WSF - Quantum Physics Is Everywhere: A Quantum Comedy

This resource does a great job of showing the relevance of the field of quantum physics.  Making science entertaining is always a plus!

British Literature I Anthology: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century

This is a comprehensive resource that has been an excellent textbook for use in an ENG 241 class. I supplemented it with many more specific resources found on openNCCC, like Great Writers Inspire entries for the authors or literary movements.

Hi, Carole!

This looks like a great resource! I might use some of it for ENG 241 in the future. Do you find that students also need the modern English translations for some of the earlier texts?

Hi, Rochelle.

I provided modern text translations if the text did not.

Thanks for sharing this! We are moving ENG 241 and 242 to OER in the fall, so I appreciate hearing from someone who has already used OER for those classes.

Hi, Sarah. The best part of this is that there are two volumes, one for ENG 241 and the other for ENG 242.

This looks like an excellent book for this course.  I will enjoy reading it too!

I think I found an awesome resource.

ck12.org Normal Distribution Problems: z-score | openNCCC (nccommunitycolleges.edu)

This video describes how to find the z score of a normally distributed set of #s. 

1. Taking Responsibility

2. Strengths of this resource are receipt of a five star rating and alignment with NCCC course ACA 111.

3. The resource type is a textbook and is authored by Bethany Emory, The version is a remix of a previous version and is availbe to save and remix as well. The license is Creative Commons Attibution. The resource is a campanion text to EDUC 1300/1200/1100 Learning Framework: Effective Study Strategies for College Success at Austin Community College.

Project Management of Engineering Projects: Preparing for Success

This course focus on the necessary project management skills to successfully manage projects among other things. I think I can get some benefits out of this course for some of my classes.

Logo Recognition Game

This is a Shared Google Slides activity which can be remixed and be used in multiple courses.

This would work as a good icebreaker activity as well as review activity.

Love the Logo Recognition Game as an icebreaker. It would be interesting to add the college logo to see when (or if) students recognized it.

Thanks for posting this resource.

Permissions Guide for Educators

Helpful guide about copyright and usage.  It can be remixed.

Thank you Jennifer for this resource! Really helpful for me!!

This looks ke a great resource and definately something I can share with my faculty in a new course I am developing.

How to Cure Aging - During Your Lifetime?

Resource strength - I really like that it's a video and not just text. It is also accessible. It's a good length and is interesting - presenting facts and provides many points for further discussion. 

Other things to share - It's an interesting video on its own but as a resource might be even more useful if it had discussion questions or ways to implement it. I wonder if that's beyond the scope of a resource like this? As it's a video - it would be hard to do anything with it in terms of mixing. 

Hi Dawn -- I found your resource and really value your comments. Might you be willing to share with the group on Thursday?

~ Joanna

Good morning, Joanna - would be happy to. :)

Some strengths Oregan Writes Open Writing Text are that it teaches the writing process, introduces various rhetorical modes, and discusses critical reading. This can be a valuable resource in a developmental ENG course and an ENG 111 course. 

http://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/virtual-cell-animation-meiosis/view

This resource provides a series of images with descriptions about the process of by Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2. It is easy to understand, easy to read, and easy to follow with step-by-step progression of the concept.  As a biology instructor it is sometimes difficult to find good illustrations that represent difficult biological concepts to which students must have a clear understanding.  This page also provides links to other illustrated biological concepts that could be easily adapted to use as individual teaching lessons. 

The only downside is that some of the visuals require flash player to view as a video of a completed concept and Flash is no longer supported on may computers. 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/englishcomp1/ 

This is the OER we currently use for our ENG 111 courses (and we also use Lumen's English Composition 2 resources for ENG 112).

It's a very comprehensive resource, covering the writing process, different types/purposes of writing, and grammar and mechanics. 

https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?category=2253&hasAwards=false&hasComments=false&hasCourses=false&filterTypesOpen=true&dateRange=0&hasEtextReviews=false&hasPeerReviews=false&fromContentBuilderSawDialog=false&isLeadershipLibrary=false&hasCollections=false&filterOtherOpen=false&modifiedDays=7&isContentBuilder=false&filterSubjectsOpen=true&hasAccessibilityForm=false&hasAssignments=false&filterPartnerAffiliationsOpen=true&hasRatings=false&hasSercActivitySheets=false&days=7&filterMobileOpen=false&modifiedDateRange=0&hasEditorReviews=false&page=1

Merlot has tons of information.  I did a search on Human Resources and this is the landing page for HR materials.  I like how they list each materials as a separate link with image and short note on the page.  

https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/information-literacy-i/

The following course explanations, tips and exercises to review information literacy topics and how to properly develop a search. I would highly recommend using this resource to help students learn and review information literacy and research concepts. 

Thanks for the resource!

Thanks for sharing this! I am always looking for ways to help students with research.

Resource: Instructor Workbook for Flipped Learning Design

A strength of this resource is that it is clearly written by a "Twitter friend" I follow and encourages the immediate application of concepts, as it is a "workbook" with examples and explanations.

This is a resource, I found and added to OpenNCCC -- ( I appreciated the creative commons license )

1. Corn Genetics - Rotating Corn Model I liked the rotaing models of corn for Genetics. While it was flashing when I first went to it... when I hit pause.. it worked fine.

2. This is a good resource for looking at the outcomes of some of our genetics problems and probability outcomes.

3. There are other images like this that would be helpful in Open NCCCS

Love the rotating corn animation!  Very niche science.  :)

Wisc-Online Medical Asepsis

This resource shows just how important medical asepsis is in order to protect patients and healthcare workers. It is an eye opener to see how many germs are out there and how simple medical asepsis can destroy them.

Academic Library Instruction | openNCCC (nccommunitycolleges.edu)

This just looked interesting to me.

Professional and Technical Writing

This source is an easy-to-navigate textbook that focuses on professional and techincal writing. I have currently adapted this OER to my ENG-114 class, and it's been an integral resource. 

https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/active-learning-kit

I would use this resource for ideas on how to make my online course more interactive.

1. Copy and paste the title from the Landing Page of the resource and it will come with the title and hyperlink. https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/introduction-to-professional-communications/view 

2. What is a strength of this resource. Professional communication skills will help you no matter what field you are in.

3. What else do you want to share about this resource? It has the option to download the book in several formats (EPUB3, EPUB, Digital PDF, Print PDF, MOBI, HTML Book, XHTML, Pressbooks XML, and WordPress XML). Options for everyone! No excuses.  :-) 

Thanks,

Cynthia

https://www.commonlit.org/en/library?initiatedFrom=library

Common Lit Library is a good resource of readings to use in English courses. It lists the grade level and Lexile of the readings. My concern is most of the readings are grades 3 - 12, not college level.

Resource: Learning Framework: Effective Strategies for College Success  

What is a strength of this resource? 
Each lesson includes a very detailed list of licenses and attributions at the end.  

What else do you want to share about this resource? 
I would like to know if others think this would be a good example of how to handle licenses/attributions when creating or adapting a resource, especially when using this platform to host materials. Does anyone see any red flags here? Just curious – because this is the area where I struggle the most. Or, I guess I should say that this is the area where I doubt myself and am never sure if I'm doing everything correctly. 

Being new to the Community Colleges, it is very interesting for me to see the resources avaiable to help students transfer and succeed.

Thank you Angela for this resource! I have been working on a student guide for our College (MCC) and these units will be awesome for me to review to maybe include some ideas for tips for success for students. 

Marion Pope

https://openclipart.org/

Overview: This collection of free, public-domain clip art is an attempt at creating a central location for users to find clip art in the public domain to use in non-commercial efforts.

I appreciate you sharing this. This resource can be useful for a lot of courses to add graphics.

The Reformation 

http://cms.gavirtualschool.org/Shared/SocialStudies/APEuro_15/APEuro_ReformationShared/index.html

I like this resource becuase the content is diverse and informative. It uses essential questions, videos, readings, slides, and timelines. It weakness for my application is that it is gear towards the AP Euro curriculum and is meant to work in conjection with a textbook.

Accessibility Evaluation

Accessibility is something I am determined to cover in upcoming clases, starting with WEB-250 in January. This activity will be perfect complement to the lesson.

1. Copy and paste the title from the Landing Page of the resource and it will come with the title and hyperlink. (Example: Describing Countries in Economic Terms)                                                                     GVL - Factoring and Solving Quadratic Equations

2. What is a strength of this resource? The resource has a read out loud tool called Read Speaker added to the page, no-stakes practice problems that are interactive, videos & supplemental handouts.

3.  What else do you want to share about this resource?  I like that we can change the settings on the Read Speaker. I think it helps with pronunciation of terms as well as helps with accessibility; however, there is a glitch in reading subtraction and I don’t see how you can go back to a section you want to re-read without going back to the beginning of the page.  License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

This particular module is one in a series of the Algebra I Course for GVL.

ART 102 - Understanding Art

I am trying to asssist our Art History faculty with finding OER and I like that this comes from another community college and has a Canvas course export package. I think we could work with this, even though we use Brightspace. 

I like that this course in particular emphasizes writing skills as well as visual appreciation skills when evaluating visual art.

Fundamentals of Business Communication

I have enjoyed using this resource for ENG 102 this year.

The chapters are easy to read, and I like the questions and activities at the end of each chapter.

1. 12 Key Ideas: An Introduction to Teaching Online

2. This resource can be downloaded in different usable formats that students are familiar with.

3. The book contains links to useful youtube elements.

This looks like a useful/interesting item. Thanks for sharing.

https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e

It is free, is easy to access from anywhere.  It is not great.  Some illustrations are good, some are not.  

So that is one resource.  

Copy and paste the title from the Landing Page of the resource and it will come with the title and hyperlink. (Example: Describing Countries in Economic Terms)

https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/introduction-to-college-level-research

What is a strength of this resource?

Best practices in the ethical use of information.

What else do you want to share about this resource?

This is a great resource for  Adult High School, Curriculum Education, Continuing Education and Basic Skills. Therefore, it seems to cover all levels of secondary education. 

Writing Guide with Handbook

Has great instructor and student resources, Table of Contents and separate handbook. Openstax text and unrestricted.

https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/uml-criminal-law  Criminal Law

This is a book we are using for our CJC 131 course this term. It is very good and allows us to make it specific for NC and even tailor some information that is local to our area as well.

Guiding Principles to Online Instruction

(https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/guiding-principles-to-online-instruction/view)

I found this resource to be absolutely the fundamentals that all courses should be based upon, regardless of delivery modality.

It is a good reminder for all of us and a good intro for those new to the subject.

Thanks for sharing this resource. I think that this would be a good thing to incorporate for my adjuncts so that they can learn some new skills.

The Great American Taxing Game

A strength is that it is an interesting video and makes me want to play the game. But I couldn't find the link to take me to the game. Also, I noticed the title of the video creator was Learning Liberty and the host was from Samford University - which, when I Googled is a Baptist University. I'm not sure why I couldn't get to the YouTube video description at the end of the video, and I don't think this is an unbiased, reliable source. Unless the instructor was using it to teach about political bias, it isn't appropriate for higher education. 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap1/chapter/muscle-fiber-contraction-and-relaxation/ 

This is a resource for a tough physiology topic about muscle contraction.  I like the clear diagrams which help with this complex topic.

https://www.digitallearn.org/courses/creating-resumes/lessons/resume-tips

This resource gives good tips about creating a resume.  It would be a good "quick" video to have students watch and then discuss as a group.

Hello, this is Paige with Wake Tech, and I am a psychology instructor.

1- http://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/gvl-learning-ap-psychology/view (sorry the title is not coming with: GVL - Learning - AP Psychology)

2- This is a comprehensive resource, I believe a SoftChalk module, that includes key terms, flashcards, built-in videos, self-check quizzes, discussion board prompts, handouts and rubrics.

3- As I think about building OER Resources, I am curious whether these built-in modules are easy to share, for students to use, etc. I know that we have shared SoftChalk modules in our teaching teams before, but want to be clear so that I can direct my search for resources etc.

Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach - 5th Ed. (2018)

This looks like a great textbook for the course. Hopfullly cutting back on the course of the book for our students.  

Libro Libre, Beginning Spanish https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/libro-libre-beginning-spanish/view

This book is very organized. Students can practice all the skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) of the target language. 

Wisc-Online The Importance of Attire in Early Childhood Education | openNCCC (nccommunitycolleges.edu)

When the page opened, the title of the article showed with a brief summary of what it would entail.  However, I was unable to determine how to open the full article.  Many adds were on the screen.

1. Copy and paste the title from the Landing Page of the resource and it will come with the title and hyperlink. (Example: Describing Countries in Economic Terms): 

CIS 195 - Web Development I - OER (PUBLIC)

2. What is a strength of this resource? I like the foundation of the layout and is beginner friendly. 

3. What else do you want to share about this resource? This is a course that has a nice table of contents. You have to create an account with the University that owns the rights of this course in order to access the links. 

https://opennccc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/courses/career-sites

This resource helps people understand the job seeking process.  

1. Copy and paste the title from the Landing Page of the resource and it will come with the title and hyperlink. (Example: Describing Countries in Economic Terms)

Better Visual Design for Learning: Effective Instructional Graphics

2,  What is a strength of this resource

This resource is a terrific graphic organizer which can be used to create, select, or improve instructional graphics.  I love that it includes Bloom's taxonomy.

3.  What else do you want to share about this resource?

I like that it a one-page organizer.