The Design of Module Content for e-elearning practice

Podcast on curriculum design for e-learning

Material Type: Lecture

Author: David Jennings

Creative Commons Licences Matching Activity

Test your knowledge and match the creative commons licenses interactive.

Material Type: Game, Interactive

Author: Kenneth Leroy Busbee

Permissions Guide for Educators

This guide provides a primer on copyright and use permissions. It is intended to support teachers, librarians, curriculum experts and others in identifying the terms of use for digital resources, so that the resources may be appropriately (and legally) used as part of lessons and instruction. The guide also helps educators and curriculum experts in approaching the task of securing permission to use copyrighted materials in their classrooms, collections, libraries or elsewhere in new ways and with fewer restrictions than fair use potentially offers. The guide was created as part of ISKME's Primary Source Project, and is the result of collaboration with copyright holders, intellectual property experts, and educators.* "Copyright license choice" by opensource.com is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Melinda Newfarmer

Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians

This open access book is tailored to educators and librarians to teach them more about how to use and apply creative commons licenses. The book covers the basics of copyright law and licensing, as well as how to choose, find, and use creative commons licensed materials. There is an entire section of the book specifically dedicated to creative commons for educators and librarians, including chapters on open access to scholarship, open pedagogy, open educational resources, and more.

Material Type: Reading

Author: 2020 Creative Commons

Course Shell for Abnormal Psychology / Psychological Disorders

Course shell in Canvas with modules, course projects and activities, and resources including readings and videos on a variety of topics suitable for class on psychological disorders. Modules include Childhood & Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Mood Disorders, Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Trauma and Stress Related Disorders, and more.

Material Type: Full Course, Syllabus

Author: Laura Lawn

Cultural Anthropology

An introductory cultural anthropology textbook covering all major topics and produced by Lumen Learning.

Material Type: Full Course, Module, Textbook

Authors: Santa Ana College, Tracy Evans

The infant gut microbiota in early life: the impact of maternal HIV infection and breastfeeding

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview: "HIV infection cannot yet be cured, but antiretroviral therapy (ART) dramatically slows disease progression and reduces the risk of transmission to others, including reducing transmission from mother to child during pregnancy. However, children exposed to, but not infected by, HIV in this way have increased risk of childhood infections, slowed growth, and increased mortality. To better understand the mechanism at play, a recent study examined the gut microbiota of over 250 infant-mother pairs in Nigeria. In the first six months of life, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium species was lower in HIV-exposed infants. Among HIV-exposed infants, breastfeeding was beneficial to their growth rate but did not correspond to a higher abundance of Bifidobacterium. In fact, the presence of ART drug metabolites in breastmilk was associated with reduced relative abundance of Bifidobacterium species..." The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading

Diving into Rhetoric

A Rhetorical View of History, Communication, and Composition Short Description: In this text, you'll study the ways that rhetoric and communication developed over time, you'll learn about the different rhetorical tools that are used in effective communication, and you'll learn how to employ those tools in your own compositions. Long Description: In this text, students will be diving into rhetoric. They will study the ways in which rhetoric and communication developed over time, they’ll learn about the different rhetorical tools that are used for effective communication, and they’ll practice using those tools in their own compositions. This text includes a brief history of rhetoric from classical Greece and Rome to modern rhetorical theory. Then, the focus shifts to using rhetorical analysis to identify the elements of rhetoric, including rhetorical appeals, strategies, and devices, used in historical and modern communication. Finally, the text invites students to utilize all they’ve learned to compose their own Rogerian argument on a current topic. With a MA in Rhetoric and Composition and over 20 years experience teaching composition, Dr. Palmer offers a survey of rhetoric that is approachable and affordable for students. Word Count: 63115 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Karen Palmer

Berkeley Unified School District: Garden-Based Learning Curriculum

This curriculum builds upon many years of educating students in the garden and scales up content across grades and lessons for instructional scaffolding. It is designed as an interactive teaching tool to be co-taught with classroom teachers and garden instructors as leads. Each lesson connects directly to standards: Next Generation Science, Common Core State, Physical Education, and Environmental and Health Education. The concise and easy to-follow lessons are a packed 45 minutes for preschool through fifth grade. Flexibility is important, so some lessons include several activities that teachers can choose from to accommodate their lesson plans. Consistency is also important, so lessons follow themes and structures found in the Curriculum Map. 360 pages.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Introduction to Reading Comics & Comics Vocabulary

Video introduction to simple comics reading, how comics are representational, and the vocabulary of comics. Also includes a brief list of the possible jobs in creating a comic such as writer, artist, penciler, and inker.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Theresa Rojas

CTE Health Sciences: Medication Dosage

This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

1, 2, 3 Write!

Short Description: Cover Design: Anne Sigrun 1, 2, 3 Write! provides step-by-step instruction to build college writing skills. It combines comprehensive grammar and mechanics review with sentence, paragraph and essay writing techniques and practice. Links to example essays from professional and student writers demonstrate the skills studied and provide reading and critical thinking opportunities. Long Description: 1, 2, 3 Write! provides step-by-step instruction to build college writing skills. It combines comprehensive grammar and mechanics review with sentence, paragraph and essay writing techniques and practice. Links to example essays from professional and student writers demonstrate the skills studied and provide reading and critical thinking opportunities. Word Count: 34581 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

APA Style for English for Academic Purposes

Short Description: This open booklet is a brief guide to the fundamentals of American Psychological Association (APA) Style 7th edition required for the Education for Academic Purposes (EAP) course and serves as an introductory resource. APA Style for English for Academic Purposes focuses on structure of an APA paper (title page, body, reference page), citations, in-text citations and references. Word Count: 7036 Included H5P activities: 3 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Mary Wuergler

Academic Writing Basics

Short Description: Designed specifically for Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, this Pressbook offers interactive activities and strategies for developing academic writing skills. Learners have the opportunity to review key parts of the writing process from interpreting their assignment instructions, organizing their ideas, drafting their writing, and revising their work. Long Description: Designed specifically for Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, this Pressbook offers interactive activities and strategies for developing academic writing skills. Learners have the opportunity to review key parts of the writing process from interpreting their assignment instructions, organizing their ideas, drafting their writing, and revising their work. Word Count: 6085 Included H5P activities: 8 ISBN: 978-1-9991981-5-2 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Megan Robertson

Women's Health

MHCC - HE 265 Short Description: This openly licensed textbook explores the multidimensional aspects of health and wellness as they overlap the female experience. Reproductive anatomy and physiology (including pregnancy and childbirth), cancer risk, nutrition, fitness, gender and sexuality, self-care, and health ageing are introduced. Long Description: This project was funded by the MHCC Foundation OER Grant Program and published by MHCC Library Press. MARC record available at the end of the book. Word Count: 44998 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Dawn Markell

Pathology Case Study: A Male Newborn with Bruising and Petechia

(This case study was added to OER Commons as one of a batch of over 700. It has relevant information which may include medical imagery, lab results, and history where relevant. A link to the final diagnosis can be found at the end of the case study for review. The first paragraph of the case study -- typically, but not always the clinical presentation -- is provided below.) A male newborn was delivered at gestational age 37 weeks and 1 day via spontaneous vaginal delivery. His teenage mother was G1P1 and received routine antenatal care. His mother's blood type was A- (for which Rhogam treatment was received) and her pregnancy was complicated by preeclampsia.

Material Type: Case Study, Diagram/Illustration

Authors: Alesia Kaplan, Dayne Ashman

Pathology Case Study: A Neonate with Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Progressive Respiratory Failure

(This case study was added to OER Commons as one of a batch of over 700. It has relevant information which may include medical imagery, lab results, and history where relevant. A link to the final diagnosis can be found at the end of the case study for review. The first paragraph of the case study -- typically, but not always the clinical presentation -- is provided below.) The neonate was the product of an uneventful 39-4/7 week pregnancy with normal delivery and adequate initial Apgar scores. Soon after birth, the neonate developed cyanosis, left side pneumothorax and lung parenchymal abnormalities with opacity on x-ray. He expired at 12 days of age in the setting of progressive respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, and finally acute kidney failure. An autopsy revealed normal cardiac anatomy.

Material Type: Case Study, Diagram/Illustration

Authors: Humberto Trejo Bittar, Miguel Reyes-Mugica

OpenStax Maternal-Newborn Nursing Text

Maternal-Newborn Nursing introduces students to the concepts and skills related to pregnancy, birth, postpartum, newborn care, reproductive health, and social determinants related to those topics. Written and thoroughly reviewed by experienced nurse educators, the material focuses on patient safety, mental health, and inclusive care and offers robust real-world scenarios and situational patient education experiences to apply concepts to practice. Maternal-Newborn Nursing builds on the student’s existing knowledge and skills and expands their learning to new concepts and considerations. Students will be able to implement the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model to recognize, analyze, prioritize, create, act on, and evaluate outcomes throughout the many conditions presented across the life stages. The offering integrates core frameworks such as QSEN, and its robust sets of practice questions, unfolding case studies, and additional resources support the Next Generation NCLEX.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Courtney Watson, Debra Hrelic, Emily Langley, JoAnn Peterson, Kelly LaMonica, Leah Elliott, Rachael Mooney, Rachel Hill

Pathology Case Study: A 36-week Dichorionic-Diamniotic Twin Placenta

(This case study was added to OER Commons as one of a batch of over 700. It has relevant information which may include medical imagery, lab results, and history where relevant. A link to the final diagnosis can be found at the end of the case study for review. The first paragraph of the case study -- typically, but not always the clinical presentation -- is provided below.) The patient is an approximately 30-year-old primigravida with an intrauterine dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy. Prenatal ultrasound at 30 weeks gestation showed a multi-cystic mass without fetal parts suspicious for hydatidiform mole (twin A), and one live fetus with normal anatomy (twin B) with a corresponding enlarged, cystic placenta (placenta B). At 36 weeks gestation, the mother developed preeclampsia and preterm labor and delivered one live, morphologically normal female infant (twin B) weighing in the less than tenth percentile. The infant was transferred to the NICU after delivery for low birthweight and prematurity.

Material Type: Case Study, Diagram/Illustration

Authors: Lauren Brilli Skvarca, Stefan Kostadinov

Exosomes from risk factor-exposed uterine cells cause a fetal cell inflammatory response

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview: "Fetal cell-derived exosomes are known to induce inflammatory changes in maternal decidual and myometrial cells to signal parturition. However, maternal cell-derived exosomes and their effects on fetal cells are not well understood. To learn more, researchers recently characterized exosomes from decidual and myometrial cells grown under normal or oxidative stress/inflammatory conditions and assessed these exosomes’ impacts on fetal amnion epithelial cells (AECs) and chorion trophoblast cells (CTCs). The exosomes from both maternal cell types were round and expressed exosome markers. Neither exosome size nor quantity differed between the control group and the groups treated with cigarette smoke extract (CSE) or TNF-α. Numerous proteins were common to all kinds of exosomes, while others were associated with exosomes from a specific cell type or treatment group. Compared with control exosomes, exosomes from exposed maternal cells increased the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from fetal cells..." The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading