Institution: Penn State World Campus

Keywords: Higher Education, Impact of Open Source Software on Education Series, Open Educational resources (OER), Open Source Software (OSS)

Summary: This resource has been compiled from a collection of postings by an international group of leading authors on "The Impact of Open Source Software on Education". The authors' contributions and comments serve as a series of case studies about how institutions around the world (UK, India, New Zealand, Iran, Africa ... larger society. [Expand Summary] This resource has been compiled from a collection of postings by an international group of leading authors on "The Impact of Open Source Software on Education". The authors' contributions and comments serve as a series of case studies about how institutions around the world (UK, India, New Zealand, Iran, Africa, Caribbean, US, Australia, etc.) have made use of open source educational software and the ways that these educational resources have been made available within their respective universities and to the public. The postings were originally contributed to Terra Incognita, a blog devoted to exploring new ground in higher education sponsored by Penn State's World Campus. The series has grown out of the increasingly diverse dialogue that is surfacing about open source software, which is truly becoming an international phenomena that is impacting higher education and larger society. [Collapse Summary]

Summary: Questa è una collezione (un non completo, questo progetto è molto, molto, nella sua fase iniziale) di ciò che io considero le informazioni più importanti ed utili della psicologia là fuori. I paragrafi dal titolo "Importanza" ho le mie idee e la mia spiegazione del perché le informazioni in altri ... pagina web. [Expand Summary] Questa è una collezione (un non completo, questo progetto è molto, molto, nella sua fase iniziale) di ciò che io considero le informazioni più importanti ed utili della psicologia là fuori. I paragrafi dal titolo "Importanza" ho le mie idee e la mia spiegazione del perché le informazioni in altri paragrafi (opinioni di altre persone) è importante. Ho anche scritto un libro sulle emozioni che è importante se si vuole comprendere o controllare le emozioni che è on-line gratuitamente su cnx.org/content/col10733 . La dimensione del carattere in pdf di raccolta è molto più grande la dimensione del carattere in ogni pdf modulo o se si stampa la pagina web. [Collapse Summary]

Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Keywords: EAC Toolkit, ethics, instructor module, module, student module

Summary: This collection draws together the different instructor modules developed in conjunction with the EAC (ethics across the curriculum) Toolkit. These modules provide useful pedagogical information for those interested in teaching the corresponding student module. The EAC Toolkit is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation ("Collaborative Development of Ethics ... ethics pedagogy. [Expand Summary] This collection draws together the different instructor modules developed in conjunction with the EAC (ethics across the curriculum) Toolkit. These modules provide useful pedagogical information for those interested in teaching the corresponding student module. The EAC Toolkit is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation ("Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices," NSF-SES-0551779) designed to develop and disseminate best practices in practical and professional ethics pedagogy. [Collapse Summary]

Institution: Virginia Tech

Keywords: education, integrative thinking, leadership

Summary: In Spring Semester, 2008, a Virginia Tech principal preparation cohort from Abingdon, VA published individual modules related to Roger Martin's Integrative Thinking model and the model's relevance to school leadership. This course centers on the work of the school principal and the cohort offers their reflections on integrative ... improving schools. [Expand Summary] In Spring Semester, 2008, a Virginia Tech principal preparation cohort from Abingdon, VA published individual modules related to Roger Martin's Integrative Thinking model and the model's relevance to school leadership. This course centers on the work of the school principal and the cohort offers their reflections on integrative thinking and its applicability to improving schools. [Collapse Summary]

Institution: OpenStax College

Keywords: aging, assembling perspective, authority, bureaucracies, collective behavior, conflict theory, conformity, crime, culture, demography, deviance, discrimination, diversity, economy, education, emergent-norm perspective, Emile Durkheim, environment, ethics, ethnicity, experiment, family, feminist theory, field research, formal organizations, functionalism, gender, global inequality, globalization, government, health, in-groups, Karl Marx, marriage, Max Weber, McDonaldization, medicine, minority groups, modernization, out-groups, politics, population, power, queer theory, race, religion, resocialization, sanctions, sex, social change, social class, social control, social movements, social stratification, social structure, socialization, sociology, stereotypes, survey, symbolic interactionism, urbanization, value-added perspective

Summary: Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as ... four-year school. [Expand Summary] Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as the Occupy Wall Street movement. The text is designed for the Introduction to Sociology course at any two- to four-year school. [Collapse Summary]