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New and Noteworthy OER 03/24

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. 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 O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Biological Sciences

  • Introduction to Systems Biology: Workbook for Flipped-Classroom Teaching, by Thomas Sauter and Marco Albrecht, Open Book Publishers (2023). License: CC BY-NC
    “This book is an introduction to the language of systems biology, which is spoken among many disciplines, from biology to engineering. Authors Thomas Sauter and Marco Albrecht draw on a multidisciplinary background and evidence-based learning to facilitate the understanding of biochemical networks, metabolic modeling and system dynamics.”

Career and Technology Teacher Education

  • Contextualised open educational practices: Towards student agency and self-directed learning, by Jako Olivier, Charlene du Toit-Brits, Byron J. Bunt, and Amit Dhakulkar (2022). License: CC BY
    “This book covers original research on the implementation of open educational practices through the use of open educational resources at the university level. […] The envisaged chapters cover conceptual and review research and empirical work focussing on open educational practices and the use of renewable assessments. […] Despite the existence of some general works on open education in terms of policy, social justice and open textbooks, this book will be unique in exploring the intersections of openness, specifically with contextualisation, student agency and self-directedness.”

Communication Design

Computer Systems Technology

Construction Management & Civil Engineering Technology

  • Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management, by Donald Coffelt and Chris Hendrickson (2019). License: CC BY-SA
    “The text draws examples and discusses a wide variety of infrastructure systems, including roadways, telecommunications, power generation, buildings and systems of infrastructure. We have found that some common fundamentals of asset management, analysis tools and informed decision-making are useful for a variety of such systems.”

Economics

  • Intermediate Microeconomics, by Joel Bruneau and Clinton Mahoney, University of Saskatchewan (2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Intermediate Microeconomics is a comprehensive microeconomic theory text that uses real world policy questions to motivate and illustrate the material in each chapter.”

Hospitality Management

  • Bakery and Business Math, by Eunice Graham, Renton Technical College. License: CC BY
    This text includes information on business-related math such as budgeting and profit margins, as well as recipe-related math such as recipe ratios and pan size adjustments. 

Mechanical Engineering Technology

  • Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design, by Jacqulyn A. Baughman, Iowa State University Digital Press (2023). License: CC BY-SA
    “This course provides an overview of mechanical engineering design with applications to thermal and mechanical systems, and an introduction to current design practices used in industry. As part of the course design, learners will complete a semester-long team project focused on addressing societal needs.”

Nursing 

  • 2023 Compendium of North American Nursing OER, by Kyle Montgomery, Marnie Seal,  Shannon Dowdall-Smith, Remar Mangaoil, Phyllis Montgomery, and Sharolyn Mossey (2023). License: CC BY
    “The aim of this compendium is to provide nurse educators with an easily accessible collection of 25 resources designed to support student learning, particularly within nursing programs.”

Sociology

  • Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd Edition, by Deidre Maultsaid, Brianna Doyle, and Celine Wai Shan Li, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2023). License: CC BY-NC
    “ Inspired by input from post-secondary students and authored by students and people who are usually under-represented in education material, this resource is designed for upper-level undergraduate or graduate students in the humanities, social sciences, business, healthcare, science, agriculture, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, land use studies, law and more. Each case is supplemented with modifiable discussion prompts, notes for teaching strategies, and a short reading list.”
  • The Last Years of Polish Jewry: at the edge of the abscess: essays, 1927-33 (volume 1), 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.”

World Languages

  • Français inclusif: An Interactive Textbook for French 102, by Brittney Gehrig, Dr. Mariah Devereux Herbeck, Amber Hoye, Madelynn Ruhter, Sharon Westbrook, Boise State University (2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This textbook provides a remixed version of Français Interactif exercises, adding interactivity and new exercises. It offers an easy way for students to study the vocabulary and grammar for each module, while providing exercises to practice and apply what they’ve learned. Modules also contain an introduction page with learning objectives, a cultural reflection assignment, a presentational speaking and/or writing assessment, and Allez plus loin (Go further) page which contains additional content.”

City Tech 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 02/22

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.

Business: Accounting/Marketing

Principles of Marketing, by Maria Gomez Albrecht, Mark Green, and Linda Hoffman (2022). License: CC BY

“Principles of Marketing provides a solid grounding in the core concepts and frameworks of marketing theory and analysis so that business students interested in a major or minor in marketing will also be prepared for more rigorous, upper-level elective courses. Concepts are further reinforced through detailed, diverse, and realistic company and organization scenarios and examples from various industries and geographical locations.” 

Career and Technology Teacher Education

Trauma Informed Education, by Govind Krishnamoorthy, Kay Ayre, and Dayna Schimke (2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA

“Drawing on their lived experience and professional expertise, the conversations with trauma-informed education experts in this unique book offer educators an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the needs of students and strategies for responding with compassion and empathy. In a time of rapidly emerging scientific discovery, and social and political challenges, this book encourages educational leaders to question the fundamental assumptions of dominant pedagogical practices and sets the foundations for innovation in education.”

Communication 

Visual Communication by Steve Covello, Granite State College (2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA

“The focus of COM 480 – Visual Communication is on the use of visual media as a means for conveying information to an audience. In particular, we will limit our attention to the use of still imagery because of the vast, openly available repositories of visual media and the simplicity of manipulating them.”

Communication Design

Justseeds Open Type Project by Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative (2021-2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA

“The Justseeds Open Type Project creates open-access fonts for activists, organizers, and movement designers. Most of the fonts are designed by members of the Justseeds Artists Cooperative, though some have been repurposed and expanded from historical posters and artifacts. The left has a rich history of hand drawn, decorative, and display fonts, a legacy that is tied into the history of sign, picket, and banner making as well as the history of accessible and low-cost printing technologies. The Justseeds Open Type Project hopes to draw upon and expand this design history by creating a library and archive of open access fonts for use.”

Computer Systems Technology

Computational Physics: A Practical Introduction to Computational Physics and Scientific Computing (using C++) – Second Edition by Konstantinosn N. Anagnostopoulos, National Technical University of Athens (2016). License: CC BY-NC-SA

“This book is an introduction to the computational methods used in physics, but also in other scientific fields. It is addressed to an audience that has already been exposed to the introductory level of college physics, usually taught during the first two years of an undergraduate program in science and engineering. It assumes no prior knowledge of numerical analysis, programming or computers and teaches whatever is necessary for the solution of the problems addressed in the text. It can be used as a textbook in introductory computational physics or scientific computing classes.”

Construction Management Technology / Civil Engineering Technology

Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles, Second Edition, by Stuart H. Bartholomew, University Libraries at Virginia Tech (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA

“This introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project.”

Economics 

A Practicum in Behavioral Economics by Arthur J. Caplan, Utah State University (2023). License: CC BY

“…the book’s primary goal is to help students experience behavioral economics through participation in the same experiments and games that serve as the foundations for, and shape the contours of, the field.”

Nursing

Mental Health is a Verb: A Pocket Guide to Mental Health for Nursing Students, by Jake Bush and Jill Van Der Like. License: CC BY-NC-SA

“[Mental Health is a Verb] reviews the foundations of mental health, psychopharmacology, and the most common mental health diagnoses.”

Psychology 

Introduction to Biological Psychology, edited by Catherine Hall, University of Sussex Library (2023). License: CC BY-NC

“The textbook is designed to be used as primary reading for undergraduate Psychology students studying core biological psychology modules…”

Introduction to Psychology by Jorden A. Cummings and Lee Sanders, University of Saskatchewan Open Press (2023). License: CC BY-NC-SA

The introductory text includes 55 H5P activities including “…Self-Tests provided with each chapter are also a new addition for this book; these were created using the H5P plugin for WordPress.”

World Languages

Grammaire Ouverte by James Law, BYU Open Textbook Network (2022). License: CC BY

“Ce livre est une grammaire pédagogique du français destinée aux apprenants de niveau avancé. 28 chapitres approfondissent les concepts essentiels de la grammaire française (noms et pronoms, modificateurs, verbes, transformations).” This text consists of 28 chapters to deepen the essential concepts of French grammar (nouns and pronouns, modifiers, verbs, transformations).

City Tech 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 10/28

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. 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 O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Arts & Sciences 

  1. Chem 103/104 Resource Book, by UW Madison Chemistry faculty, University of Wisconsin. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “The purpose of this condensed education resource is to support the activities of the pre-class, whole class, discussion, and laboratory gatherings…[organized with a] student-focused, active learning philosophy.”

  2. Contemporary World Cinema: an introduction to moving pictures, by James Skidmore, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “An introduction to film that explores film structure and analysis, with attention being paid to film in its contemporary global context.”

  3. Culturas hispanas a traves de la pantalla / Hispanic cultures through the screen, Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project (2021).  License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla busca fomentar el visionado crítico de productos audiovisuales contemporáneos y el reflexionar sobre la representación de las culturas hispanas en webseries y vídeos musicales. La difusión y la popularidad de estos dos géneros justifican que se les dedique espacio en el currículo junto a otros géneros audiovisuales más consagrados, caso de los cortos y los largometrajes.”

    “In short, Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen aims to promote critical viewing of contemporary audiovisual products and thinking about the representation of Hispanic cultures in web series and music videos. Increasing popularity of these two genres justify dedicating part of the curriculum to them along with other more established audiovisual genres, such as short and feature films.”

  4. Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada, 2nd ed., by Anya Hageman, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “In this text we are going to explore the economic history and economic potential of Indigenous peoples in Canada. What institutional arrangements hold them back economically and what institutions assist them going forward? What norms do Indigenous communities hold that inform their priorities and economic behavior?”

  5. Technical Mathematics, by Morgan Chase, Open Oregon Educational Resources (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    This developmental-level mathematics textbook is intended for career-technical students.

  6. US History and Primary Source Anthology, vol. 1, by Dan Allosso, Minnesota State Opendora (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    This is a textbook for US History I, Pre-colonial through Reconstruction. 


Professional Studies

  1. Pathology: From the Tissue Level to Clinical Manifestations and Inter-professional Care, by Jennifer Kong and Helen Dyck, BCCampus. License: CC BY-NC
    “This multimedia resource provides the science behind the disease that a health care professional is managing and an explanation of the signs and symptoms a patient is experiencing, starting at the tissue level. Videos and photos of gross pathological specimens & histological slides are included in every topic, with video lessons guiding viewers on the observable pathological changes.”
  1. Nursing Management and Professional Concepts, by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), Chippewa Valley Technical College (2022).
    License: CC BY
    “This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidence-based practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care.”
  1. Introduction to Implant Prosthodontics: A Case-Based Clinical Guide, by Stefanos Kourtis, Panagiotis Lampropoulos, and Nikolaos Polychronakis, Kallipos Open Academic Editions (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “The purpose of this book is to offer a thorough introduction to current Implant Prosthodontics, combining theory and practice in an easy-to-read manner. In each chapter the needed theoretical background and principles are reported, and the techniques are presented with clinical examples in step-by-step manner.”
  1. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA), by Darla Benton Kearney, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY
    “[This textbook] will help instructors and others to incorporate principles of UDL and considerations of EDI and Indigenisation in their learning environments.”


Technology & Design

  1. Inclusive Spectrums: Preliminary Research Exhibition, by OCADU 2019/2021 Inclusive Design Masters Cohort, eCampus Ontario (2020). License: CC BY
    “This exhibition presents the preliminary major research project ideas of OCAD University’s Inclusive Design 2019/2021 cohort. These projects explore a spectrum of themes, ranging from healthcare, to sensory experiences, to storytelling and services for cultural communities, to neurodiversity, and finally, to design practices and processes themselves.”
  1. Introduction to Permaculture, by Andrew Millison, Oregon State University (2019). License: CC BY-NC
    “Permaculture Design is a method of land planning that can be applied at scales from the home garden to city block to village to farm. It is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts, principles, and methods derived from ecosystems, indigenous technologies, and other time-tested practices to create sustainable human settlements and institutions. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture, Permaculture design is interdisciplinary, touching on a wide range of subjects including regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, appropriate technology, architecture, social justice, and international development..
  1. Engineering Systems Dynamics Modelling, Simulation, and Design: Lagrangian and Bond Graph Methods, by Mehrzad Tabatabaian, British Columbia Institute of Technology (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “This open education resource presents effective system modeling methods, including Lagrangian and bond graph, and the application of a relevant engineering software tool, 20-sim. The content is designed for engineering students and professionals in the field to support their understanding and application of these methods for modeling, simulation, and design of engineering systems. The text also includes videos showing selected worked-out examples.”
  1. Programming Fundamentals: A Modular Structured Approach, 2nd Edition, by Dave Braunschweig and Kenneth Leroy Busbee, Harper College (2018). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “The original content for this book was created by Kenneth Leroy Busbee and written specifically for his course based on C++. The goal for this second edition is to make it programming-language neutral, so that it may serve as an introductory programming textbook for students using any of a variety of programming languages, including C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Swift.”

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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