Acknowledgements

This open textbook has been compiled, edited and partially adapted by Laura Westmaas in partnership with the OER Design Studio and the Library Learning Commons at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.

This version of the open textbook also includes revisions and original text by Krista Carson. The revisions to this version were made possible through the Integrating OER Program through eCampusOntario’s Open Library.

This work is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted.

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Collaborators

This project was a collaboration between the author and the team in the OER Design Studio at Fanshawe.  The following staff and students were involved in the creation of this project:

  • Andrew Stracuzzi – Faculty Lead, Instructional Design, and Quality Assurance
  • Shauna Roch & Jennifer Ayers – Project Coordination
  • Robert Armstrong – Graphic Design 
  • Davandra Earle  – Ancillary Developer

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