OER in Montana
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Title | CCN | Course Materials | Name | Email | Links to Materials |
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UM - English Language Inst. | ADV RD & WR | Sara Schroeder | sara.schroeder@mso.umt.edu | https://saraschroeder3.wixsite.com/podcasts | |
MSU Great Falls College | BGEN 105 | OpenStax Introduction to Business | Kerry Dolan | kerry.dolan@gfcmsu.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-business |
MSU Great Falls College | BGEN 220 | OpenStax Business Ethics | Kerry Dolan | kerry.dolan@gfcmsu.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/business-ethics |
MSU Billings | BGEN 294 Disruptive Marketing | Jessie Perius | jessica.perius1@msubillings.edu | ||
MSU Billings | BIOB 101 | OpenStax Biology 2e | James Barron | jbarron@msubillings.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e |
MSU Billings | BIOB 160 | OpenStax Biology 2e | James Barron | jbarron@msubillings.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e |
MSU Billings | BIOB 170 | OpenStax Biology 2e | James Barron | jbarron@msubillings.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e |
Montana State University | BIOB 318 | Introductory Statistics with Randomization and Simulation | Jennifer Lachoweic | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introductory-statistics-with-randomization-and-simulation-first-edition | |
University of Montana | BIOB226 | OpenStax Concepts of Biology and Chemistry books. U Berkeley, Understanding Science. ChemThink. PBS Nova "Life's Rocky Start". HHMI Biointeractive | Annie Green | annie.green@mso.umt.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/concepts-biology ; https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e ; https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/whatisscience_01 ; https://simbucket.com/chemthinkserver/chemthink/ ; https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/life-rocky-start.html ; https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/lizard-evolution-virtual-lab |
MSU Billings | BIOE 202 | Environmental Biology by Matthew R. Fisher (Ed). Open Oregon Educational Resources | James Barron | jbarron@msubillings.edu | https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/envirobiology/ |
Flathead Valley Community College | BIOH 104 | OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology | Chaz Taylor | ctaylor@fvcc.edu | |
University of Montana | BMGT 101 | Mike Morrelli | |||
University of Montana | BMGT 275 | Mike Morrelli | |||
University of Montana | BMGT 401 | Mike Morrelli | |||
University of Montana | BMGT 402 | Mike Morrelli | |||
UM - Western | BMGT335 | OpenStax (Rice University) Principles of Management and "It's the Manager" by Clifton and Harter | Debbie Huber | debbie.huber@umwestern.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-management and https://www.amazon.com/Its-Manager-managers-organizations-long-term/dp/1595622241/ |
UM Western | BMGT335 | Principles of Management | Christian Gilde | https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-management | |
MSU Billings | BMKT 411 | Materials are pieced together using several sources. | Dr. Anna Talafuse | anna.talafuse@msubillings.edu | http://"Here are some links: 1) (https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/principles-of-marketing)- Principles of Marketing, Chapter 14 has Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty 2) (https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/launch-advertising-and-promotion-in-real-time)- Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time, Chapter 4 (...Gets to Know its Consumers), Chapter 5 (Know your Audience and msnbc.com example) 3) (https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/emarketing-the-essential-guide-to-marketing-in-a-digital-world)- eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Marketing in a Digital World, Chapter 3 (Customer Relationship Management) 4) (https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-business)- Introduction to Business, Chapter 6 (Managerial Roles, Managerial Skills, Trends in Management and Leadership- Ethics Activity), Chapter 7 (Authority-Establishing Organizational Relationships, Degree of Centralization), Chapter 8 (Managing Human Resources and Labor Relations- specific section on trends in HR Management), Chapter 9 (Motivating Employees) 5) (https://openstax.org/details/books/business-ethics) Business Ethics, Chapters 6-7 discuss employee/employer relationships, Chapter 10 (Changing work Environments and Future Trends) " |
UM Western | CHEM 321 | Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume I and II | Ana Ebeling | ana.ebeling@umwestern.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/473 |
UM Western | CHEM 323 | Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume I and II | Ana Ebeling | ana.ebeling@umwestern.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/473 |
Montana State University | CHMY 311 | Analytical Chemistry | Jane Klassen | https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Analytical_Chemistry/Book%3A_Analytical_Chemistry_2.1_(Harvey) | |
MSU - Northern | CJUS 236 |
A quick, free, somewhat easy-to-read introduction to empirical social science research methods
| Samantha Balemba | samantha.balemba@msun.edu | https://scholar.utc.edu/oer/1/ |
MSU Billings | COMX 111 | Stand up, Speak Out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking | Susan Balter-Reitz | Susan.balterreitz@msubillings.edu | https://open.lib.umn.edu/publicspeaking/ |
City College | COMX 111 | Stand Up Speak Out | Christine Whitlatch | christine.whitlatch@msubillings.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking |
Flathead Valley Community College | COMX 115 | Interpersonal Communication – A Mindful Approach to Relationships | Joe Legate | ||
Flathead Valley Community College | COMX 115 | Interpersonal Communication – A Mindful Approach to Relationships | Katie Clarke | ||
Flathead Valley Community College | COMX 115 | Interpersonal Communication – A Mindful Approach to Relationships | Rebecca Spear | ||
Flathead Valley Community College | COMX 115 | Interpersonal Communication – A Mindful Approach to Relationships | Shirley Webster | ||
MSU - Northern | EDU 225 | Educational Psychology | Joey Todd | joseph.todd1@msun.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/educational-psychology |
MSU Billings | EDU383 | Guidelines for Online Assessment | Amanda Obery | amanda.obery@msubillings.edu | http://www.oercommons.org/courses/guidelines-for-online-assessments-for-educators/view |
Montana State University | EELE 101 | Electrical Circuits | Brock LaMeres | https://openlibra.com/en/book/dc-electrical-circuits-workbook | |
University of Montana | ELI | Speed Reading for ELLS | Sara Schroeder | sara.schroeder@mso.umt.edu | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/24/ |
University of Montana | GBLD 194:02 | Immigrant and Refugee Families, 2nd ed. Jaime Ballard et al. University of Minnesota Libraries 2016 | Gillian Glaes | gillian.glaes@mso.umt.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/immigrant-and-refugee-families-global-perspectives-on-displacement-and-resettlement-experiences |
University of Montana | GPHY 111 | OER Commons Physical Geography, Sofia OCI Physical Geography | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/physical-geography-2/view; http://sofia.fhda.edu/gallery/geography/lessons/lesson04.html | ||
MSU Billings | HSTA 101 | American Yawp | Emily Arendt | emily.arendt@msubillings.edu | http://www.americanyawp.com/ |
MSU Billings | HSTA 101 | "THE AMERICAN YAWP A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook *2019-2020 Updates* Stanford University Press Edition" | Emily Arendt | emily.arendt@msubillings.edu | http://content.nroc.org/DevelopmentalMath.HTML5/Common/toc/toc_en.html |
Flathead Valley Community College | HSTA 102 | American Yawp | John Eck | jeck@fvcc.edu | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-american-yawp/view |
UM Western | HSTA 102 | American Yawp | Jessica Fowler | jessica.fowler@umwestern.edu | http:// https://www.americanyawp.com/ |
Flathead Valley Community College | HSTA 102 | American Yawp | Scott Brantner | sbrantner@fvcc.edu | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-american-yawp/view |
Flathead Valley Community College | HSTR 101 | World History: Cultures, Societies, and States to 1500 | Scott Brantner | sbrantner@fvcc.cc | https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=history-textbooks |
Flathead Valley Community College | HSTR 102 | Western Civilization: a concise history | Scott Branter | sbrantner@fvcc.edu | http://; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igqL6rXaR8nsBDv4oJ8UDhWIaKp9s2XSEJg9Whkj1ZI/edit |
University of Montana | HSTR 102 | Western Civilization Vol III | Gillian Glaes | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EBnW_EGvY6s-WZpEb4WZlwG1i9ELTAoCzfarNx1pdeM/edit | |
University of Montana | LING | Tully Thibeau | https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/55604-sluicing-or-ellipsis-it-computes/view | ||
MSU - Northern | LIT 309 | Popular Genres: Serial Killers | valerie.guyant@msun.edu | ||
MSU Northern | LIT223 | British Literature I Anthology: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century | Valerie Guyant | valerie.guyant@msun.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/british-literature-i-anthology-from-the-middle-ages-to-neoclassicism-and-the-eighteenth-century |
MSU Billings | LSCI125 | The Information Literacy User's Guide: An Open, Online Textbook, Bernnard, D. et. al. Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research, Lowrey, C. The Process of Research Writing, Krause, S. D. | Tyree Jenks | tjenks@msubillings.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-information-literacy-user-s-guide-an-open-online-textbook https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/choosing-using-sources-a-guide-to-academic-research https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-process-of-research-writing |
MSU Billings | LSCI125 | "Bobish, G., & Jacobson, T. (Eds.). (2014). The Information Literacy User’s Guide: An Open, Online Textbook. New York: Open SUNY Textbooks. Teaching & Learning, University Libraries (2018). Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research. The Ohio State University. " | Megan Thomas | mthomas@msubillings.edu | http://"The Information Literacy User’s Guide: An Open, Online Textbook: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-information-literacy-user-s-guide-an-open-online-textbook Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/choosing-using-sources-a-guide-to-academic-research " |
MSU Billings | LSCI125 | "Bernnard, D., et al. (2014). The information literacy user’s guide: An open, online textbook [Open Textbook Library version]. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-information-literacy-user-s-guide-an-open-online-textbook And Ohio State University. (2018). Choosing & using sources: A guide to academic research. [Open Textbook Library version]. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/choosing-using-sources-a-guide-to-academic-research" | Eileen Wright | ewright@msubillings.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-information-literacy-user-s-guide-an-open-online-textbook https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/choosing-using-sources-a-guide-to-academic-research |
MSU Billings | M 305 | Applied Discrete Structures | Dr. Tien Chih | Tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://faculty.uml.edu/klevasseur/ads/ |
MSU Billings | M 471 | Basic Analysis: Introduction to Real Analysis | Dr. Tien Chih | Tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://www.jirka.org/ra/ |
UM Western | M090/095 | Developmental Math ; EdReadyMontana.org | Liz Wright | liz.wright@umwestern.edu | http://content.nroc.org/DevelopmentalMath.HTML5/Common/toc/toc_en.html |
UM Western | M105 | Math for Liberal Arts Students | Liz Wright | liz.wright@umwestern.edu | https://www.lulu.com/shop/darlene-diaz/math-for-liberal-arts-students/ebook/product-22275766.html?page=1&pageSize=4 |
MSU Billings | M105 | Chairsty Stewart | cstewart@msubillings.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/math-in-society-mathematics-for-liberal-arts-majors
http://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/
https://spot.pcc.edu/math/mathinsociety/book-1.html | |
MSU Billings | M121-01e | OpenStax: College Algebra | Chairsty Stewart | cstewart@msubillings.edu | https://openstax.org/details/books/college-algebra |
MSU Billings | M122 | Active Calculus | Dr. Tien Chih | tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://activecalculus.org/prelude/frontmatter.html |
MSU Billings | M143 | Finite Mathematics | Dr. Tien Chih | tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://tienchih.github.io/ |
MSU Northern | M171 | Active Calculus ; Armstrong Calculus | Casey Donovan | casey.donoven@gmail.com | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/active-calculus/view ; https://www.oercommons.org/courses/armstrong-calculus/view |
MSU Northern | SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology 2e | Samantha Balemba | https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e | |
University of Montana | SOC 325 | Library Materials | Daisy Rooks | ||
MSU Billings | STAT 216 | OpenIntro Statistics | Dr. Tien Chih | Tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://www.openintro.org/index.php |
Montana State University | STAT 216 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Mark Greenwood | greenwood@montana.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/intermediate-statistics-with-r |
Montana State University | STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Stacey Hancock | stacey.hancock@montana.edu | https://mtstateintrostats.github.io/IntroStatTextbook/ |
Montana State University | STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Melinda Yager | melinda.yager@montana.edu | https://mtstateintrostats.github.io/IntroStatTextbook/ |
Montana State University | STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Nicole Carnegie | nicole.carnegie@montana.edu | https://mtstateintrostats.github.io/IntroStatTextbook/ |
Montana State University | STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Jade Schmidt | jade.schmidt2@montana.edu | https://mtstateintrostats.github.io/IntroStatTextbook/ |
Montana State University | STAT 217 | Intermediate Statistics with R | Elijah Meyer | elijah.meyer@montana.edu | https://mtstateintrostats.github.io/IntroStatTextbook/ |
MSU Billings | STAT 341 | Notes on Elementary Probability | Dr. Tien Chih | Tien.chih@msubillings.edu | https://www3.nd.edu/~dgalvin1/30530/30530_S19/book/Lect_Prob_class.pdf |
Montana Tech | WRIT 101 | Mindful Technical Writing | Dawn Atkinson | casey.donoven@gmail.com | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/mindful-technical-writing-pdf |
Flathead Valley Community College | WRIT 101 | Writing For Success | Conrad Rauscher | ||
Flathead Valley Community College | WRIT 101 | Writing For Success | Hannah Kauffman | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XH8PO2hsW28XEA-Jkm08mQuG-rWqVv3d/view | |
Flathead Valley Community College | WRIT 101 | Writing For Success | Ben Barckholtz | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XH8PO2hsW28XEA-Jkm08mQuG-rWqVv3d/view | |
Flathead Valley Community College | WRIT 101 | Writing For Success | |||
Montana Tech | WRIT 101 | Mindful Technical Writing | Stacey Corbitt | scorbitt@mtech.edu | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/mindful-technical-writing-pdf |
Montana Tech | WRIT 121 | Mindful Technical Writing | Dawn Atkinson | datkinson@mtech.edu | https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/math-in-society-mathematics-for-liberal-arts-majors
http://www.opentextbookstore.com/mathinsociety/
https://spot.pcc.edu/math/mathinsociety/book-1.html |
Montana Tech | WRIT 121 | Mindful Technical Writing | Stacey Corbitt | scorbitt@mtech.edu | https://www.oercommons.org/courses/mindful-technical-writing-pdf |
City College | WRIT 220 | Writing Commons | Austin Bennett | austin.bennett2@msubillings.edu | https://writingcommons.org/courses/workplace-writing/professional-writing-spring-2021 |