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New and Noteworthy OER 10/21

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library OER Team’s monthly roundup of notable open educational resources. We try to include at least one OER relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting OER to share with our colleagues or would like more information about open educational resources initiatives at City Tech.

Biological Sciences

Career and Technology Teacher Education

  • Interpreting AI in the News: A Media Literacy Plan, by Aspen Digital (2024). License: CC BY
    “To help the rising generation think critically about reporting on AI, Aspen Digital has published a media literacy lesson plan geared toward high school and junior college students: Interpreting AI in the News. This open educational resource is designed to equip students for an AI-driven world by fostering a deeper understanding of how the media portrays these emerging technologies. The plan includes a comprehensive set of resources: a materials list, resource links, detailed instructions, a sample presentation, conversation starters, assessment guidelines, and a vocabulary guide.”

Communication Design 

  • brAInchild: A Collection of Essays (2024). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This book is the work of a fourth-year seminar in [a] History and Theory of Art program. The course explores practical research methods and strategies on the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) and the visual arts. Each student has created an AI work using a platform of their choice, such as DALL-E or other image algorithms, with a prompt that interrogates an aspect of art history and theory. Their chapter then critically analyses the image considering its aesthetic qualities as well as questions of originality, intention, and creativity. The subsequent research surrounding each image examines the process of machine learning when used as an artistic tool; this in turn delves into the relationship between AI algorithms and the inclusion and exclusion of works from the art historical canon.”

Computer Systems Technology

  • Digital Skills: Artificial Intelligence (2024). License: CC BY-NC
    “This book includes modules that provide an introduction to various types of Artificial Intelligence (AI), using AI in your studies and the implications of AI for society.”
  • Introduction to Computers and Programming using Python: A Project-based Approach, by Esma Yildirim, Daniel Garbin, Mathieu Sassolas, and Kwang Hyun Kim, CUNY – Queensborough Community College (2021). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This book is designed to teach basic programming skills to students who are new to the field of computing using a project-based learning approach. It has been designed to give freedom to the instructor, both in format and topics ultimately used throughout the course. While we provide 13 turnkey projects, it is only expected that 3 or 4 are used over the course of a semester…”

Construction Management & Civil Engineering Technology 

  • 2024 Innovation in the Construction Industry (2024). License: CC BY-NC-ND
    “[Construction Management students at the University of Washington] in the Spring Quarter of 2024 worked individually on case studies of innovation in the Construction Industry.  Each student selected a topic that they were curious about, connected with industry professionals working in that area, interviewed those professionals, gathered documents, observed work, and summarized their case study analysis in this book.  Each chapter explores different elements of innovation using different perspectives and ways of thinking about a “case”.  Here in you will meet teams and individuals.  You will learn about different types of software, and different workflows and practices.  You will discover that innovation is made by people navigating institutional constraints, making many different types of decisions, and negotiating change across project teams and industry networks.  Welcome to an exploration of innovation in 2024.”

English

Health Sciences 

  • Hands-on Anatomy, by Jacqueline Phillips and Michael O’Hara, North Broad Press (2024). License: CC BY
    Hands-on Anatomy targets undergraduate or graduate students who have completed an introductory anatomy course and are beginning to apply their anatomical knowledge to the human body, as well as healthcare professionals engaged in patient assessment and treatment.”

Hospitality Management

Nursing

  • Hands-on Anatomy, by Jacqueline Phillips and Michael O’Hara, North Broad Press (2024). License: CC BY
    Hands-on Anatomy targets undergraduate or graduate students who have completed an introductory anatomy course and are beginning to apply their anatomical knowledge to the human body, as well as healthcare professionals engaged in patient assessment and treatment.”
  • Optimizing Population Health: Strategies for Advanced Level Nurses, by Kathy Andresen, University of West Florida Pressbooks (2024). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This resource provides an overview of population health concepts along with health promotion strategies utilized by advanced practice nurses. Resources are intended to be exemplary, but not exhaustive and introduce the reader to strategies that can be practiced while in graduate school as well as in healthcare settings.”

Open Data

  • UIS Data Browser, by UNESCO (2024). License: CC BY-SA
    “UIS Data Browser which brings together all our data on education, science, and culture, making it a convenient resource for everyone, from policymakers to researchers. With a refreshed interface, users can easily view and download customized data for their needs. The new browser also offers better tools for exploring metadata and documentation. Plus, the browser has great visualization features. You can filter indicators by country or region and create line or bar charts to see trends over time. It’s easy to share your findings on social media, too!”

    The data browser allows users to view and filter data and metadata, visualize and share it or download it in various formats (csv, excel). The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, and the custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education (SDG 4), the UIS produces a wide range of data to inform the policies and investments needed to transform lives and propel the world towards its development goals.

City Tech OER team:

Anne Leonard, Interim OER Coordinator: aleonard@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Jo Thompson, Adjunct OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu

New and Noteworthy OER 05/12

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library OER Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy open educational resources. We try to include at least one OER relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting OER to share with our colleagues or would like more information about OER initiatives at City Tech.

Career and Technology Teacher Education

Chemistry

Communication Design

  • Sense-It!: Insights into Multisensory Design, by Lois Frankel, ECampus Ontario (2023). License: CC BY-NC-ND
    “This online book explores multisensory principles for engaged product design, ultimately improving user experiences and emotional responses to product interactions. Each chapter presents a step-by-step discussion of design principles for sensory themes that build toward the final multisensory design chapter.”

Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology

  • NSCC Communication Skills for Trades, by NSCC, Nova Scotia Community College (2023). License: CC BY
    “Communication Skills is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. It is written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues.”

Computer Systems Technology

History

  • World History: Volume 1: to 1500, by Ann Kordas, Ryan Lynch, Brooke Nelson, Julie Tatlock (2023). License: CC BY
    “World History, Volume 1: to 1500 is designed to meet the scope and sequence of a world history course to 1500 offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Suitable for both majors and non majors World History, Volume 1: to 1500 introduces students to a global perspective of history couched in an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments help students think critically about the issues they encounter so they can broaden their perspective of global history. A special effort has been made to introduce and juxtapose people’s experiences of history for a rich and nuanced discussion. Primary source material represents the cultures being discussed from a firsthand perspective whenever possible. World History, Volume 1: to 1500 also includes the work of diverse and underrepresented scholars to ensure a full range of perspectives.”

Mathematics

  • Concepts in Statistics, by CUNY School of Professional Studies (2023). License: CC BY-SA.
    What you’ll learn to do: Describe various types of statistical studies and the types of conclusions that are appropriate. In statistical studies, the type of study design used and the details of the design are important in determining what kind of conclusions we may draw from the results. In particular, simply observing an association between two variables – say, smoking and cancer – does not guarantee that one variable causes the other. In this section, we will explore how the details of a study design play a crucial role in determining our ability to establish evidence of causation.”

Nursing

  • Leading Change in Health Systems: Strategies for RN-BSN Students, by Kathy Andresen and Charli Swanson (2023). License: CC BY
    “Leading Change in Health Systems: Strategies for RN-BSN Students is designed for practicing nurses pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This book is focused on building upon previous knowledge, skills and attitudes Registered Nurses (RNs) related to leadership in healthcare systems. Readers will be able to apply the theoretical knowledge gained from this course in their clinical practice environment.”

  • Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual for Nursing and Allied Health, by Aylin Marz, Ganesan Kamatchi, and Joseph D’Silva (2020, updated 2023). License: CC BY
    A manual for an undergraduate-level Anatomy and Physiology course; chapter topics include The Integumentary System, Bone Tissue and the Skeletal System, The Cardiovascular System: Blood, and more. 

OER Team:

Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Jo Thompson, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu

New and Noteworthy OER 04/21

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library OER Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy open educational resources. We try to include at least one OER relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting OER to share with our colleagues or would like more information about OER initiatives at City Tech.

Anthropology

  • Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion, by Amanda Zunner-Keating, Madlen Avetyan, and Ben Shepard (2023?). License: CC BY
    “The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion” is a classic course in departments of anthropology all over the world. In part, this is because every culture engages with these three topics. Their universal presence across cultures provides lessons about our shared nature as humans. At the same time, every culture engages with these topics in its own way. Their diverse expression across cultures also warrants explanation.”

Business

  • Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability, by Andrew J Hosmanek, Brenden Smith, and Michael Dayton (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability is a textbook for undergraduate law courses. It covers business law topics such as contracts, business organizations, employment law, and torts, as well as a general survey of American law. Additional topics include Constitutional law, civil rights, environmental law, criminal law, and litigation.”
  • Intro to Social Media, by Cheryl Lawson, Oklahoma State University (2022). License: CC BY
    “This book is aimed at managers, business owners, marketing managers, and aspiring social media marketing interns and managers. I will assume that however accomplished in your own field – baker, developer, teacher and that even as successful business owners, you approach the topic of social media marketing as a beginner. Even if you are an avid personal user of social networks, we will treat this book as a guided tour of social media for marketing purposes.”

Communication Design

  • Tools for Podcasting by Jill Olmsted, American University (2023). License: CC BY
    “If you’re interested in learning about the growing universe of podcasting, how it works and finding tools and inspiration to create your own podcast, this online resource is for you. My focus is on audio podcasting and this practical guide will help you navigate the technology and best practices in an easy-to-understand handbook.”

Computer Systems Technology

  • Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project – 2nd Edition by Karl Fogel (2005). License: CC BY-SA
    “Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software.”
  • Programming Persistent Memory: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers, by Steve Scargall, Apress (2020). License: CC BY
    “Programming Persistent Memory describes the technology and why it is exciting the industry. It covers the operating system and hardware requirements as well as how to create development environments using emulated or real persistent memory hardware. The book explains fundamental concepts; provides an introduction to persistent memory programming APIs for C, C++, JavaScript, and other languages; discusses RMDA with persistent memory; reviews security features; and presents many examples.”

Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology

  • VESL Basic Blueprint Reading by Lisa Hillyard, Open Oregon Educational Resources (2023). License: CC BY
    “This is an entry level blueprint reading book written for the first year welding student. The book will be used in the first term of a two year welding program to familiarize the student to sketching and reading blueprints.”

Economics

  • Economics for Life: Real World Financial Literacy, Donald Wargo, Temple University Press (2023). License: CC BY-NC
    “This textbook is primarily written for a course in financial literacy for college undergraduates. However, they do not have to be business or economics majors. In my most recent class, using this book, there were Art History majors and Engineering majors who were quite comfortable with this textbook. The only math prerequisite is an understanding of high school algebra and ability to read graphs. Any formulae in the book are not complicated beyond elementary algebra.”

English

  • An Open Companion to Early British Literature, edited by Allegra Villarreal (2019). License: CC BY-NC
    “Our Open Companion is both an anthology to the great works of early British literature and a guide for future students and any interested audiences. This book represents the voices of a diverse group of community college students who have penned the introductions for each open-source reading and have further provided sample essays, discussion questions, annotations and digital learning objects to aid in the comprehension of often quite challenging texts. Their generosity, good humor and dedication to this project have made this book possible.”

Nursing

  • Nursing Pharmacology, by Elizabeth Christman and Kimberly Ernstmeyer, Chippewa Valley Technical College (Updated 2023). License: CC BY
    “This open access Nursing Pharmacology textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students.  It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed, which provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States.”

Sociology

  • The Last Years of Polish Jewry: On the Eve of Destruction: Essays, 1935-37 (volume 2), by Yankev Leshchinksy. Translated by Robert Brym. Translation: 2023. License: CC BY-NC
    “Ukrainian-born Yankev Leshchinsky (1876-1966) was the leading scholarly and journalistic analyst of Eastern European Jewish socioeconomic and political life from the 1920s to the 1950s. Known as “the dean of Jewish sociologists” and “the father of Jewish demography,” Leshchinsky published a series of insightful and moving essays in Yiddish on Polish Jewry between 1927 and 1937. The Last Years of Polish Jewry helps to rectify this situation by translating some of Leshchinsky’s key essays.”

OER Team:
Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Jo Thompson, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu

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