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The OER Starter Kit
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Resource Contact
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Anderson, Tim
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Institution
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Minnesota State System Office
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Content Description
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This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.
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Discipline
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OER
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Keywords
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Open Educational Resources
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Resource Type
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Other
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Resource Format
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Other
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Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Out from the Shadows of Minneapolis: Power, Pride, and Perseverance at a Northern Community College
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Resource Contact
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Williams, Jay, Bergblom Johnson, Alison
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Institution
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Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Minneapolis Community & Technical College
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Content Description
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Minneapolis College, the most selected higher education destination of students from all Minneapolis Public High Schools, is located downtown, nestled between the hustle of Hennepin Avenue and the green spaces of Loring Park. As a part of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities, Minneapolis College most serves those students who are least likely to go to college. With three-quarters of the student body composed of those underrepresented in higher education, the hallways are filled with recent immigrants, those seeking to learn English, members of communities with the highest unemployment and incarceration rates in the state, veterans, those of low socioeconomic status, seekers of diversity, and those who wish to serve them. Collected here are their stories, stories of overcoming, coming up, perseverance, pride, and power in the face of depressed opportunity and systemic oppression.
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Discipline
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Social Science
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Keywords
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diversity, anthology, equity & inclusion, storytelling
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Resource Type
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Textbook
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Resource Format
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PDF/Text
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Finding Your Place College Podcast Series - Educator's Guide (June 2020)
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Resource Contact
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Jersak, Robert, Engen, David
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Institution
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Century College, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Content Description
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The Finding Your Place Podcast features compelling audio storytelling by six outstanding student producers from two Minnesota State institutions: Century College (a community and technical college) and Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition to sharing their own stories about the college experience, the producers have conducted recorded interviews with experts in higher education as well as created immersive storytelling moments where the microphone is taken into places on campus such as student organization spaces and faculty offices. There are twelve core episodes in the series and, to date, ten supplementary episodes, each designed to shed light on the most important and challenging issues of the college experience. The podcast is one additional way we can support our students--all students, but especially first-generation students and those students experiencing struggles in college. Of course, how you use it is up to you. The podcast is meant to promote deeper exploration into a variety of important college topics. We assume that, in some way, you and your students will take the episode content further and make it local—exploring support and resources at your college or university through discussion and activities in whatever ways you see fit. This updated Educator’s Guide provides a few tools for faculty and staff, including a discussion guide for each episode and sample assignments that build on the strategies of mentoring, disclosure and dialogue found in the podcast. Build suggested playlists and customize as you see fit, though we do hope that all twelve episodes will be heard by your students, as doing so may give your students a chance to build a stronger mentoring connection with the student producers and their journeys.
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Discipline
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Student Success
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Keywords
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student success
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Resource Type
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Lesson Plan
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Resource Format
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PDF/Text
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Environmental Biology - Opensource textbook
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Resource Contact
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Cregan, Joanna
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Institution
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Saint Paul College
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Content Description
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Environmental Biology is a free and open textbook that enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today’s most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of environmental topics so they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it. This book is a collaboration between various authors and organizations that are committed to providing students with high quality and affordable textbooks. Particularly, this text draws from the following open sources, in addition to new content from the editor: - “Biology” by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 3.0 - “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation” by Tom Theis and Jonathan Tomkin, Editors, is licensed under CC BY 3.0 - “Essentials of Environmental Science” by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Discipline
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Life Science
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Keywords
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Environmental Science, Environmental Biology, Opensource textbook
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Course Name
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Environmental Science
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Resource Type
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Textbook
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Resource Format
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PDF/Text
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Title
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Introduction to Public Speaking
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Resource Contact
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Weber, Carolyn, Thorson, Kip
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Institution
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Minnesota West Community & Technical College, Minnesota West Community & Technical College
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Content Description
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Course Description: theory and practice of public speaking with emphasis on content, organization, language, delivery, and critical evaluation of messages. Basic principles of speech from the viewpoint of composition and delivery. Emphasis on student performance stressing original thinking, effective organization, direct communication of ideas and development of critical evaluative skills. 3 credits; prerequisites—none.
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Discipline
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Communication
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Keywords
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Public Speaking, Speech
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Course Name
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Introduction to Public Speaking
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Resource Type
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Course Module
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Resource Format
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Zipped file (.zip)
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Title
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Business Computers 365
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Resource Contact
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Lacher, Marcus
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Institution
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Minnesota State Community & Technical College
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Content Description
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Microsoft Office 365 textbook, covering Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Also, a short chapter on basic computer hardware and software, including the use of the Windows 10 operating system.
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Discipline
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Business
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Keywords
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Business, Computers, Microsoft, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
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Course Name
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Business Computers
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Resource Type
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Textbook
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Resource Format
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PDF/Text
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Title
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Intro To Sociology: Rethinking Civilization
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Resource Contact
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Payne, Gary
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Institution
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Central Lakes College
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Content Description
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There are eight chapters that generally serve for an Introduction to Sociology course at the college level. The book is extremely global in approach, progressive politically with lots of photos taken by the author and others after traveling in over 30 nations.
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Discipline
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Sociology
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Course Name
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Introduction to Sociology.
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Resource Type
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Textbook
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Resource Format
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PDF/Text
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License Type
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Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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