"Economics of Food and Agriculture" by David L. Debertin

Description This is a heavily‐revised version of an introductory agricultural economics textbook, Economics of Food and Agriculture, that was originally published by Kendall Hunt in 1990. The material is intended for use as a series of classroom presentations for an introductory agricultural economics course. No mathematics prerequisites other than basic algebra are required. Publication Date 2014 Edition Third edition About the Author(s) David L. Debertin is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky,

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: David L, Debertin David L, University Of Kentucky

Sustainable Urban Development

Did you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth’s land surface, but more than 50% of the world’s population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the global emissions? Large cities and their hinterlands (jointly called metropolitan regions) greatly contribute to global urbanization and sustainability challenges, yet are also key to resolving these same challenges. If you are interested in the challenges of the 21st century metropolitan regions and how these can be solved from within the city and by its inhabitants, then this Sustainable Urban Development course is for you! There are no simple solutions to these grand challenges! Rather the challenges cities face today require a holistic, systemic and transdisciplinary approach that spans different fields of expertise and disciplines such as urban planning, urban design, urban engineering, systems analysis, policy making, social sciences and entrepreneurship. This MOOC is all about this integration of different fields of knowledge within the metropolitan context. The course is set up in a unique matrix format that lets you pursue your line of interest along a specific metropolitan challenge or a specific theme. Because we are all part of the challenges as well as the solutions, we encourage you to participate actively! You will have the opportunity to explore the living conditions in your own city and compare your living environment with that of the global community.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Arjan van Timmeren, Huub Rijnaarts, Mariette Overschie

CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE Sourcebook

The drafting of this Sourcebook on Climate-Smart Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has been a collaborative effort involving professionals from within several departments of FAO and a variety of partner organizations. Many individuals played a leading role as main authors and coordinators in the preparation of the modules, while others made written contributions to the Modules’ boxes and case studies. The conceptualization and production of this sourcebook was coordinated by Lucia Palombi and Reuben Sessa, under the overall supervision of the Director of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division of FAO Xiangjun Yao and the Senior Natural Resources Officer Tiina Vähänen. Editorial support was provided by Denise Martínez Breto, Kaisa Karttunen, Gordon Ramsay and Alessandra Bresnan while the graphic design was elaborated by Maria Guardia and Fabrizio Puzzilli.

Material Type: Primary Source, Textbook

Author: e Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

American Government 2e

This is an online government text. https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-2e

Material Type: Reading

Author: American Government 2e

American Government

This Pressbook is a textbook for American Government courses. This course is taught using a mastery approach. It was designed to give you the best opportunity for success. Your instructor will guide you through the process, but below are some important things to keep in mind as you begin.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Tim McLean

American Government, Students and the System, American Federalism, The Evolution of American Federalism

Material Type: Module

Author: OpenStax

Anthropology Mini Lectures: A collective resource for online teaching in the time of COVID19

This is a collection of mini lectures created by anthropologists and those in conversation with anthropology as supplimental material to assist college and university instructors who were made to shift their courses online because of COVID19.For more information, see here.To contribute, please create an OER author account and send your name and OER registered email to AnthropologyTeaching@gmail.com.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lecture, Lesson Plan, Reading, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Zoe Wool

Introduction to Design Equity – Open Textbook

Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.

Material Type: Full Course, Textbook

Author: Kristine Miller

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding the students’ educational experiences beyond the textbook. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making it an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Jeffery LeMieux, Pamela Sachant, Peggy Blood, Rita Tekippe

Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation thoroughly investigates how quality is determined and created by artists in order to evaluate and appreciate art on a deeper level. This course emphasizes why each topic contributes to valuing a piece of art and provides the necessary knowledge to do so. Students are first introduced to the elements and principles of art and the importance of artists’ context and perspective. The course then covers different periods in art history, different techniques in art, and how to research and evaluate art.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Christopher Gildow, Lumen Learning, Wendy Riley

Assessing Visual Materials for Diversity & Inclusivity

This resource is a modification of the Washington Models for the Evaluation of Bias Content in Instructional Materials (2009) that is made available through OER Commons under a public domain license. This resource attempts to both update the content with more contemporary vocabulary and also to narrow the scope to evaluating still images as they are found online. It was developed as a secondary project while working on a BranchED OER grant during summer 2020. It includes an attached rubric adapted from the Washington Model (2009).

Material Type: Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Kimberly Grotewold

Teach the Earth Portal

The Teach the Earth Portal has hundreds of high school through higher ed geoscience educator shared content ranging from low stakes to high stakes undergraduate core level to graduate level resources. More recently, have also added virtual field experiences appropriate for core course to upper division field camp (in response to pandemic necessity for Summer 2020 Field Camp revisioning). Many of the contributions are from members or partners with the National Association for Geoscience Teachers. There is an ongoing review process by professional peers to vet content submitted / aggregated into this portal during the past several decades.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Case Study, Data Set, Diagram/Illustration, Full Course, Game, Homework/Assignment, Interactive, Lecture, Lecture Notes, Lesson, Module, Primary Source, Reading, Simulation, Student Guide, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Textbook, Unit of Study

Author: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), The Kitchen Table Series, 1989-90

Weems confronts identity, family, and the myth of home in this iconic series of photographs. Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), The Kitchen Table Series, 1990, gelatin silver print (printed 2015), 27.94 x 27.94 cm © Carrie Mae Weems (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art) Speakers: Lauren Haynes, Curator, Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Steven Zucker. A Seeing America video. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Material Type: Lesson

Author: SmartHistory

The $150,000 Banana

Artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall, titled it "Comedian", and sold 5 editions of the artwork for as much as $150,000 each. Why did it capture our attention, curiosity, and memes? What does it mean?

Material Type: Lesson

Author: The Art Assignment

Principles of Digital Animation Video Series

The Principles of Digital Animation course provides students with an awareness of animation and other 3D industries, as well as preliminary hands-on experience in animation production. This is a collection of openly licensed videos created by Gregory Marlow for the Principles of Digital Animation course taught during the Fall 2019 semester. For ease of adopting and adapting, the streaming version is embedded for each video and the original video and subtitle files are available to download.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Gregory Marlow

Fundamentals of Business, third edition

Fundamentals of Business, third edition (2020) is an 370-page open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, faculty customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses. It covers the following topics in business: Teamwork; economics; ethics; entrepreneurship; business ownership, management, and leadership; organizational structures and operations management; human resources and motivating employees; managing in labor union contexts; marketing and pricing strategy; hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, and personal finances. The textbook was designed for use in Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business introductory level business course, MGT1104 Foundations of Business and is shared under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial ShareAlike 4.0 license. Read more about the book and see various access links at: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/2021/01/06/announcing-open-textbook-fundamentals-of-business-third-edition

Material Type: Interactive, Reading, Textbook

Authors: Ron Poff, Stephen J. Skripak

Principles of Management – Open Textbook

The text is a good introduction to basic management principles. It covers a broad range of topics and incorporates activities and case studies to assist students with understanding the concepts.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Authors Removed At Request Of Original Publisher

Redox reactions and electrochemistry

Oxidation and reduction reactions power your phone and make it possible for your body to use the oxygen you inhale. We will learn about oxidation states (numbers), oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions, galvanic/voltaic cells, electrolytic cells, cell potentials, and how electrochemistry is related to thermodynamics and equilibrium.

Material Type: Lesson

Acids and bases

In this section we will be talking about the basics of acids and bases and how acid-base chemistry is related to chemical equilibrium. We will cover acid and base definitions, pH, acid-base equilibria, acid-base properties of salts, and the pH of salt solutions.

Material Type: Lesson

General Chemistry for Science Majors, Unit 1, Moles as a conversion factor: How do we get from grams to number of atoms?

This module has two parts:1- Introduction to the concept of a "mole" and Avogadro's number.2- Application of the Mole (Avogadro's number) as a conversion factor relating mass in grams to number of atoms or molecules (formula unit for ionic compounds)

Material Type: Module

Author: Amy Petros