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Introduction To Psychology, Gail Hayes Jan 2023

Introduction To Psychology, Gail Hayes

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Introduction to Psychology is a modified version of Psychology 2e - OpenStax.


Ant 211: Cultural Anthropology Summer -Asynchronous Online Syllabus, Antonia M. Santangelo Jan 2023

Ant 211: Cultural Anthropology Summer -Asynchronous Online Syllabus, Antonia M. Santangelo

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Syllabus for ANT 211: Cultural Anthropology using Open Educational Resources. This is designed for a summer session, asynchronous online course.


Diversity And Multi-Cultural Education In The 21st Century: An Oer / Coil / Ztc Course Text, Oluremi "Remi" Alapo Jun 2022

Diversity And Multi-Cultural Education In The 21st Century: An Oer / Coil / Ztc Course Text, Oluremi "Remi" Alapo

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CLDV100 (Liberal Arts) Introduction to Multicultural Studies in the 21st Century: 3 hrs. 3 crs.

A study of what culture is; how it influences the choices we make; how to deal positively with conflicts that inevitably arise in working/living situations with people of diverse cultures. It is a course structured to raise multicultural awareness and fortify students' social skills in dealing with cultural differences. It includes an ethnographic study of cultural groups in the U.S.A. Through the study of cultural concepts, this course develops skills in critical thinking, writing, and scholarly documentation. Not open to students with credit in CLDV …


Advanced Psychopathology, Comfort Asanbe Sep 2021

Advanced Psychopathology, Comfort Asanbe

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This syllabus is designed for a graduate course in the study of abnormal psychology, also known in some institutions as Psychopathology. The course is required for new students who are starting their program in clinical mental health counseling (CMHC). The syllabus provides information on required resources for optimal performance in the class. These resources include; electronic DSM-5 book through the CSI library e-resources, digital interactive learning resource (MindTap), instructional movies through Wikipedia, and links to relevant mental health organizations. The resources are mostly open education resources (OER), with a few that are not free (MindTap).


Ant-3700 - Introduction To Anthropology, Igor Pashkovskiy Jan 2021

Ant-3700 - Introduction To Anthropology, Igor Pashkovskiy

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Movement away from the textbook model has potential to foster equitable access to course materials as well as reduce textbook costs for students. As such, transition to a zero cost/OER classroom included the curation of open access scholarly literature to cover the four-field approach presently taught in introductory anthropology courses.


Oer Immersive Video Use And Production In Com1010, Allison H. Hahn Oct 2020

Oer Immersive Video Use And Production In Com1010, Allison H. Hahn

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This unit is designed for a Public Speaking course and uses immersive technologies, found as OERs, which bring attention to the needs of Baruch students’ communities. By participating in this unit, students will spend time exploring OERs, and then receive training in video capture and editing tools including 360 cameras and Adobe Premier Pro to produce their own OERs which will be viewed by future classes. They will be partnered with the Baruch Maker Hub to explore how these tools have been used to produce public advocacy campaigns, and then in the classroom they will story board, rehearse and edit …


Reading Mediations: Modeling Online Critical Literacy Strategies, Lisa Hirschfield Oct 2019

Reading Mediations: Modeling Online Critical Literacy Strategies, Lisa Hirschfield

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Reading Mediations is an interactive, web-based guide for teaching and learning critical online reading skills. Best used with high school or college students, it includes a selection of critical reading tools and verification resources, guided readings, and structured learning activities. It also presents opportunities for independent exploration and critique of the online news and information ecosystem, with live content provided through Twitter and several news websites.

The guiding principle of Reading Mediations is that the epidemic of misinformation, propaganda, and poor journalism online cannot be eradicated by fact-checking tools alone. It must begin with us, the readers. Learning first about …


Ztc / Oer ​Service Learning Project With Community Board 1 Manhattan​, Remi Alapo Oct 2019

Ztc / Oer ​Service Learning Project With Community Board 1 Manhattan​, Remi Alapo

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This class involves students in observation and critical analysis of political affairs. Topics and themes will include both American and global perspectives and both contemporary and historical cases. The class introduces a range of approaches to the study of politics, such as empirical research, quantitative analysis, theoretical questioning, and the examination of literary or artistic works. Central concepts will include politics, power, government, conflict, and justice. There is a service learning partnership with Community Board 1 Manhattan and participation in the Waterfront, Parks and Cultural Committee.


Introduction To Sociology Zero-Cost Syllabus, Mateo Sancho Cardiel Sep 2018

Introduction To Sociology Zero-Cost Syllabus, Mateo Sancho Cardiel

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This syllabus will help you to create your OER Introduction to Sociology course. The course is designed in order to create connections with the news, with classic and contemporary cinema and with hot topics in our everchanging society, making it a useful tool to engage students beyond the conventional approach to the content.


Syllabus For American Government Course With Openstax - Zero Textbook Cost, Theodora Leontaridis Aug 2017

Syllabus For American Government Course With Openstax - Zero Textbook Cost, Theodora Leontaridis

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The University Of New Hampshire Open Educational Resources Survey, Tracy Keirns, Sean P. Mckinley Apr 2017

The University Of New Hampshire Open Educational Resources Survey, Tracy Keirns, Sean P. Mckinley

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The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a survey of UNH faculty members about their usage, understanding, and needs from the University's Open Educational Resources (OER) program. An email invitation to complete the internet survey was sent to one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight (1,888) UNH faculty members in March 2017. Overall, 437 faculty members responded to the survey, yielding a response rate of 23%. This report includes figures summarizing the survey results; detailed tabular results may be found in Appendix A, Appendix B contains the open-ended responses, and Appendix C contains the survey instrument.