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I have a faculty member seeking General/Introduction to Chemistry OER materials that would also include online materials such as problem sets, simulations, cases, etc. Any help appreciated.
Ancillary materials for OpenStax Chemistry books are available at:
https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry#resources
https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-atoms-first#resources

Also, various people have started sharing ancillaries here:
https://www.oercommons.org/groups/openstax-chemistry/1064/discussions/
https://www.oercommons.org/groups/openstax-chemistry-atoms-first/1097/discussions/

You might also try ChemWiki for ancillaries:
http://chem.libretexts.org/
http://chem.libretexts.org/LibreTexts/University_of_California_Davis

I use Openstax Chemistry textbook to teach General/Introduction to chemistry.

The textbook has solved examples and unsolved problems for practice ,embedded videos and simulations . This book can be customized to align with the course outcomes.

My colleague, Shawn Shields, has created a wealth of openly licensed short concept videos for her Chem classes here at Germanna to supplement her other OER materials. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaoV5G6Xe2Voq29NQCNWlBA

Any OER chemistry sources for my community college instructor?

Our Chemistry department is already using the Harvey book on this list and is considering ways to move toward some of the others - https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Chemistry

OpenStax has chemistry open textbooks. And, if your college uses Canvas LMS, we created a course shell for the OpenStax texts. For just the text, go to www.OpenStax.org . For the course shells, go into Canvas Commons and search "CCC OEI OpenStax".

For lab handouts, I mostly pick and choose from the Santa Monica College Online Chemistry Lab Manual Which I have had a lot of success with. Other than that, I adapt or write my own labs, which I haven't uploaded as OER explicitly, but I am happy to do so. They're still a work in progress for the most part, but I'll attach some of the more complete/successful ones. Contact Sean Ryland, sryland@ltcc.edu , for the materials

For general chemistry, the OpenStax textbook is available electronically at no cost, or at a very modest (<$100) cost for a fully bound and color printed version. All OpenStax content is now available in fully ADA-compliant mode in CANVAS Commons as well. LibreText and MERLOT also have OER chemistry content available for faculty adoption.
https://chem.libretexts.org/
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

f you are looking for OER for General Chemistry I and II, I would recommend Open Stax as well.
However, if you are looking for an Introduction to Chemistry course, the Open Stax is a little too much for that and would require a lot of modification.
We, Forsyth Technical Community College, created an OER course for Introduction to Chemistry. It has been submitted and approved through the Achieving the Dream Grant. If you would like more information about the introductory level course, let me know.
Dr. Kirsten Williford
Program Coordinator, Physical Sciences
Chemistry Instructor
Forsyth Technical Community College
336-734-7592
kwilliford@forsythtech.edu

Any OER chemistry sources for my community college instructor?

OpenStax has chemistry open textbooks. And, if your college uses Canvas LMS, we created a course shell for the OpenStax texts. For just the text, go to OpenStax.org . For the course shells, go into Canvas Commons and search "CCC OEI OpenStax".
If you are looking for OER for General Chemistry I and II, I would recommend Open Stax as well.
However, if you are looking for an Introduction to Chemistry course, the Open Stax is a little too much for that and would require a lot of modification.

We, Forsyth Technical Community College, created an OER course for Introduction to Chemistry. It has been submitted and approved through the Achieving the Dream Grant. If you would like more information about the introductory level course, let me know.

If you are using Canvas, Maricopa Millions has published three chemistry courses via Canvas Commons. You can find them by using the search tag "MMOER."

I was wondering if anyone has adopted BCcampus' Introductory Chemistry - 1st Canadian Edition (https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c7025f6b-f32b-4d0a-865e-f473d9f98fb6&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Chemistry)
and can share what is "Canadian" about it and whether it would be suitable for US adoption?
In your opinion would a US faculty member need to make substantial edits?

In answer to your question about what is Canadian about Introduction to Chemistry - 1st Canadian edition, the adapting author,
Dr. Jessie Key, states: "The only real efforts to 'Canadianize' it was to remove some of the questions with imperial units
(there may still be some present), and to add topics which would be covered in a Canadian introductory chemistry course.
Also, by default, I did use Canadian spelling for any content I wrote."
This was one of the first major adaptations embarked on by BCcampus Open Education
(referred to as the B.C. Open Textbook Project at the time).
With time, we developed a more comprehensive guide for Canadianizing open textbooks including adding Canadian content,
replacing examples with Canadian ones, and using Canadian spelling (see Appendix 3: Canadian Spellings and Word List in the
Self-Publishing Guide).
To read what other changes were made to the Introduction to Chemistry - 1st Canadian edition adaptation, see the
Metadata section at the bottom of the online home page of this textbook.

We have a faculty member looking for ancillary materials for an Introduction to Chemistry course. He is interested mainly in Power Point slides and test banks.
I have been able to find some materials looking through this listserv's archive:
http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/oer/oerlistfromlistserve.htm#Chemistry < http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/oer/oerlistfromlistserve.htm#Chemistry > .
However, he is adapting the textbook published by the Saylor Foundation ( https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introductory-chemistry ), and would like to know if there are materials out there that were developed specifically for that textbook.

We, the LibreTexts, have integrated that text and ungraded it a bit into
our chemistry library ( chem.libretexts.org ). We haven't prepared a slide
deck (yet), but will do so soon as part of out comprehensive mandate for
chemistry. We have collected a lot of questions over the years (public
and private) for use as a test bank.

The professor is welcome to use the OpenStax ancillaries for Chemistry or Chemistry Atoms First, even if he isn’t using our texts.
Chemistry (Note, sometime this year we’ll publish a second edition of this book): https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry?Instructor%20resources
Atoms First Chemistry: https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-atoms-first?Instructor%20resources
He’ll need to create an account and be verified as a faculty member for some of the resources. He can do that here: https://accounts.openstax.org/signup

Is anyone privy to some good General Chemistry I & II lab manuals and/or textbooks? We are currently using https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e . Any leads are greatly appreciated!

You mean beside the Chemistry library of the LibreTexts with the largest collection of chemistry OER on the net?
https://chem.libretexts.org/

Hi Chris, you can browse Oregon's chemistry adoptions here: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=chemi

Does anyone have some resources or textbooks or manuals for Chemistry Lab Courses?

We have a lot to pick from
https://chem.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=lab+manual&type=wiki
and individual labs are here:
https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Laboratory_Experiments
Several of these are wired into our ADAPT homework system.

I am searching for some good power points for the following textbook: Gen Chem II - OpenStax

Check in OER Common's OpenStax hub. There are lots of resources for the text.
https://oercommons.org/groups/openstax-chemistry-2e/1064/?__hub_id=27

OpenStax Chemistry 2e comes with various free instructor resources, including PowerPoint slides! You can find those here.
You will need to create an instructor account to access these resources.

Does anyone have a lead on a homework system for general chemistry that's similar to Active Chemistry?
Our faculty are using an OpenStax book, but students are still paying for access to the Active Chemistry homework system,
and we'd love to get them connected with an OER resource instead. They've explored options to build them in MyOpenMath and
WeBWork, but don't have capacity to take on the project right now.

We (LibreTexts) have been building a OER homework system called ADAPT
( https://adapt-promo.libretexts.org/ )
for the past four year thanks to support from the State of California. In fact, we focused on gen chem first
(I am a Prof of Chem at University of California, Davis BTW).
The system include IMathAS (the tech around MyOpenMath), Webwork, H5P, and native question (including an organic chemistry sketcher).
We have been expanding the chemistry corpus extensively from open-source libraries and from our own.
You can see some of the problems here (including the molecular sketcher):
https://adapt.libretexts.org/students/assignments/73558/init-formative
It is a freely available question bank for all verified users so your faculty can start looking at the questions immediately (once verified).
Using it as a submission platform requires some buy-in by at a very low price (we operate at cost as part of our mission).
We did a recent informal overview for an OpenEducationGlobal chat last week:
https://x.com/OpenEdGlobal/status/1852380096549531749
Let me know if you need any more details. The project has been growing like gangbusters recently.
Regards,
Delmar

Organic Chemistry

I have a professor working on moving an organic chemistry course to OER. He’ll be using the LibreText books but needs some help with assignments.
Anyone have any resources they can send my way? Homework sets, prompts, anything like that will help. We discussed project-based assignments to make grading easier.

We have been collecting OER ochem questions for a while on the LibreTexts and have started to migrate them into the new ADAPT system. This is the first step to building a more o-chem oriented technology akin to openOchem.

We have already integrated the questions from Soderberg's Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis (Soderberg) text into ADAPT (although they are mostly open-ended, i.e., not part of the autograded setup). We have started to migrate the more traditional questions into ADAPT and this summer we will be building the complete question databank to accompany McMurray's textmap (a OER version of the commercial text that is under developement).
Moreover, several repositories of GOB questions have been integrated, which include a range of basic ochem questions.

If any of these are of interest to you, please contact me directly and I can showcase them to you.
Regards,
Delmar

One of my chemistry faculty is heavily involved with OER, and has the following suggestions:
Here are a couple:
A - http://www.openochem.org/ooc/
B - https://organic.101edu.co/
C - https://wwnorton.knowledgeowl.com/help/smartwork
A is open source. C is the best right now, it’s my goto and not expensive but is for-pay. B was just released and (while I haven’t played with it) looks awesome (also for-pay).
A has classic problems, C is great for mechanisms, B can be used for active learning in lecture or online (plus quizzes, hw, and more).

I have an instructor who wants to start utilizing OER in his Organic Chemistry online classes.
He (previously) has been using SmartBook and ALEX – he will need OER materials and including “a drawing tool”
– I am including the course descriptions of the two classes for your perusal.
CHM 221 – Organic Chemistry I
This is the first course in a two-semester sequence.
Topics in this course include nomenclature, structure, physical and chemical properties, synthesis,
and typical reactions for aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic compounds with special emphasis on reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
Laboratory is required and will include the synthesis and confirmation of representative organic compounds with emphasis on basic techniques.
CHM 222 – Organic Chemistry II
This is the second course in a two-semester sequence.
Topics in this course include nomenclature, structure, physical and chemical properties, synthesis, and typical reactions for aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic,
and biological compounds, polymers and their derivatives, with special emphasis on reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
Laboratory is required and will include the synthesis and confirmation of representative organic compounds with emphasis on basic techniques.

We have a range of Ochem content/texts in our chemistry library:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?mode=visual&search=%22organic%20chemistry%22&library=&subject=&location=all&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&cid=&sort=random
We have been building these for 15+ years and look forward to expand them when the McMurry text is available very soon.
Although the Morsch text is a map of McMurry's text.
As for drawing. We just received a State of California grant to expand the ADAPT homework system into many STEM fields.
The first year (starting this summer) will be involve chemistry and we have the plans setup for expanding with molecular drawing tools (as part of ochem assessments)
along with other tech advancements.

I am writing to see if anyone is aware of a laboratory manual to accompany the Openstax Organic Chemistry book.
I have a professor wanting to utilize the book, but is having trouble finding suitable materials for the full course – especially the second semester.
We've found a lab manual from Moravian College (authors Libby & Libby), as well as Nichols' Organic Chemistry Laboratory Techniques.
Any other resources we should be considering?

We have our ochem labs in a mini-repository rather than a formalized lab manual on our LibreTexts platform:
Check out here:
https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Laboratory_Experiments/Wet_Lab_Experiments/Organic_Chemistry_Labs

We recommend the following high quality, OER lab manuals and resources for Organic Chemistry:
Early topics: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/369
Survey of organic chemistry: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17kCOjwvFzr1BUhUZRl5SHJ09CUedmvaR
Lab techniques: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/369

Communications

Hi Amanda, Oregon instructors are using these resources:
Public Speaking: The Virtual Text http://publicspeakingproject.org/
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking (Saylor) https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=77

I recently did a similar search for our comm studies department. Below is what I found. I don’t know anything about these texts, but there may be something useful here:
https://courses.candelalearning.com/catalog/lumen
https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=df4d269a-aaa6-47dd-9cb3-4f4eb381154f&contributor=&keyword=&subject=
they seem to have others; this is just one example
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=8
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=238
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=143
they have more; this is just what came up for "communication" (which is the query I used; there may be a better one)
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/textbook-listings/textbooks-by-subject/languagesandcommunications
this is a list of various options
https://legacy.saylor.org/comm311/Intro/

In addition to Amy and Suzanne’s excellent suggestions, I would recommend that you look at the California Open Online Library (Cool4ed.org) site since Public Speaking (COMM 110 in California) was selected as one of the top 50 college courses. The CA OER Council has posted faculty peer reviews for 5 open or low-cost textbooks for COMM 110. Also, one of the faculty showcases linked to the site is from a community college instructor who has adopted one of these open textbooks in her Fundamentals of Public Speaking course. http://cool4ed.org/reviews.html
Scroll down to Public Speaking (alphabetical order by subject.)

Has anyone found a good Interpersonal Communications textbook? Most of the ones I’ve found have focused on business interpersonal communications.

Hello Lori, I am using the following two books to teach an oral communication course
http://publicspeakingproject.org/psvirtualtext.html
https://www.scribd.com/document/336503411/A-Primer-on-Communication-Studies

We’re looking for the same course. Here’s what we found:
https://courses.candelalearning.com/interpersonalcommunicationxmaster/ This is what they're using at Bunker Hill CC.

I’m working on developing a new class for undergraduate Intercultural Communication and would prefer to use open resources. Anyone have any ideas?

Chapter 8 is an introductory start:
http://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/
OER Commons has a few:
https://www.oercommons.org/
search “intercultural communication”

I've been trying to track down potential materials for a Communications class titled "Argumentation: Analysis of Oral and Written Communication". I've been able to find a number of items which deal with argumentation but they are usually designed for Philosophy classes. Does anyone have suggestions of materials for critical thinking which are more geared to an approach heavier on speaking and analysis of oral communication?

Our argumentation and debate faculty is using "Influencing Through Argument” https://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/Influencing%20through%20argument.pdf

That said, I am not actually sure of the copyright on this material because there are two places online you can find it, one is the link above that takes you to the book and one takes you to a page that says the book is not available online any longer and has an Amazon link.

I would love to hear what others are using as I am in Communication Studies and working on compiling OERs in the discipline.

On the verso page of that file (4th page in this case) it shows a traditional copyright in 2005 held by Alfred C. Snider.

Hi Kristie and Wil, The San Bernadino Community College has compiled a list of OER by subject and the one for Comm Studies is quite exhaustive. The link is: https://www.valleycollege.edu/open-education-resources/faculty/communication_studies.php

Our Comm Studies folks use “Logical Reasoning” for their Argument and Debate class.
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/d/dowdenb/4/logical-reasoning.pdf

Hi, A college and I are hoping to use the Open Textbook Library book - Communication in the Real World: An introduction to Communication Studies https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=274 for our Fundamentals of Oral Comm class. Does anyone know if there is an OER test bank available for it?

I don’t have a test bank. I am using it as an Interpersonal book. I added a communication climate chapter to it and posted my remix to Academia.edu. I got in touch with the helpful librarians at U Minnesota. They shared the Word source files. I highly recommend that you start your project with those files. Feel free to email me backchannel for more info.

Thanks, Jason. In case useful to you or others -- Andy Schmitz has HTML .zip files for a version of the text at https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/a-primer-on-communication-studies/
Editing Word files is easier, but if anyone needs to copy/paste just sections or wants to re-upload somewhere, the HTML could be useful.
This is the same book under a different title, which Schmitz explains here: https://2012books.lardbucket.org/

Seeking OER with ancillaries like slides and quizzes for the following community college courses:
COMM 100 (CI-D JOUR 100) Mass Media and Society and
COMM 111 Introduction to Popular Culture classes
So far I have been searching LibreText and found
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Journalism_and_Mass_Communication/Book%3A_Mass_Communication_Media_and_Culture
and
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Journalism_and_Mass_Communication/Book%3A_Media_Society_Culture_and_You_(Poepsel)
Having trouble finding OER for popular culture.

Here are assignment guidelines, learning guides, and other resources for a Popular Culture in the US course that I taught--all should have CC licenses.

Folder of learning materials & such
YouTube playlist of course videos with CC license (I can get the powerpoints if useful)

OpenStax's Writing Guide with Handbook would be a strong fit for the Mass Media and Society course.
This free, openly licensed textbook comes with free instructor resources including lecture slides, an instructor's manual, and LMS course cartridges.
The book also comes with a student toolkit featuring scaffolded writing frames, exercises, explanations,
and examples to assist with mastering key skills and the portfolio assignment for each chapter.

I have an OER knowledgeable professor who has done a bit of looking on her own and is still in need of an OER on the following Communication Theory topics.
"What I need is a textbook that covers communication models, communication history, the research paradigms/traditions,
and then a sample of the major theories in the discipline (i.e. specific theories in public discourse, interpersonal, rhetoric, group, organizational, etc.)."

Hi Sally, has your author looked at the ASCC OERI Comm collection? We have a few potential starting points listed:
https://asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-and-communication-studies/

As a complement to Shagun's suggestion, you can see the books in our (LibreTexts) Communications bookshelf:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication
But more importantly, the search on the library will search through the entire library (page by page and paragraph by paragraph) so specific topics can be found easily.
For example:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Special:Searchqid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=Communications&type=wiki
This is the power of centralization combined with searching. We expect this will be a bit more powerful with the new AI search/tutor that we will release soon.

Maybe the following text from College of the Canyons?
The table of contents does seem to match what you describe, and it's available in both PDF and Word, in case the instructor wants to adapt:
Process of Communication

Broadcast Copywriting
I’m looking for OER on broadcast copywriting. The course is intended to teach students to write creative radio, television, and web commercials.

The "Creating" chapters of Red & Yellow's eMarketing book might have some useful content for you:
https://www.redandyellow.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RY_eMarketing_ed7.pdf
https://www.redandyellow.co.za/textbook/

Communication Between the Sexes
A COMM-126 instructor is seeking to expand the scope of the course materials beyond binary gender categories for ‘Communication Between the Sexes.’

You might check out Jimena Alvarado's Everyday Social Justice site: https://www.everydaysocialjustice.com/complete-courses/introduction-to-womens-studies

The instructor might also be interested in The Gender Spectrum Collection of stock photos featuring non-binary and trans models, developed as a response to under- (or non-) representation of these communities in existing imagery.
It's not an OER or textbook equivalent by any means, but it seems extremely relevant to the topic areas you listed.

Fiber Optics
I have a prof who is looking for OER - ideally a book, but I'm open to other OER, on the subject of Fiber Optics. I've checked all the usual suspects, so I'm sortta hoping there is a hidden gem out there that someone can point out to me.

A few resources that might be helpful here:
https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/fiber-optics/ (Teacher outreach program, funded by Dept of Energy, but couldn’t find a CC License)
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-fibre-optic-cable-clas (an interactive lab focused on K-12 but interesting, cc-by))
Review on Developments in Fiber Optical Sensors and Applications (Open Access Journal)
PHYS102: Introduction to Electromagnetism, Unit 7, Optics (Saylor.org , cc-by)

Our Physics and Engineering LibreTexts libraries have a range of pages focusing on the topic; these can be remixed/customized depending on the level of remix you are looking for:

https://phys.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=fiber+optics&type=wiki
https://eng.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=fiber+optics&type=wiki

Let me know if you need more information; my day job involves operating a couple heavy-duty optics labs.

Intercultural Communications
I’m oh so close to securing a communication class and thus am on the hunt for an intercultural communication book. Any recommendations?

This is the intercultural book I am reviewing. I have never used it before but it looks promising.

Lee, C.C. (2015) Internationalizing “International Communication.” available at https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=nmw;c=nmw;idno=12748916.0001.001;rgn=full%20text;view=toc;xc=1;g=dculture

I have a faculty member looking to replace her text, Communication Between Cultures that she currently uses in a 100 and 200 level Intercultural Communications course. The focus is more I would say draws more from Cultural Sociology and Anthropology at the 100-200 level rather than a linguistics approach.
A TBCC instructor is using Diversity and Difference in Communication (Open Learn) along with supplemental readings.

A speech instructor is interested in finding OERS for an interpersonal Communication speech class. The class description is as follows:
This course introduces the practices and principles of interpersonal communication in both one-on-one and group settings. Students will study how the individual characteristics of the speaker and the environment can influence the way we communicate.

You can find our Interpersonal Communications text at:
https://www.canyons.edu/academics/onlineeducation/ztc/textbooks.php
Scroll down to “Communications.” Please let me know if you’d like to receive a Word file of the book.

From a COMM prof who worked on a OER text a couple of years ago:
[We use] the following OER for Interpersonal. It does include a combination of public speaking and interpersonal, so we direct students to the relevant chapters. Feel free to share this information.
https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/

Hi all --- I'm working on a Z-Degree project via an NDUS Fellowship Grant here in North Dakota. I've been digging up substitutes for faculty to consider, and I've run into a few topics that appear to not have any obvious OER pieces. Please prove me wrong! :-) (Intercultural Communication)

Sybil, For Intercultural Communication, there is a new textbook titled Exploring Intercultural Communication by Tom Grothe from Butte College on LibreTexts.
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Butte_College/Exploring_Intercultural_Communication_(Grothe)

International Relations

I have a faculty interested in an OER Textbook for Introduction to International Relations.

A faculty member at BCC has modified this text and included pictures, videos, and some revised content:
https://www.e-ir.info/2017/01/09/international-relations-theory/
Her adaption is in a Canvas shell at the moment because she wants to do some additional work on it this summer but if you'd like to look at it I can put you in touch with her.

I use the free, "open access" but seemingly not OER:
https://www.e-ir.info/publication/beginners-textbook-international-relations/
There are more:
https://www.e-ir.info/publications/

Interpersonal Communications
I am on the hunt for Interpersonal Communications OER. Here is a sample course description for IC:
This course is designed to help students analyze the principles of verbal and nonverbal transactions that occur in personal and professional interpersonal contexts. This course gives students the opportunity to apply theory and research findings into practical skills within interpersonal relationships.

Not a new text but I recently transferred the Flatworld IP text (modified for a quarter system IP class) to Pressbooks. Includes native glossary and footnotes.
http://textbooks.whatcom.edu/cmst210/
Its clonable and no copyright on the modifications or technical updates.
(But watch for the language around how genders communicate. It’s very binary.)

Mass Media
I'm searching for an updated and trusted OER for a Survey of Mass Media course. The instructor is currently using:
Media and Culture, Mass Comm in a Digital Age (Cambell, R & Martin, C.R.) 12th Ed (Bedford & Martin) 2019.
Both faculty who teach our mass media course primarily use Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication (2016)
however both faculty state that they use this text for the historical context only, as it covers traditional media well and supplement the text with current events
beyond the evolution of television. They both utilize research journals, articles, and videos to supplement the learning,
and find that students enjoy this method best as well and have had positive feedback from their students in regard to this format for its use of open pedagogy,
adaptability to what is happening in the media/culture in the moment, and utilizing different formats of text, audio, and visual formats to deliver the content.

Coastline College also offers a pdf of the OER textbook as well which is a good option for printing capabilities.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/143
https://documents.coastline.edu/Distance%20Learning/Open-Edu-Resources/MCOM%20C100%20Understanding-Media-and-Culture.pdf

Several Communication & Media faculty at my institution are just finishing up publication on a new OER, Media and Power.
It has a media literacy focus but may have some applicable content for Mass Media. The preview version has been available for some time and it's available for adoption.
I anticipate adding one more module; ancillaries (slides) are forthcoming as well. Let me know if you have any questions.

I can recommend Introduction to Communication and Media Studies by JJ Sylivia IV, from Fitchburg State University (Mass.).
It is a product of the ROTEL Project.

Media Design
My colleague and I are trying to wrap up a competency on visual design for our freshman level Workplace Communication class. We have found great OER resources for technical writing, and have adjusted those sources for our students, but we can’t seem to find any resources for creating visual design in terms of fliers or brochures (either print or digital). I realize this isn’t a thriving part of digital media, but it’s a great way to teach students about visual design by introducing an achievable low-stakes task. If you have any OER resources that you’ve used or any resources you’ve designed for this competency, we would greatly appreciate your input.

Hi Tammy, would this help?
Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud, Revised Edition
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/digitalfoundations/

Nonverbal Communications

Can anyone recommend some resources, or an entire course for OER in non-verbal communication?

Check this out: http://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/chapter/4-2-types-of-nonverbal-communication/
I've also found that developing a taxonomy of nonverbal communication is a great way to draw on students' existing knowledge. With a little help from structures (like those in the above page) students can often reflect on and identify various forms of nonverbal communication in their experiences, and communicate about that to their peers.

Public Speaking

Greetings all! I am in the midst of doing some sleuthing regarding the OER being used in our system for public speaking.
In the rare instances that I can actually see what OER is in use, the text "Stand Up, Speak Out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking" has been what is in use.
I came across one instance where a $40 digital version of the 2nd edition of this text was in use - which I am guessing is copyrighted.
I'm curious as to whether anyone has compared the 1st and 2nd edition - or if someone has created their own 2nd edition.
I hope that makes sense - I thought I'd ask the broader community before I harassed my comm studies colleagues -
or paid the $40 to get whatever that gets me - so I could see for myself. Inquiring minds - at least this one - want to know...

That particular title was originally published in 2011 by Flatworld with an open license (CC BY-NC-SA).
A few years ago, Flatworld was purchased by new owners who changed the business model: https://news.elearninginside.com/oer-flatworld-textbook-market/ .

The original books are still openly licensed, since CC licenses are irrevocable, and have been kept alive by various people and organizations.
The University of Minnesota has been particularly dedicated to keeping these texts alive, though they have removed Flatworld as publisher,
apparently at Flatworld's request. Here's Minnesota's copy of the 1st edition, which is OER and was published using the Pressbooks platform:
https://open.lib.umn.edu/publicspeaking/ .
It also has an entry at the Open Textbook Library with faculty reviews that give you some sense of the content and its relevance:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/77

Flatworld subsequently produced a second edition of this title (released in 2016), which is available for sale from their website.
You can see the Table of Contents and other information about it at
https://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/wrench_2_0-stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking-2-0#table-of-contents .
A description of changes made for the second edition can be found at
https://scholar.flatworldknowledge.com/books/30175/wrench_1.0-ch00pref .
I presume that this is the book that's showing up for $40 in your system catalog?
I don't want to stir up a can of worms, but I'm curious as to whether they claim copyright for this second edition
(it isn't clear anywhere on the site that I could see), and if so, whether doing so would violate the CC license of the original.
Probably a question for others to take up, if they feel so inclined. I certainly appreciate the quality of the Flatworld books that I've seen in the past,
so don't want to cast any aspersions on them as an organization.

It's one of the old Flat World Knowledge texts.
Original version was published under CC BY-NC-SA licence in 2011.
That version became NOT for attribution at the request of Flatworld after the freemium business model ended and they went with low cost publishing model.

The 2nd edition by the authors and publisher was published in 2016. Description of revisions are on this link:
https://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/wrench_2_0-stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking-2-0

University of Minnesota released their own formatted version of the 2011 text. https://open.lib.umn.edu/publicspeaking/front-matter/publisher-information/

Long time reader, first time poster.
I have a professor looking to replace her introductory public speaking text-but she'd like something with built in assessments.
Is that something any of you have seen/used?
I see a lot of textbook options but not with those kinds of bells and whistles.
Outside of this "everything I get from my current textbook company" question, how about just a great public speaking text you or your faculty use?

We - the LibreTexts team - added assessments for "Stand up, Speak out -
The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking" into our ADAPT homework
system. They are mostly open-ended now, but can be switched to
auto-graded in an hour or two (our plan):
https://adapt.libretexts.org/students/courses/744/assignments/anonymous-user
with texts in the SocialSci library:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking
We were uploading the questions for a different public speaking project
a few weeks ago; I am unsure of the status, but I can find out.
ADAPT does allow for audio upload, which is a different form than
standard homework assessments (used for foreign language and music courses).

You can see what's in use in Oregon via the Open Oregon Resources page ( https://openoregon.org/resources ).
Right now it's a little messy to look for all public speaking courses because we have 4 prefixes in use (!).
So I recommend doing a control-F for COM , COMM , SP , and SPE . Including the space after the characters in your search string
will get you there more easily. Entries with a check mark include ancillaries. You can filter for this with the checkbox at the top of the page.

We use https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Communication/Public_Speaking/Public_Speaking_(The_Public_Speaking_Project)

Several of my institution's faculty are currently working on a basic public speaking text.
They intend to eventually create ancillaries, but those will come later. The text, Communication for College, Career, and Civic Life,
is due out in 2023 and will take approaches focusing on DEI, information literacy, and digital technology.
If you'd like me to get you in touch with the authors, feel free to let me know.

Visual Communication

We have an instructor looking for a text for Visual Communication

Two Oregon instructors are using Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning by Pamela Sachant, Peggy Blood, Jeffery LeMieux, and Rita Tekippe. Published by University System of Georgia, University of North Georgia Press: http://oer.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=arts-textbooks

Computer and Information Science

AutoCAD

I am teaching CAD 153 (Intermediate AutoCAD)
I am looking to find projects whereby I may use our 3D printer in this CAD course.
The highlight of CAD 153 is creating CAD drawings that use GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance). GD&T created prints are used in manufacturing. This ensures that manufactured products adhere to specific dimensions and tolerances.
Since our CNC machine class is not running this semester, I was hoping to use our 3D printer as a substitute.

If you haven't yet done so, you might want to check Skills Commons. Below is one of the resources I found:
CAD 262 3D Printing
Provides the student with the ability to blend the virtual and real design worlds together through the use of 3D Scanning, 3D CAD Modeling, and 3D Printing.

C++

For C++ specifically, there is:
Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++
There is now a second edition of that resource that includes matching examples in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Swift. See:
Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach, 2nd Edition
There are also plenty of free but not open programming language resources available online. SoloLearn is very good. I also recommend FreeCodeCamp, W3Schools, and TutorialsPoint.

Computer Concepts and Applications

An instructor teaching the courses below wishes to go OER. If you know any textbooks or other resources that might work, please email me directly at sda...@coastline.edu. I'll compile a list and send it back out to the listserv.

Thank you!
Scott Davis
OER coordinator, Coastline

***

CST 232 Ethical Hacking
This course is a survey of the ethical and legal issues pertaining to security testing. It will demonstrate how to use tools that can be used to gain information about a computer network, how to recognize that the tools are being used, and how to defend a network against those attacks.

CST 245 Computer Forensics
Introduction to Computer Forensics Investigations. The class will cover such topics as how to recognize that a computer crime has occurred and steps follow when acquiring, authenticating, and analyzing data on a compromised system. Hands-on portion will explore the use of several Computer Forensics
tools.

CST 260 CISSP
This course covers the ten domains of information security known as the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). Completing this course does not guarantee CISSP certification; however, the course addresses the test objectives defined by (ISC)2 for the CISSP examination.

The only real *free* things I know are videos on http://www.securitytube.net/ and if local libraries (or your college) has a subscription tosafaribooksonline.com (my local library does, and many universities do, I highly recommend it), they have some decent CISSP books too.
My suggestions for OPEN (OER) for computer science and networking is to take a search at the Saylor.org site. All of their materials have a creative commons license so are OPEN. They have at least 20 Computer Science courses from Intro to Computer Science, Programming in C++, Datbases, Networking, Information Security, Cryptography, etc. https://learn.saylor.org/course/index.php?categoryid=9

All of these materials can be re-used freely. Here is more information about their OPEN policy:
http://www.saylor.org/open/

The second suggestion would be to search SKILLS COMMONS. This is the OER Repository for the TAACCCT grants which were all community college grants targeted at career retraining and requiring material developed to be OER. In some quick searching I found this course developed by David Rigor at Moraine Valley Community College. The materials have a Creative Commons License Attribution or the least restrictive license allowing you to reuse, remix, revise, retain, redistribute.
https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/5382
Maybe the Cybrary is worth a look. Not textbooks but lots of resources.

Do any of you know any OER or perhaps free resources for learning code and creating apps?
Apple has just released a free, open source coding curriculum for Swift, their IOS programming language. HCC is offering this training now: http://hccs.edu/coders
Here's the link to the Apple "Everyone Can Code" site, https://www.apple.com/everyone-can-code/ , which includes links to learning more about their free "Get Started with Code" curriculum as well as learning more about their "Swift Playgrounds" curriculum and their "Apple Development with Swift" curriculum.
I also came across a "Game Development and Programming for Beginners" course, CC BY SA, in OER Commons, here at https://www.oercommons.org/courses/001-beginner-gamedev-coding (abstract begins: "How to make a game app from scratch?")

I was wondering if anyone has found Creative Commons licensed resources for instruction of Microsoft Office 2013 (or newer). I think GCFLearnFree is a great resource, but it is not technically OER (and won’t work for our Z Degrees) without that CC license. I did find an open textbook for Excel, but that is about it. Lumen’s Information Literacy course does have some Microsoft Office information, but in the form of video tutorials. Is there anything else out there?

Lumen actually has a brand new open course in this area - https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-compapp/ . Much of the content is original. All the original content is CC BY. The content is fully attributed.
In addition to the static content available at the link above, there's also a Waymaker version of the course available. (If you don't know what that means, see http://lumenlearning.com/what/waymaker/ .)--

I have an instructor who is hoping to find OER for the course we call Microcomputer Operating Systems. It is a 100-level course. I am finding some okay sources to cover bits and pieces, but keep thinking I must be missing something! If anyone knows of an instructor using OER for a course like this, I’d love to see what they’re using. Thank you!

We used to teach an operating systems course similar to that. We updated it / replaced it with IT Fundamentals, a course that targets the CompTIA entry-level certification of the same name.
For an OER course on IT Fundamentals, see:
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/IT_Fundamentals
It typically shows up as #3 on a Google search for that topic, ahead of any other textbook on the subject. CompTIA called me once asking about the course. They recommend it themselves if they have someone who can't afford to buy their materials.

As an adjunct, I teach a course called “Computer Concepts and Applications” that most, if not all programs require (it’s the general tech ed requirement). I am considering the possibility of creating an OER textbook (or at the very least review/study tool) to replace the $200 plus textbook that most instructors (including myself) use.
The outline (and our college’s course requirements) are listed in this Google Doc. Any feedback, suggestions, ideas, etc. would be greatly appreciated. (i.e. should this be a textbook or supplemental guide, would you like to see specific topics I don’t have listed, should I remove topics listed…)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18JuL8EKIR0iKTVskU6NH293ECJEzU--arDxvaijOzbE/edit?usp=sharing
Should I choose to move forward with this project, and you would like to lend assistance and/or provide feedback at the end of the project, let me know! I’ll compile a list and make notification; should this pan out. Of course, I will provide the final product to this listserv for everyone to use, should they desire. Go ahead and email me individually rather than a reply all/reply to the listserv.

There are a few openly licensed courses already in use in Oregon that you might be able to use as a starting point:
http://elearning.linnbenton.edu/course/view.php?id=3130
https://bluecc.instructure.com/courses/516
https://elearning.linnbenton.edu/course/view.php?id=3979
Related readings that are being used in Oregon:
http://computerscience.chemeketa.edu/cs160Reader/
https://opentextbc.ca/dbdesign01/

A colleague is looking for OERs for two CIS courses:
Introduction to Windows
and
Google Applications

We are currently harvesting a resource in the LibreTexts that can help (from Minnesota) as part of a great CIS OER we are building for Los Rios CC district:
https://workforce.libretexts.org/Under_Construction/Book%3A_Computer_Fundamentals_for_Technical_Students_(Heisserer)
We are still polishing for accessibility, cross referencing to the centralized framework, and adding the dynamic glossary, but it should be good to go.
All the pages are fully remixable as OER should be.

Here are two course shells created in Oregon that are relevant: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=windows

I’m seeking resources for a course called Technical Computer Applications.
Course Description: An introduction to computers, elements of computer hardware and software and how they are used in the workplace, and the social impact of computers.
Hands-on introduction and development of general computer skills for technical programs such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation applications, and email.
SLOs:
Create and modify files using Microsoft Office programs.
Analyze the formatting needs of a specific Microsoft Office file to improve its appearance.
Identify the appropriate software applicable to their trade industry and explain its use.

Hi Sally, you might check out this open course shell from Oregon: https://bluecc.instructure.com/courses/516

Agreed on GCF Global. For a course designed around GCF Global learning activities, see
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/IC3

1. On windows, there’s this one:
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/basic-computing-using-windows/view
2. Computer Applications for Managers:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:36a3c59a-b352-4e1e-9b47-752b70f7349d#pageNum=1
3. Computer Fundamentals for Technical Students. I believe I sent this one already but … this is for Windows and basic IT stuff:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0ce16585-8fd7-46bf-9edf-ff46d1844e3f#pageNum=1

I'm working with a faculty member to determine what would be involved in getting her course to zero-cost and the sticking point
appears to be the need for SAM365.
It is described as follows:
SAM Challenge 365/2019 is an Exam only assessment tool that tests essential Microsoft Office and computer concepts skills
at the pre and/or post-assessment stage to assess your students level of proficiency, prior to enrollment,
on the first day of class or at the end of the course. Students engage in a hands-on environment, then apply their skills to real-world applications.
Auto-graded assignments and flexible reporting tools saves instructors time and energy.

I use GFC Global. It is not the same as SAM365. However, you can have students complete the quizzes at the end of each training through their
GFC Global accounts and submit their final scores. Example: There are 35 tutorials for Microsoft Word and a final tutorial quiz.
I also use it for assignments, but I have to grade those.
If anyone has a better tool or way to implement GFC Global better, I would love to hear your ideas.

Later this year, OpenStax is releasing a new free, online, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbook named Workplace Software and Skills.
This textbook is designed to support a variety of courses covering computer literacy, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite applications.
It also combines studio learning and guided practice with scaffolded activities to equip students with the technological skills
necessary to succeed in today’s workforce.
A sample of the text is available here:
https://openstax.org/details/books/workplace-software-skills .

As with everything, the textbook publishers are getting more and more outrageous to work with.
I have converted all of my courses to OER with the exception of my Computer Concepts and Applications course, because it centers around Office 365.
My ask - I am looking for OER materials for this course which could include Word Processing examples (and problems), Presentation, and Spreadsheets. I can use any application but the book I have used focus on Microsoft products. I am happy to change if needed.

You may find topics you are interested in Computer Applications sub-bookshelf on the LibreTexts Workforce library:
https://workforce.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Information_Technology/Computer_Applications
We have been working on ways to expand our ADAPT homework system to address this topic. The immediate extension is using the LibreOffice
technology online that is part of our Forge platform. As you know, it is similar in scope to MS products (and more advanced than Google), but not
identical. We have also just started looking at an extension for excel that will grade uploaded xls files, but we are in the infancy of this effort.

OpenStax's Workplace Software and Skills textbook sounds like it'd be a great fit for your course!
It's a business technologies textbook that includes chapters on both Microsoft 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook, Calendar, and Teams)
and Google Workspace. This free OER book includes practice exercises, case exercises, and dozens of real-world applications.
Explore the book here: https://openstax.org/books/workplace-software-skills/pages/preface.

Computer Literacy

Does anybody know of an OER or low-cost alternative to MindTap? We have faculty at my school who are interested in switching to a lower-cost option that includes a simulation environment for computer basics and Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook) but we have not been able to find a free or low-cost alternative that provides the same type of interactive modules.

Consider using https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/tech/ for free tutorials, step-by-step instructions, practice files, videos, etc. Students can get Microsoft Office for free. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office . The only thing you wouldn't have is the automated grading.
For Mac or Chromebook users who want access to a Windows environment, Amazon AWS has Workspaces available for around $10 per month if used carefully, and several months available as a free trial. Students can also use AWS EC2 instances and get enough credits to use free for the semester or even a year, but EC2 is a bit more complicated to get started.

We are designing a course for our returning adult learners and need to find so basic materials for digital literacy.

Please consider using GCF Global: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/ . The content is excellent and free.

If you'd like to see it organized as a course or as continuing education resources, please see either:
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Computer_Skills
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/IC3
You are welcome to borrow from and/or enhance either wiki if you have additional resources or suggestions.

Just a quick reminder that GCF Global is free but not open. You can NOT copy the resources from GCF Global into your CMS/LMS without permission as they are copyrighted. Dave has done a great job in his courses below linking out to the GCF resources which is allowed.
Terms of use can be read here

I am trying to help a faculty member redesign a course that covers MS Office Word, PPT, and Excel.
Students are required to take this course and hate they have to pay so much money to take this course.
They use Pearson’s website and Pearson’s book and this costs the students around 150 dollars.
I would love to be able to find OER materials, so the students do not have to buy the book and pay for access to the Pearson website.
I also need a resource for basic computer literacy for those adult students returning for a degree or returning to finish a degree.

Hi Susan - as a faculty member teaching computers I often use Goodwill Foundations Learnfree Resources -
they are openly available, but not OER https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/tech/
They provide videos, sample start files, and step by step instructions. They are also updated with each new version.

I have seen this website as well, but we do not use it based on what they have stated in their terms of use -
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/info/terms-of-use/1/ .
I would recommend reviewing this as the way we interpret it,
we are not able to utilize these resources in our LMS and they are really for personal use only.
Our computer course is where we are struggling to find usable and sustainable OER as well.

I wanted to chime in and say that I contacted GCF a few years back when we were creating a course with their content (links out),
and they were okay with that as well as embedding the practice documents into the course. Their terms of use may have changed since then.
I’d suggest reaching out to them and seeing if you can get permission if it’s needed for the way you intend to use their content in class.

I also teach this course. I use the following resources:
Business Computers 365 by Marcus Lacher is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Microsoft Office Training and Tutorials:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/training?redirectsourcepath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252foffice-training-and-tutorials-b8f02f81-ec85-4493-a39b-4c48e6bc4bfb
Learnfree.org - which was already mentioned.
They have practice exercises that you can download for free - not open - like others have said, but free to use.
Beginning Excel from Open Oregon:
https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel/front-matter/introduction/
Computer Applications from Lumen Learning:
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/zeliite115/
Computer Applications for Managers:
https://lumenlearning.com/courses/computer-applications-for-managers/
LibGuide from Tacoma CC with some great resources:
https://tacomacc.libguides.com/oer_computers

Excel for Mac Users

Hi all, has anyone created OER on Excel for Mac users?

There are two good resources I'm aware of, but neither is Mac-specific:
Lumen: https://lumenlearning.com/courses/computer-applications-for-managers/
GCF Global (free but not open): https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/office/ .
I use Office on a Mac, and, to me, the applications aren't different enough to have a separate course. When I teach the office apps, I try to focus on concepts rather than a specific user interface, so students could use any version of Office, or even Google Apps or LibreOffice, if they prefer.
There is one other really good resource specifically for Excel:
Excel Easy (free but not open): https://www.excel-easy.com/

Graphic Design
I've been searching on the list history and I don't see any options for graphic design OER.
I have a faculty member requesting an OER for GD 90: Designing the User Experience
Description:
This course covers user experience design, following the user-centered design process. It is oriented toward practical methods for approaching a design problem holistically, beyond usability and usefulness. It examines different target platforms such as smartphone, tablets, and desktop systems. A user-centric approach is employed to determine which platform is best for the desired application. In this class, students will demonstrate an understanding of user experience including how to design for it and how to evaluate it. This course teaches a set of techniques to gather information about what the user needs, how to design and model interfaces based on those needs and then how to evaluate the design to ascertain that the user's goals are met.

You may find what you are looking for in the design books hosted in the LibreTexts libraries:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=graphic+design

While it's not an OER or even a textbook, a resource that I have long considered as absolutely seminal in the field of human-computer interface design is Brenda Laurel's "Computers as Theater."
https://www.amazon.com/Computers-as-Theatre-Brenda-Laurel/dp/0201550601/
Laurel was one of the designers of the original Macintosh interface. She analyzes interface design through the lens of Aristotle's approach to the theory of drama. It is most enlightening. As the senior interface designer on the project to move the venerable PLATO Learning System from DOS to Windows in the late 1990s, I leaned heavily on her insights.

Information Systems

Can anyone recommend good introductory Information Systems textbooks?
I am looking for alternatives to this one:
Introduction to Information Systems (7th edition) Australia and New Zealand Edition.
R. Kelly Rainer & Brad Prince, Wiley, 2019
Which is used for our INFO101 course here in New Zealand. I have identified these so far:

Pham, L., Desai-Naik, T., Hammond, L., Abdeljabbar, W. & Albrecht, R. (2021). Information Systems for Business. https://workforce.libretexts.org/@go/page/9741
This is an updated & revised edition of Bourgeois (below)
Bourgeois, D. T., Smith, J. L., Wang, S., & Mortati, J. (2019). Information systems for business and beyond. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/information-systems-for-business-and-beyond
15 reviews here https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/information-systems-for-business-and-beyond#Reviews
(c2015). Information systems: A Manager's guide to harnessing technology. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://open.lib.umn.edu/informationsystems/
6 reviews here https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/information-systems-a-manager-s-guide-to-harnessing-technology#Reviews
Felvegi, E. (2019). Foundations of Management Information Systems. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/foundations-of-management-information-systems
Felvegi, E., Lave, B., Shingledecker, D., Romey, J., Brown, N., & Schatz, M. (2019). Business Computer Information Systems. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/business-computer-information-systems/view

Judith Thomas just shared this new text release earlier today that might fit your class.
Introduction to Text Analysis: A Coursebook Authors: Brandon Walsh (University of Virginia) and Sarah Horowitz (Washington and Lee University)
I’ve also found these:
Information Systems: No Boundaries
A Tale of Two Systems

I am working with two other faculty in Ontario to adapt a few IS resources primarily the one by David Bourgeois, as well as a Lumen Learning course
and this book Maritime Management - Micro and Small Business for a Canadian audience. We are building the book in Pressbooks, and are including H5P as well as slides. The book should be available by the end of November. We have added new chapters for Decision Support, Emerging Technology and eBusiness. The structure of the book is:
Ch1: Introduction to Info Systems
Ch2: Business Strategy
Ch3: Hardware
Ch4: Software
Ch5: Data
Ch6: Networks
Ch7: Systems Development
Ch8: Security
Ch9: Issues – Canadian perspective
Chp10:e-business
Chp11: Business Process and Enterprise Solutions
Chp12: Decision Support/Business Intelligence
Chp13: Emerging Technology (A.I.)--

Introduction to Computer Systems

Hello All! Our university offers a general education course called Introduction to Computer Systems. The instructors have developed many materials themselves, but they also relying a commercial text (customized) for part of the course content.

Here at Palo Alto College we use two sources to cover the introductory computer classes.

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ is used for the Application Software

http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Information%20Systems%20for%20Business%20and%20Beyond.pdf is used for the rest.

gclearnfree.org appears to be a good resource, but keep in mind that while it is free it is not open (i.e., it is not OER). If you find something similar that is open please do share with the group.

Hi Julee, a couple of solutions at Oregon community colleges:

Computer Fundamentals - In this course, students will learn basic Microsoft Windows 10 Operating Systems skills (including Core PC Hardware Components, Graphical User Interface, Local and Cloud File Management, Applications, Internet Browsers, Security, and key System Utilities), Google Email, Contacts, Calendar, and Drive applications, as well as introduction to Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation applications. Additionally, students will learn to create and convert documents between different format (Microsoft and Google apps). Moodle course: http://elearning.linnbenton.edu/course/view.php?id=3130

Computer Literacy complete course is available via Moodle. From the link below, select CS120, then log in as guest to access the course. Course description: Students in this course will study computers and their applications (note: this is not a "first" or "beginning" computer course). Student will develop an understanding of concepts and terminology related to computer systems and develop skills and understanding in the use of software. Concepts include an overview of computer systems, system & applications software, networks, the Internet, and societal & ethical issues. Hands-on experience may include intermediate to advanced word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics, presentation graphics, and web publishing. http://math.bluecc.edu/moodle/

The CS160 reader is a Creative Commons licensed resource used at Chemeketa Community College in Computer Science 160. It aligns closely to the topics covered in the new AP Computer Science Principles course. http://computerscience.chemeketa.edu/cs160Reader/

Introduction to the Internet

A faculty member is looking to replace the textbook she uses for her Introduction to the Internet class.
In this class they cover topics that include: internet browser basics, email communication, search engines, internet & wireless networking security (basics),
creating HTML documents, internet communication tools, social networking tools, and guidelines for conduct online.
I’ve shared with her the two courses I discovered from OpenOregon’s list of resources.

Please see https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Internet_Fundamentals .
The course is based on the CIW Internet Business Associate certification and is used by Google Search as the definition of Internet fundamentals.
We have had multiple instructors using this resource successfully for several years now.
Faculty members are welcome to contact me with any questions or requests for test banks, etc.--

Microsoft Office

Since this post is a few years old, I'm wondering if any OER have since been developed. Looking for interactive simulations for Microsoft Office/computer basics.

There are some course shells and other materials created by Oregon instructors that you can check out here: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=microsoft

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