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\n\nHave you found any open projects that you find particularly exciting or interesting? Please feel free to add a project link and description in the shared suggestions document<\/a> below and we'll update this list to include it.\n\n<\/div>\n\"American\n

The American Yawp<\/em><\/h2>\nThis open, multimedia textbook results from a wide-ranging collaboration of authors from an impressive range of universities.\u00a0The American Yawp<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>provides both a primary source reader and athematic overview of American history.\n\nMany of the contributors are from the University of Wisconsin, including Stephen Kantrowitz,\u00a0Jesse Gant, James McKay\u00a0(an ongoing contributor to UW's OER and Pressbooks efforts),\u00a0Simon Balto,\u00a0Megan Falater, Margaret Flamingo, Erin B. Kramer, and\u00a0Naomi R. Williams.\n

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A Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students<\/em><\/h2>\nA Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students<\/em><\/a> is a handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources. Steel Wagstaff of Learning Support Services and Anna Andrejewski, professor of Art History at UW-Madison, were two of the contributors to this text.\n\n \n\n\"literature\n

En<\/em>glish Literature: Victorians and Moderns<\/em><\/h2>\nEnglish Literature: Victorians and Moderns<\/a><\/em>\u00a0provides\u00a0annotated teaching editions of commonly taught texts from Victorian and Modern poetry, fiction,\u00a0and drama. It also provides a series of guided research casebooks which make available numerous published essays from open access books and journals as well as several reprinted critical essays from established journals (shared with the permission of the authors and editors). Designed to supplement the annotated complete texts of three famous short novels, (Henry James\u2019s The Turn of the Screw<\/em>, Joseph Conrad\u2019s Heart of Darkness<\/em>, and Aldous Huxley\u2019s Brave New World<\/em>,) each casebook offers cross-disciplinary guided research topics which will encourage majors in fields other than English to undertake topics in diverse areas, including History, Economics, Anthropology, Political Science, Biology, and Psychology. Selections have also been includedto encourage topical, thematic, and generic cross-referencing. Students will also be exposed to a wide-range of approaches, including new-critical, psychoanalytic, historical, and feminist.\u00a0Finally, the open text contains 3 practical appendices: a glossary of literary terms, detailed instruction in writing about literature, and thorough guidance in documenting the research paper in accordance with current MLA guidelines.\n\nThis is part of the BCcampus Open Textbook Project<\/a>. Dr. James Sexton is the primary author of this text, but multiple other editors and contributors<\/a> took part in the composition process.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n
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Environmental Science Bites (Vols. 1-2)<\/em><\/h2>\nEnvironmental Science Bites\u00a0<\/em>Volume 1<\/a> and Environmental Science Bites <\/em>Volume 2<\/a> are great examples of Open Pedagogy<\/a> in practice.\n

These texts were written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Research Methods in Psychology, Second Edition<\/em><\/h2>\nResearch Methods in Psychology<\/a> <\/em>is\u00a0part of the\u00a0BCcampus Open Textbook Project<\/a> and was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada)Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, and I-Chant A. Chiang.\n\nOne of the noteworthy aspects of this resource is the way that the authors describe the adaptation process that the text has undergone from its initial publication to its current form. You can find this account by navigating to the cover page of the\u00a0Research Methods in Psychology<\/a> <\/em>text and scrolling past the table of contents section to the \"Book Information\" section.<\/strong>\n\n\"lit\n

Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students<\/em><\/h2>\nLiterature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. This text guides readers through the process of developing a research question to locating and evaluating sources to writing a sample literature review using appropriate publication guidelines. The book was produced by\u00a0Linda Frederiksen and Sue F. Phelps\u00a0<\/span>in collaboration with members of the REBUS Open Texbook\u00a0Authoring community<\/a>. It has been peer-reviewed by seven subject experts.\n\nOne of the noteworthy aspects of this text is the inclusion of an accessibility assessment page.<\/a><\/strong>\"cover<\/a>\n

Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness: What Caregivers Need to Know<\/em><\/h2>\nSupporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness<\/a> <\/em>is a multidisciplinary resource that develops topics of interest to those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence-informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio-enabled text boxes emphasizing 'Key Points for Caregivers.' For those who are interested in background knowledge, the authors provide a comprehensive literature base. For those interested mainly in 'what to do,' the authors provide text box summaries that can be accessed in print and audio formats.\u00a0This is part of the BCcampus Open Textbook Project<\/a>.\n\nOne of the noteworthy aspects of this text is the way in which its authors have produced a multimedia resource that can function in multiple formats--(print, epub, pdf, and web).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>For an example of their use of audio interaction symbols and QR codes, visit the first chapter, \"Support Work: The Fundamentals<\/a>.\"\"cover<\/a>\n

Concepts of Biology (1st Canadian Edition)<\/em><\/h2>\nConcepts of Biology<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was curated by\u00a0Charles Molnar and Jane Gair and is intended to be a survey text for college students not (currently) planning to major in biology. This is a richly multimedia textbook.\n\nTwo of the noteworthy aspects of this resource:<\/strong>\n