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Mergel, PhDPamela Thomas Roseman, PhDTamara Spike, PhDProduced by:The University System of Georgia http://www.usg.eduPublished by: The University Press of North Georgia http://upng@northgeorgia.eduHistory in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 is a downloadable, free-to-use textbook licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 unported license.This textbook reviews U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.This book provides strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that cover chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=764895 Introduction to Psychology textbook. DSM-5 compatible. This text is a 3 times revised/adapted version of the Intro text at Saylor.org (originally by Stangor). The adaptations lowered the reading level (to approx. 12), added/modified content, revised DSM criteria, and organized content by curriculum objectives. Links to free supplements (quizzes, flashcards, power points, media, curriculum objectives/key terms, reviews, etc.) are in the appendices. Text is: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. First revision was researched in comparison to traditional texts and shown to have the same or better student outcomes re: GPA in course, results on departmental final exam, and attrition. Research published in peer reviewed journal: “One college’s use of an open psychology textbook,” by John Hilton III and Carol Laman, in Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=764645 Collaborative Statistics was written by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean, faculty members at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. The textbook was developed over several years and has been used in regular and honors-level classroom settings and in distance learning classes. This textbook is intended for introductory statistics courses being taken by students at two– and four–year colleges who are majoring in fields other than math or engineering. Intermediate algebra is the only prerequisite. The book focuses on applications of statistical knowledge rather than the theory behind it. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=760201 This book, initiated by the UNESCO/COL Chair in OER, is one in a series of publications by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) examining OER. It describes the movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER’s significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges. The 16 chapters, written by some of the leading international experts on the subject, are organised into four parts by theme:OER in Academia – describes how OER are widening the international community of scholars, following MIT’s lead in sharing its resources and looking to the model set by the OpenCourseWare ConsortiumOER in Practice – presents case studies and descriptions of OER initiatives underway on three continentsDiffusion of OER – discusses various approaches to releasing and “opening” content, from building communities of users that support lifelong learning to harnessing new mobile technologies that enhance OER access on the InternetProducing, Sharing and Using OER – examines the pedagogical, organisational, personal and technical issues that producing organisations and institutions need to address in designing, sharing and using OER http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=760209 In the last decade in particular, the promotion, sharing and use of open educational resources (OER) have been growing exponentially. However, as with any new phenomenon or paradigm, our knowledge of OER’s ramifications and achievements to date necessarily lags behind actual developments.The concept of OER has multifaceted dimensions and implications. For educational institutions, the dimensions are legal, managerial, financial, technical, technological and pedagogical; for practising educators, at stake are ways of teaching that are normative, together with a sense of identity that is both personal and professional. It would be astonishing if research, which by its very nature must be clearly focussed, were able to keep abreast of all such aspects of OER.Although OER activities are taking place globally, most large and well funded projects have been in North America and Europe. As a result, little is known about important questions such as how the more acute levels of resource constraint typical of developing countries impact on demand for OER and on their reuse. The case studies and reflections in this book cover OER practice and policy in a diverse range of contexts, with a strong focus on events in developing countries. However, the focus on experiences from the developing world is not exclusive, as valuable “generic lessons” applicable also to developing countries can be drawn from research in the more developed countries.The world in which the academy and higher education operate has transformed dramatically. How do institutions, in both developed and developing countries, reposition themselves meaningfully within the new information-rich world in which information is accessible as never before? How can organisations such as UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning foster governmental support for OER internationally? How might proponents of OER garner greater governmental, institutional and educator “buy-in” to the principles of open educational practices, and to the policies and programs necessary to realise and sustain OER? http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=760240 Higher education has experienced phenomenal growth in all parts of Asia over the last two decades — from the Korean peninsula in the east to the western borders of Central Asia. This expansion, coupled with a diversity of delivery and technology options, has meant that more and more young Asians are experiencing tertiary education within their own countries. In South, South East and Far East Asia especially, universities, polytechnics, colleges and training institutes with a variety of forms, structures, academic programmes and funding provisions have been on an almost linear upward progression.Notwithstanding this massive expansion, equitable access is still a challenge for Asian countries. There is also concern that expansion will erode quality. The use of digital resources is seen as one way of addressing the dual challenges of quality and equity. Open educational resources (OER), free of licensing encumbrances, hold the promise of equitable access to knowledge and learning. However, the full potential of OER is only realisable with greater knowledge about OER, skills to effectively use them and policy provisions to support their establishment in Asian higher education.This book, the result of an OER Asia research project hosted and implemented by the Wawasan Open University in Malaysia, with support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre, brings together ten country reports and ten case studies on OER in the Asian region that highlight typical situations in each context. China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam all receive extensive treatment, as do the multi-regional initiatives of the Virtual Academy for the Semi-Arid Tropics.While interest in and the production, distribution and use of OER are still very much in the early stages of development in most parts of Asia, OER’s potential value to improve the quality of curriculum, content and instruction, facilitate academic collaboration and enhance equitable access to knowledge resources cannot be overstated. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=756507 Šema objašnjava odnose raznih uticaja faktora http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=755602 This is a free downloadable book that tells about amazing uses of mobile devices for learning. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=754691 This book is geared at the people who are familiar with one programming language (preferably Java or Processing) and want to get a taste of programming games, or traffic patterns, or physics engines. It is suitable for someone new to the world of programming willing to put in extra effort of coming up to speed on Processing in tandem with the text. After all, Processing is a comparatively forgiving language with a dead simple API to interact with the mouse and draw/animate objects. (http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/09/160246/book-review-the-nature-of-code) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=754387 This is a free textbook from Book Boon.'Career Secrets Exposed has been written to provide a number of useful tips on managing your career. On average, based on a 40 hour week, we spend close to 2000 hours a year at work! This is a huge amount of time and you need to be sure that you are getting the most out of your job in terms of satisfaction, money and a balanced lifestyle. Alternatively, if you’re not happy with your job, then it’s time to start looking for alternative solutions. Career Secrets Exposed is the 3rd eBook in the series written by Gavin Redelman, which follows up from his highly successful first 2 eBooks - “Interview Secrets Exposed” and “Resume Secrets Exposed”.'