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