BCampus Open Education: new books and ancillary resources (July 19, 2018)
Hello Everyone, We hope that your summer is going well and that everyone is finding time for a well deserved break. Please see below for new open textbooks, on a wide variety of topics, that have been added to our collection, as well as, a couple of ancillary resources you'll want to take note of. New books [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=65e04e20-5b93-464a-b0aa-6... | Provisional Prosthodontics series, 2nd Edition ] by Fern Hubbard, Margaret Dennett, and Catherine Baranow * This series is comprised of five resources: Provisional Prosthodontic Theory Manual, Provisional Prosthodontic Clinical Manual, a study guide, instructor's guide, and a manual of practice exercises and case studies. This course is available to programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada. These course materials are written for practising certified dental assistants. It has been released with a CC BY licence by the Province of British Columbia. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=69876ca5-2f20-43f1-8ed6-0... | Global Corruption: Law, Theory & Practice ] by Gerry Ferguson (University of Victoria) * Created as part of the UNODC’s Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative (ACAD), this textbook is a key resource for lawyers, public officials, and business persons of tomorrow on anti-corruption laws and strategies. This book has been specifically created to make it easier for professors to offer a law school course on global corruption whether in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., or elsewhere in the world. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8c5bd1a4-6687-4146-8a11-e... | Analyzing Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics ] by Paul Kroeger (Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics) * This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. It is written at a level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e1c00bd0-99f2-4842-aa80-2... | World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 ] by Eugene Berger, George L. Israel, Charlotte Miller, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Reeves, Nadejda Williams (University System of Georgia) * This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500 and covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India’s Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=24d4160c-c8b2-4f3b-9d5c-7... | An Introduction to Philosophy ] by W. Russ Payne (Bellevue College) * The goal of this text is to present philosophy to newcomers as a living discipline with historical roots. Ancillary resources * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=aa7e4991-20af-489b-8fb1-f... | Astronomy: OpenStax ] : [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6e9 | Digital diagrams ] by Jennifer Kirkey (Douglas College) * The [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRm79BcxKhOWRj6CQAB_Cqg | Electric Academy videos ] by Chad Flinn (BCIT) Best regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]
Hello Everyone, BCcampus Open Education has been busy adding more books to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. See below for new books about how students can find success in university and college and prepare for a career. New books The Blueprint for Success series by Dave Dillon, Grossmont College * This series comprises three books designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation and business communications. * [ https://press.rebus.community/blueprint2/ | Blueprint for Success in College and Career ] * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d2c2ed3-5e08-41d9-98b8-a... | Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies ] * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9e992c82-2dcc-49a2-84e8-1... | Blueprint for Success in Career Decision Making ] . [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3aeb1f00-6952-41a9-bb3b-2... | University 101: Study, Strategize, Succeed ] by Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres * This book helps students to create a foundation for post-secondary studies by learning how to learn. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fca7693a-69e1-45fc-accd-7... | Introduction to Professional Communications ] by Melissa Ashman, Kwantlen Polytechnic University * This book covers key business communications topics that will help you in your career, including intercultural communication, team work, professional writing, audience analysis and adapting messages, document formatting, oral communication, and more. Other updates Portions of [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=da50f5f1-bbc6-481e-a359-e... | Teaching in a Digital Age ] have now been translated into the following languages: * Chapters 1-5 has been translated into Farsi/Persian; this file is posted by this book * Chapter 7 has been translated into Turkish; chapters 1-7 of this translation are posted by this book Best regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]
Hello Everyone, Below is a list of the latest books, and one ancillary resource, recently added to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] . New books [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1760cf89-318c-473c-b1d2-5... | Key Concepts of Intermediate Level Math ] by Meizhong Wang, College of New Caledonia * This textbook, a product of the BCcampus OER Grant program, is a concise and understandable guide on intermediate level mathematics. It can be used by Adult Basic Education programs at colleges, students in community colleges, and others. Each topic, concept, term, and phrase, in this book, is clearly defined followed by examples. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d3b69c53-2cff-4863-b51b-a... | Communications for Business Professions - Canadian Edition ] by Business Faculty from Ontario Colleges and eCampusOntario Program Managers * This textbook--adapted from Business Communication for Success -- offers a comprehensive, integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication. This edition has significantly reduced the size and scope of the original publication, added Canadian examples, and features a spectrum of current and relevant Canadian business communication topics. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1590234d-58a6-4841-85f7-5... | Fundamentals of Business - Canadian Edition ] by Business Faculty from Ontario Colleges and eCampusOntario Program Managers * This Canadian adaptation is based on Fundamentals of Business and includes Canadian content including examples and statistics. This introductory business textbook covers a variety of topics such as: The Foundations of Business, Economics and Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business in a Global Environment, and more. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=08bc1e30-2b29-48a2-b23f-0... | Human Nutrition ] from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program * This open textbook was developed as a resource that reflects the diverse dietary patterns of people in Hawai‘’i and the greater Pacific. It serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f4489452-4b49-4e86-ab04-f... | Introduction to Financial Accounting - Third Edition ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fca7693a-69e1-45fc-accd-7... ] by David Annand, Athabasca University * This third edition is an update of this popular book, b ased on International Financial Reporting Standards. The textbook is accompanied by many ancillary resources including a student solutions manual and workbook. This new version replaces the second edition, which will be archived on October 1, 2018. New ancillary resource * [ http://openhistoryseminar.com/canadianhistory/ | Open History Seminar: Canadian History ] by Sean Kheraj (York University) and Tom Peace (Huron University College), in collaboration with eCampusOntario, has been posted by the open textbooks: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=6c4a9484-8d43-4a44-a565-0... | Canadian History: Pre-Confederation ] and [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=504e63e2-0742-4d47-b763-4... | Canadian History: Post-Confederation ] Best regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]
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