Common Knowledge: A Concise Overview for Students
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is a concise overview of common knowledge and source attribution.
Material Type: Reading
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UTD Geosciences Videos
(View Complete Item Description)geoscience educational animations and videos about geoscientific processes
Material Type: Primary Source
Providing Effective Student Feedback
(View Complete Item Description)This guide includes tips and best practices designed to help you: Write valuable grading comments on student assignmentsUse varied methods to give general feedback to the whole classFacilitate effective online discussions
Material Type: Student Guide
"Write it down...": Oral History & Narrative Assignment
(View Complete Item Description)An oral history narrative mini-project that can be used in, for example, an English or Humanities course. Calls for students to present a "snapshot" of their pre-COVID-19 day and asks them to reflect on how their lives have changed. Includes links to related articles/readings.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Study, Strategize and Succeed – Open Textbook
(View Complete Item Description)College is a formative time for students. Understanding effective strategies for student success can go a long way in helping with retention of students.
Material Type: Textbook
Nutrition Analysis from 48 hour recall
(View Complete Item Description)This is an Anatomy and Physiology lab activity that allows students an opportunity to reflect on their eating patterns and goals from their own data. The image of the nutritional label from wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition_facts_label#/media/File:US_Nutritional_Fact_Label_2.svg
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
Brief Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses and OERs
(View Complete Item Description)A five-minute video tutorial on Creative Commons Licenses, the five “R’s”, and where to find Open Educational Resources.
Material Type: Module
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Le Chatelier's Principle Dry Lab
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is a virtual Le Chatelier's lab. Pictures of systems at equilibrium are presented, then pictures are given after different stresses are applied. A buffer system with pH data is included. This resource is designed to accompany Chemistry Atoms First 2e section 13.3 Shifting Equilibriahttps://openstax.org/books/chemistry-atoms-first-2e/pages/13-3-shifting-equilibria-le-chateliers-principle
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Intermediate ESL Writing: Types of Sentences
(View Complete Item Description)This handout is designed for intermediate English language learners in writing classes. The focus is on sentence-level errors and particularly the order of words in a sentence. Second language learners tend to refer to their native languages when writing. So no matter how well they write their ideas, this handout will help them understand and practice their word order errors. The handout includes clear charts of the order of words in a sentence, examples, exercises, and a quiz.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Primary and Secondary Sources: Fact Sheet
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is a fact sheet for students to learn about primary and secondary sources.
Material Type: Primary Source
Study Skills for College Success
(View Complete Item Description)This powerpoint presentation includes study skills for students in a college success course or any course where students need to learn about how to prepare for the next course assessment in high volume reading or lecture courses. It includes:how to take notes, outline and annotate, and highlighting/marking,using exams and quizzes to study and prepare for the next exam or quiz, andtips for coordinating study groups
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Reading
APR vs. APY study guide
(View Complete Item Description)This is a quick guide to help students differenciate the terms APR and APY. There are formulas presented to help students calculate APY given certain parameters of investments. The guide also presents formulas to allow students to calculate APY outside of the traditional one year examples.
Material Type: Student Guide
Successful Online Teaching
(View Complete Item Description)This short module teaches instructors about Moore's three types of interactions in distance education while exploring strategies to improve each type in their own courses. It is research-based and includes references and a quiz. It was designed with higher education in mind but is applicable for isntructors at all levels.
Material Type: Module
Using Photovoice in the Classroom
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is designed to provide information regarding Photovoice action research and its use in the classroom as a class project. Students identify with social problems in their communities and address possible solutions.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Module
Finding Library Database Sources for an Assignment
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson goes over using library databases to find sources for a paper in a general education freshman or sophomore level class. In the activities in this lesson, the student will find one resource, create a search log, and develop a basic understanding of the process of searching library databases.The sample search is for a paper on music education in a teacher education class.
Material Type: Lesson
What is OER?
(View Complete Item Description)What is OER? An ACC Instructor Resource
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
The Evolution of Bloom's Taxonomy
(View Complete Item Description)This resource describes the evolution of Bloom's taxonomy and the contributions by other researchers and educators to adapt it to changing education scenarios.
Material Type: Reading
C++ Guide for Beginners
(View Complete Item Description)This OER is designed to give readers a further understanding of coding and C++. Concepts covered include:PointersClassesLinked ListsStacksQueuesAbstractionData hidingPolymorphismInheritance
Material Type: Reading
Course Map
(View Complete Item Description)The course map shows the alignment between competencies, learning modules, assessments, learning activities, and instructional material for an applied statistics course.
Material Type: Syllabus
PowerPoint Help
(View Complete Item Description)Hints for creating powerpoints.
Material Type: Lecture Notes