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This is the second version of a 2-part introductory human sexuality textbook.
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Principles of Economics: Scarcity & Social Provisioning covers the scope and sequence requirements for a two-semester introductory economics course. The authors take a balanced approach to micro- and macroeconomics, to both orthodox and heterodox schools of thought, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way, and extensive data up to date as of 2023.

Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software for the trade and academic markets. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning.  This revised edition updates Chapters 1-12 of the original text for use with Adobe Creative Cloud 2024 software.

What is Digital Foundations?

Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite integrates the formal principles of the Bauhaus Basic Course into an introduction to digital media production with the Adobe Creative Suite, or the FLOSS graphics applications.

Why Digital Foundations is different

Most textbooks and software manuals in the current market do not include art and design history or visual principles. These books synthesize historical examples and traditional studio foundation exercises into smart, well-paced digital studio exercises. See it for yourself in Chapter 5 of Digital Foundations, where we explore Illustrator’s Color Picker window through Joseph Albers’ color exercises.

Digital media texts about Adobe Creative Suite, whether they are “Bibles”, “For Dummies” or “Classroom in a Books”, focus on tools and production tips. Digital Foundations is the only textbook that teaches visual skills through production tools. For example, look at our Table of Contents. It is organized by visual topics, including symmetry, line art, tonal scale, elements of motion, and more.

Digital Foundations is not specifically for dummies or classrooms. It was made for self-learners, artists, designers, as well as classroom applications. We wrote this book for our classrooms as well as for our parents!

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Shaping and inspiring future minds is arguably the most vital work humanity can do. Preparing future educators requires us to grapple with the history of education, reflect on our own experiences and biases, and continually adapt to meet the unique needs of our students and communities—and this book was written to guide that journey.
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An introductory textbook that brings psychology to the day-to-day lived experience. Explores communication skills and resources for personal and professional reflection and insights.
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This Beginning Excel textbook is intended for use in a one-term introductory spreadsheet course with an emphasis in the use of Excel for Building Construction Programs. The basics of Excel, as they apply to the professional workplace, are introduced, including spreadsheet design, data entry, formulas, functions, charts, tables, and multi-sheet use. This textbook includes instructions for Excel for Mac also.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The Open Curriculum Development Model is a comprehensive collection of training and process materials for a variety of audiences: authors, pilot instructors, support roles, and project leaders who are developing openly licensed textbooks and ancillaries with an equity-minded design approach. We created this collection so that:

• Authors have one place to look for training materials when writing an open textbook
• Pilot Instructors have one place to look for training materials when developing openly licensed course materials
• Support team members have one place to look for process documentation.

Project partners in any role can find relevant information about our three-year curriculum development model. At the end of the process, we are ready to launch high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks designed with an equity lens. Each textbook has a course pack of integrated course materials where we share ancillaries. Our criteria for success rely on four instructional design frameworks: Transparency in Learning and Teaching, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Universal Design for Learning, and Open Pedagogy. All materials shared are openly licensed.

Communication studies lead us to investigate and challenge our understandings of behavior and meaning in ways that engage our personal and professional lives. Communication studies contribute daily to relationships with family members, friends, colleagues, and students, in addition to myriad workers, public employees, and strangers with whom we regularly engage. On whatever level is appropriate, we feel better about life when these interactions are successful. This text will help you develop a fundamental skill for your professional and personal success and will advance you on the path toward becoming a successful communicator.

This revised edition of the book builds upon the solid foundation of the previous edition to both reflect the latest social scientific research findings in the study of communication, while also acknowledging some of the unique challenges we are all facing in this social media saturated, post-pandemic, generative AI world.  This new edition features new sections on Computer-Mediated Communication, the halo and horn effects, the predictive brain model of perception, John Gottman’s research on conflict, Relational Dialectics Theory, and small group problem solving. In addition, the sections on the models of communication, rhetoric, nonverbal communication, speech organization, and others were rewritten to add new information and/or increase their clarity.

Welcome to communication studies—prepare to evolve.

An open textbook that gives students an overview of the kinds of writing they’ll be expected to do in upper-level college courses, the workplace, and beyond. The book covers the main elements of technical communication and provides students opportunities to put those elements into practice. It explores how writers locate, create, and deliver technical information. This course and this textbook will provide you instruction and practice in writing documents commonly used in the workplace, such as emails, memos, and letters, as well as employment documents, such as resumes and cover letters. You will also learn about writing descriptions, summaries, instructions, proposals, and various technical reports. You will learn about the importance of audience and purpose in technical communication, how to choose a format and style appropriate for your specific audience and purpose, and how to work collaboratively.