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Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Edited by Michelle Ferrier & Elizabeth Mays

Editor(s): Dr. Michelle Ferrier, Elizabeth Mays

Last updated: 20/09/2024

This is a modular open textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses. This book underwent student and faculty testing and open review in fall 2017. Feedback was implemented in Version 1.0 for spring 2018. Additional reviewer feedback was implemented, and new chapters and sidebars were added, for Fall 2018. Eventually, an accompanying handbook will include additional activities, ancillary materials and faculty resources on media innovation for instructors. If you have a (CC BY) resource (or additional chapter) to contribute, please comment here. You can leave feedback on this book.

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Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): The BC Cook Articulation Committee

Subject(s): Educational: Food technology, cooking skills

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 20/09/2024

Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.

Other books in the series include:

  • Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene
  • Working in the Food Service Industry
  • Workplace Safety in the Food Service Industry
  • Meat Cutting and Processing
  • Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry
  • Nutrition and Labelling for the Canadian Baker
  • Understanding Ingredients for the Canadian Baker
  • Modern Pastry and Plated Dessert Techniques

The series has been developed collaboratively with participation from public and private post-secondary institutions.

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Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Edited by Kristen A. Munger

Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks

Last updated: 18/09/2024

Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice introduces instructional strategies linked to the most current research-supported practices in the field of literacy. The book includes chapters related to scientifically-based literacy research, early literacy development, literacy assessment, digital age influences on children’s literature, literacy development in underserved student groups, secondary literacy instructional strategies, literacy and modern language, and critical discourse analysis. Chapters are written by authors with expertise in both college teaching and the delivery of research-supported literacy practices in schools. The book features detailed explanations of a wide variety of literacy strategies that can be implemented by both beginning and expert practitioners. Readers will gain knowledge about topics frequently covered in college literacy courses, along with guided practice for applying this knowledge in their future or current classrooms. The book’s success-oriented framework helps guide educators toward improving their own practices and is designed to foster the literacy development of students of all ages.
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Database Design - 2nd Edition

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Adrienne Watt

Last updated: 18/09/2024

This second edition of Database Design book covers the concepts used in database systems and the database design process. Topics include:

  1. The history of databases
  2. Characteristics and benefits of databases
  3. Data models
  4. Data modelling
  5. Classification of database management systems
  6. Integrity rules and constraints
  7. Functional dependencies
  8. Normalization
  9. Database development process

New to this edition are more examples, highlighted and defined key terms, both throughout and at the end of each chapter, and end-of-chapter review exercises. Two new chapters have been added on SQL, along with appendices that include a data model example, sample ERD exercises and SQL lab with solutions.

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Teaching in a Digital Age

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): A.W. (Tony) Bates

Subject(s): Open learning, distance education

Publisher: Tony Bates Associates Ltd

Last updated: 18/09/2024

The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when all of us, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework for making decisions about your teaching is provided, while understanding that every subject is different, and every instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching.The book enables teachers and instructors to help students develop the knowledge and skills they will need in a digital age: not so much the IT skills, but the thinking and attitudes to learning that will bring them success. Book release date (final version): 1 April 2015. For subsequent updates, see Updates and Revisions.[Scroll down for list of contents]
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Modern Philosophy

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Walter Ott & Alex Dunn

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 17/09/2024

This version of the Modern Philosophy textbook was created on August 28, 2013 as part of the BC Open Textbook project.

Description from original book author Walter Ott

This is a textbook (or better, a workbook) in modern philosophy. It combines readings from primary sources with two pedagogical tools. Paragraphs in italics introduce figures and texts. Numbered study questions (also in italics) ask students to reconstruct an argument or position from the text, or draw connections among the readings. And I have added an introductory chapter (Chapter 0 – Minilogic and Glossary), designed to present the basic tools of philosophy and sketch some principles and positions.

The immediate goal is to encourage students to grapple with the ideas rather than passing their eyes over the texts. This makes for a better classroom experience and permits higher-level discussions.

Another goal is to encourage collaboration among instructors, as they revise and post their own versions of the book.

You’re invited to use the book in your courses.

 

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Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 1

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Shantel Ivits

Subject(s): Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 16/09/2024

This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 1 (roughly equivalent to beginner to grade 1.5 in the K-12 system). Every one of the nine chapters includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of approximately 100 words.

The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. The online version of this course pack also contains audio recordings of each story in the reader. These recordings, combined with vocabulary and word pattern exercises, prepare the Level 1 student to read each paragraph-long text with greater independence. Depending on a learner’s readiness, you may wish to use the sentences in the Word Pattern sections as dictation. Exercises on the connections between consonant sounds and letters are beyond the scope of these books. I recommend using these books alongside a structured phonics program, such as the Wilson Reading System.

Each course pack chapter includes pre-reading questions that can be used for individual reflection or class discussion, vocabulary-building and word pattern exercises, comprehension questions, grammar lessons and practice exercises, and a writing task. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.

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Neuroscience: Canadian 1st Edition

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Dr William Ju

Editor(s): Georgia Bains, Ingrid Barany, Maksym Shcherbina, Summer Lee

Last updated: 14/09/2024

Neuroscience: Canadian 1st Edition Open Textbook is a comprehensive source that examines the nervous system, neurodegeneration, techniques in studying neuroscience and emerging topics in the field.
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Fundamentals of Addiction – Trauma Informed, Solution Focused Counselling & Case Management

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  8 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Denise Halsey, Sunil Boodhai

Subject(s): Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

Publisher: Affordable Course Transformation: Centennial College 

Last updated: 13/09/2024

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Drugs, Health, Addictions & Behaviour - 1st Canadian Edition

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  3 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Denise Halsey, Sunil Boodhai

Subject(s): Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

Publisher: Affordable Course Transformation: Centennial College 

Last updated: 13/09/2024