New OER from Iowa State University

[Abbey Elder]

Good afternoon!

I am excited to announce the publication of a batch of new open textbooks, lab books, and more from the Iowa State University community! All of these texts were either developed with support from ISU's Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program, or otherwise supported by our OER Program. 

Please look through the list of resources below and share with anyone you know who may be interested:

Books

Food Product Development Lab Manual

Authors: Kate Gilbert and Ken Prusa

A practical how-to illustrating the process of developing a new food product from ideation and formulation to processing and lastly commercialization. This book highlights the overall process and gives instructions for each of the steps along the way.

Teaching Math for Emergent Bilinguals: Building on Culture, Language, and Identity

Authors: Ji-Yeong I and Ricardo Martinez

This book is designed for pre-service/in-service teachers and others who will work or work with K–12 students who have linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds, especially students of other languages (English language learners/Emergent bilingual/multilingual).

Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English

Authors: Timothy Kochem, Monica Ghosh, Lily Compton, and Elena Cotos

This digital book is meant to serve as an instructional tool for both learners and teachers in the field of pronunciation. Topics covered include vowel and consonant sounds, word stress, thought groups, prominence, and intonation.

Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research

Authors: Iowa State University Library Instruction Services (Cara Stone, Kris Stacy-Bates, Erin Thomas, and Abbey Elder)

Intended to support first-year students in a 1-credit course, Introduction to College-Level Research includes 5 chapters: Getting started with research, Locating information, Search techniques, Evaluating information, and Using information ethically. 

Find more: 

• Iowa State University Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Projects
• Iowa State University Digital Press website (open textbooks)

Ancillaries

(Now--or soon!-- in OER Commons)

• Class Piano Instructional Videos by Dr. Janci Bronson
• Biology 351 Anatomical Illustrations by Biology 351 students
  
• Chemical Engineering Separations: A Handbook for Students by Drs. Monica Lamm and Laura Jarboe
  

Find more: 

• OER in the ISU Digital Repository

Thank you for reading, and have a great semester!

Abbey Elder (she/they)

Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian
Iowa State University