Many folks are using this crisis moment as an opportunity to consider what we are doing in our classrooms. Our face-to-face courses have imposed a variety of structures on us (e.g., credit hours) that have shaped our teaching. But, moving towards the fall, we’d like to prompt you to think about it more in terms of the actual time spent doing the work. Think through the work you think is fair for your students to do, think about how much work you can reasonably do – and design accordingly. How much work is too much (or too little) work for my students? How much work is too much work for my TAs or for me? How do I design an online course? This book will help guide your thinking about how best to design your course so it works for everyone, and offers meaningful opportunities for engagement. If you are completely new to teaching online, consider starting with our previous book 12 Key Ideas: An Introduction to Teaching Online.

No matter what your field is, having professional communication skills are essential to success in today’s workplace. This book covers key business communications topics that will help you in your career, including intercultural communication, team work, professional writing, audience analysis and adapting messages, document formatting, oral communication, and more.

Ce manuel a été conçu pour les étudiants inscrits au cours CHM1711 Principes de chimie à l'Université d'Ottawa.

La communication est au cœur des rencontres entre le personnel de la santé et les patients. Cette ressource présente des connaissances et des approches de communication pour mieux servir patients et clients présentant des handicaps intellectuels et développementaux. Elle s’adresse principalement aux étudiants en sciences de la santé mais elle peut aussi intéresser la communauté étudiante en travail social, en psychologie, en éducation et en droit. De plus, plusieurs notions et approches présentées dans ce module sont applicables aux interactions avec des patients ayant des capacités cognitives et communicationnelles atypiques dues à d’autres conditions telles qu’un traumatisme crânien, la démence ou l’aphasie.

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Innovation today considers the economic, environmental, and/or social sustainability of an innovative initiative from its inception or idea generation through to its commercialization or implementation. This concept applies to many types of innovation such as products, processes, services, technologies, and business models. Companies use innovation as a means to gain a competitive advantage and bring value to business stakeholders. This book introduces business innovation, from incremental innovation such as enhancing the performance of an existing product, service, or process, to radical or disruptive innovation such as one that has a significant impact on a market. The content examines how leaders foster a culture of innovation, how companies turn creativity into innovation, and how innovation transforms not only organizations but economies as well.

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Innovation today considers the economic, environmental, and/or social sustainability of an innovative initiative from its inception or idea generation through to its commercialization or implementation. This concept applies to many types of innovation such as products, processes, services, technologies, and business models. Companies use innovation as a means to gain a competitive advantage and bring value to business stakeholders. This book introduces business innovation, from incremental innovation such as enhancing the performance of an existing product, service, or process, to radical or disruptive innovation such as one that has a significant impact on a market. The content examines how leaders foster a culture of innovation, how companies turn creativity into innovation, and how innovation transforms not only organizations but economies as well.

This guide will help you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning environments at Niagara College in addition to your role as a learner within them.As you come to understand yourself as an online learner, you will also be introduced to effective learning strategies: time management for online learners, information management, professional communication, etc.

This resource was written for students working in externship or internship settings, with a focus on social justice or access to justice-focused placements. An externship is simply a placement completed under supervision for credit in an organization such as a law firm, clinic, NGO, or other workplace context. Although the text will be of most immediate use to externship and internship students, it will also be relevant for students working in legal clinics or other law placement settings. This particular text was written for students working in a Canadian context. In Canada, provinces and territories have their own Law Societies. Most references in this text focus on one Canadian province, Ontario, but similar materials and resources are typically available in other provinces and territories. Significant provincial differences will be noted. This text is open source and will be updated over time.

Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity attempts to make the study of literature more than simply another school subject that students have to take. At a time when all subjects seem to be valued only for their testability, this book tries to show the value of reading and studying literature, even earlier literature. It shows students, some of whom will themselves become teachers, that literature actually has something to say to them. Furthermore, it shows that literature is meant to be enjoyed, that, as the Roman poet Horace (and his Renaissance disciple Sir Philip Sidney) said, the functions of literature are to teach and to delight. The book will also be useful to teachers who want to convey their passion for literature to their students. After an introductory chapter that offers advice on how to read (and teach) literature, the book consists of a series of chapters that examine individual literary works ranging from The Iliad to Charles Dickens’ Bleak House. These chapters can not substitute for reading the actual works. Rather they are intended to help students read those works. They are attempts to demystify the act of reading and to show that these works, whether they are nearly three thousand or less than two hundred years old, still have important things to say to contemporary readers.

This book will introduce you to the idea of Open Educational Resources (OER), where to find them, why we recommend using them, and how to go about creating your own.

Mastering Strategic Management is designed to enhance student engagement in three innovative ways. The first is through visual adaptations of the key content in the book. It is well documented that many of today’s students are visual learners. To meet students’ wants and needs (and thereby create a much better teaching experience for professors), Mastering Strategic Management contains multiple graphic concept pages in ever section of every chapter of the book. Think of graphic concept pages as almost like info-graphics for key concepts in each section. This feature sets Mastering Strategic Management apart from any strategic management book on the market today. The second way the authors capture student interest through their textbook is by using a real-world company as the running example in each chapter. For example, Chapter 1 in Mastering Strategic Management utilizes Blackberry to harness the conceptual coverage of the chapter in a running, corporate, application to which students will relate. The third inventive way Mastering Strategic Management holds the attention of strategic management students is through the “strategy at the movies” feature in each chapter that links course concepts with a popular motion picture.

This is a modular open textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses. This book has been updated for Fall 2018. Let us know if you have adopted this book in your classroom!

"Migrations forcées au Canada" se veut un répertoire complet de ressources d’enseignement et d’apprentissage en lien avec les déplacements vers le Canada et au sein même du pays, en passant par la colonisation et l’esclavage, la traite des personnes, l’apatridie, la protection des personnes réfugiées et la réinstallation. Chaque section offre une compilation de ressources multimédias pour présenter les enjeux clés aux personnes étudiantes et chercheuses, ainsi qu’au grand public.

A technician is only as accurate as the measurement equipment they are using. If the equipment is used incorrectly or is faulty, then the measurements will be inaccurate. If the measurements are inaccurate, then the technician will draw the wrong conclusions. To avoid getting inaccurate readings, you need to handle, use, and store meters properly. When you are done using a multimeter, it should always be turned off to extend battery life.

Richard’s intention, after over 60 years of study and field work, was to publish his final thoughts on the subject and make them readily available for all scholars to use, free of cost, wherever they may live. Knowing that his time was limited, and that he would be unable to respond to reviewers’ comments, he chose, of necessity, not to submit his manuscript for peer review. It was his wish that the book be offered as-is.

Médiocre à l’entrée = médiocre à la sortie! explique comment la qualité des textes que vous écrivez se répercute sur la qualité de la traduction de ces mêmes textes, surtout lorsque les traductions proviennent d’outils comme Google Traduction. Apprenez à rédiger vos textes pour en optimiser la traduction : chaque personne qui les lira pourra ainsi tirer le meilleur parti de vos textes, peu importe la langue qu’elle parle.

What makes a ‘nation’ and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This unit will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own.

The purpose of this text is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology enterprise (GIS&T, also known as “geospatial”).

Nutrition et vieillissement : étude de cas explore les liens entre la nutrition et le vieillissement à travers une étude de cas pratique. Cette œuvre offre des perspectives précieuses sur l’impact de l’alimentation sur la santé des personnes âgées, en mettant en lumière le processus de soins nutritionnels et la révision des médicaments. Ce livre permet aux futurs diététiciens de développer leurs compétences en évaluation nutritionnelle, prise de décision clinique et gestion des soins, tout en acquérant une compréhension approfondie des besoins spécifiques des personnes âgées en matière de nutrition.

A curated compilation of essays, suggested readings, and author writings.

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