Search Results for: humanities
Visual Arts
Art Appreciation: This document maps OER (curated by librarians and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts) to specific outcomes/competencies or items for this course (ART 110, Colorado). Last update: Jun 9/23 Courses Art Appreciation (Various CC licences) This course from Lumen Learning investigates how quality is determined and created by artists in Read more »
Communications
Also see Communications OER in development. Last update: Feb 13/25 Courses Business Communications (CC BY) Students will learn how to analyze context and audience, determine purpose, message content, visual design and media in order to create written workplace messages that can be received, understood, used and retrieved with speed and accuracy. Business Communications 2 (CC Read more »
Linguistics
Last update: Oct 1/20 Supplemental Materials WISC-Online Linguistics Learning Objects (CC BY-NC) A collection of learning objects on various topics in Linguistics. Textbooks Languages and Worldview (CC BY-NC-SA) Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity, lexical differences Read more »
Indigenous Studies
Also see Language Learning: OER for specific languages in this directory. Last update: Sep 20/24 Collections Indigenous voices (Various CC licences) This collection features Indigenous voices, stories, and perspectives. Here you’ll find examinations of historical and contemporary issues, reading guides for celebrated novels, a series about Indigenizing post-secondary institutions and professional practice, and more. You’re sure Read more »
English Literature and Writing
English Composition I and II and Intro to Literature: These documents map OER (curated by librarians and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts) to specific outcomes/competencies or items for these courses (ENG 121; ENG 122; LIT 115, Colorado). Last update: Jun 19/24 Anthologies 88 Open Essays (CC BY-SA) These essays were collected Read more »
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This directory contains all sorts of open resources from all sorts of disciplines. It acts as a referratory—we provide the name of the resource, a link to where it can be accessed, its licence, and then a short description. There is no advanced search option for this directory, but here are some strategies that may Read more »