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Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts book cover

Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts

CC BY (Attribution)  50 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)

Editor(s): Elizabeth Christman, MSN, RN, CNE, Kimberly Ernstmeyer, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE, APNP-BC

Subject(s): Nursing, Nursing specialties, Community nursing, Care of people with mental health issues

Institution(s): Chippewa Valley Technical College

Last updated: 22/08/2022

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Creative Commons

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): jrdingwall

Subject(s): Open learning, distance education, Higher education, tertiary education, Adult education, continuous learning

Last updated: 15/08/2022

Blended Teaching: A Guide for Applying Flexible Practices during COVID-19 book cover

Blended Teaching: A Guide for Applying Flexible Practices during COVID-19

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  12 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, Innovation, Excellence in Teaching

Subject(s): Education

Last updated: 21/07/2022

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The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education: 1st Canadian Edition

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike)  88 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Jennifer Lapum, Oona St-Amant, Michelle Hughes, Andy Tan, Arina Bogdan, Frances Dimaranan, Rachel Frantzke, Nada Savicevic

Last updated: 20/07/2022

This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in the journey of scholarly writing in the context of the nursing profession. This resource is designed for students in undergraduate nursing programs and may also be useful for students in other health-related post-secondary programs, graduate students, and healthcare providers. The project is supported and funded by the Ryerson University Library OER Grant.
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Public Domain Core Collection Faculty Guide

CC BY (Attribution)  1 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Brock University, Ryerson University

Publisher: Ryerson University

Last updated: 28/06/2022

This guide has been created to assist instructors in using the Public Domain Core Collection of texts and to provide some suggestions and examples of open assignments that can be created using these texts.
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Critical Thinking in Academic Research

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike)  29 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Cindy Gruwell, Robin Ewing

Subject(s): Research and information: general

Publisher: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Last updated: 17/06/2022

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Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Melissa Tombro

Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks

Last updated: 16/06/2022

Teaching Autoethnography is dedicated to the practice of immersive ethnographic and autoethnographic writing that encourages authors to participate in the communities about which they write. This book draws not only on critical qualitative inquiry methods such as interview and observation, but also on theories and sensibilities from creative writing and performance studies, which encourage self-reflection and narrative composition. Concepts from qualitative inquiry studies, which examine everyday life, are combined with approaches to the creation of character and scene to help writers develop engaging narratives that examine chosen subcultures and the author’s position in relation to her research subjects. The book brings together a brief history of first-person qualitative research and writing from the past forty years, examining the evolution of nonfiction and qualitative approaches in relation to the personal essay. A selection of recent student writing in the genre as well as reflective student essays on the experience of conducting research in the classroom is presented in the context of exercises for coursework and beyond. Also explored in detail are guidelines for interviewing and identifying subjects and techniques for creating informed sketches and images that engage the reader. This book provides approaches anyone can use to explore their communities and write about them first-hand. The methods presented can be used for a single assignment in a larger course or to guide an entire semester through many levels and varieties of informed personal writing.
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APA Style Citation Tutorial

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  27 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Sarah Adams, Debbie Feisst

Subject(s): Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Education

Publisher: University of Alberta Library

Last updated: 16/06/2022

The APA Style Citation Tutorial is created by staff at the University of Alberta Library to support students and faculty in EDU 100/300 courses in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. The tutorial covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create reference and in-text citations based on the 7th edition APA guidelines. The sources and activities throughout the tutorial focus on educational content. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource. The APA Style Citation Tutorial is an adaptation of the Introduction to APA Library Tutorials by NorQuest College Library. They provided resources and support for the creation of this tutorial.

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Contemporary Families: An Equity Lens

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Elizabeth B. Pearce

Subject(s): Social work, Education, Social welfare and social services, Sociology: family and relationships, Poverty and precarity, Social discrimination and social justice, Social groups, communities and identities

Publisher: Linn-Benton Community College

Last updated: 16/06/2022

This openly licensed text approaches contemporary families from an equity lens. It was created by a Human Development and Family Services (HDFS) faculty member and 12 HDFS students at Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC), using an open pedagogy approach.  It asks two questions relevant to the Difference, Power, and Discrimination outcomes at LBCC: “What do families need?” and “ How do society and institutions support or get in the way of families getting what they need?” This book includes remixed content. Please note that some sections may have more restrictive licenses, and some all rights reserved content is included under fair use. More specific information can be found under Licenses and Attributions at the bottom of each section. Print copy: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/elizabeth-pearce/contemporary-families/paperback/product-rjq8mm.html

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Instructional Methods, Strategies and Technologies to Meet the Needs of All Learners

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Paula Lombardi M.Ed.

Last updated: 16/06/2022