be useful.

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