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- Description:
- Introduces informative and analytical writing supported by research. Students design a research plan, use primary and secondary sources critically, develop research methods, use proper documentation and develop writing strategies for longer papers. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for college-level research-based writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on in-depth evidence-based analysis and evaluation in academic contexts. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and research-based support, visual evidence, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on in-depth evidence-based analysis and evaluation. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for in-depth research-based informational, analysis and argument assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a high college level to make their writing clear and credible.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Joyce Bower and Kathy Austin
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Textbook, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Reading, Assessment, and Module
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- Description:
- A remix of several OER chemistry textbooks customized for use at LBCC. Note that some chapters have a more open license. CH 121 is the first of a three term college chemistry sequence for students in human performance, certain health occupations programs, agriculture, animal science, and fisheries and wildlife. This sequence is for students who have had no previous training in chemistry and whose program of study requires only a one-year sequence of college chemistry. Topics include measurement, chemical calculations, chemical formulas and equations, gas laws, thermochemistry, atomic structure and periodicity.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Chemistry
- Creator:
- Ommidala Pattawong
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Textbook and Reading
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- Description:
- A remix of several OER chemistry textbooks customized for use at LBCC. Note that some chapters have a more open license. The second of a three term college chemistry sequence for students in human performance, certain health occupations programs, agriculture, animal science, and fisheries and wildlife. This sequence is for students who have had no previous training in chemistry and whose program of study requires only a one-year sequence of college chemistry. Topics include atomic structure, periodic trends, covalent and ionic bonding, atomic and molecular orbital theory, phase changes, colligative properties, intermolecular forces, and organic chemistry.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Chemistry
- Creator:
- Ommidala Pattawong
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Textbook and Reading
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- Description:
- A remix of several OER chemistry textbooks customized for use at LBCC. Note that some chapters have a more open license. The third of a three term college chemistry sequence for students in, human performance, certain health occupations programs, agriculture, animal science, and fisheries and wildlife. This sequence is for students who have had no previous training in chemistry and whose program of study requires only a one-year sequence of college chemistry. Topics include rates of reactions, chemical equilibrium, acid/base equilibrium, buffers, ionic equilibrium, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Chemistry
- Creator:
- Ommidala Pattawong
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Textbook and Reading
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- Description:
- This assignment asks students to identify one aspect of their personal diversity and consider its overlap within someone in STEM.
- Subject:
- Calculus, Geology, Genetics, Algebra, Ratios and Proportions, Measurement and Data, Statistics and Probability, Chemistry, Biology, Functions, Anatomy/Physiology, Zoology, Engineering, Physical Geography, Environmental Science, Trigonometry, Physics, Geometry, Numbers and Operations, and Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Beth Manhat
- Year Created:
- 2020
- Resource Type:
- Homework/Assignment and Activity/Lab
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- Description:
- Slideshow about culture, intercultural sensitivity, history, and family identity.
- Subject:
- Communication
- Creator:
- John Drischell
- Year Created:
- 2020
- Resource Type:
- Lesson
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- Description:
- This openly licensed text, created with students, approaches contemporary families from an equity lens. It asks two questions relevant to the Difference, Power, and Discrimination outcomes at Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University: “What do families need?” and “How do society and institutions support or get in the way of families getting what they need?" Original content is licensed under CC BY, except as otherwise noted. More specific information can be found under Licenses and Attributions at the bottom of each section. Print copy: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/elizabeth-pearce/contemporary-families/paperback/product-rjq8mm.html
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Work, Women's Studies, and Sociology
- Creator:
- Elizabeth B. Pearce
- Contributor:
- Ruta Faifaise, Christopher Byers, Jessica N. Hampton, Katie Niemeyer, Hannah Morelos, Katherine Hemlock, Nyssa Cronin, Shonna Dempsey, Wesley Sharp, Carla Medel, Chessie Alberti , Alexis Castaneda-Perez, Michaela Willi Hooper, Cassie Cruze, and Amy Huskey
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2020
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
- Identifier:
- 978-1-63635-078-3
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- Description:
- 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 and how to choose a format and style appropriate for your specific audience and purpose. You will also have an opportunity to work collaboratively with your classmates.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant and WR 227
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric and Communication
- Creator:
- Will Fleming
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2020
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
- Identifier:
- 978-1-63635-082-0
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- Description:
- This is the first of two courses in the administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networked operating systems. The courses CS 240A and CS 240B are laboratory-intensive courses that provide hands-on experience in the planning, installation, and administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networks. The two courses provide partial preparation for the MCSA® and MCSE® exams.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Subject areas include use of layout and fabrication tools, structural steel connections and components, chalk line layout, tank layout, ladder layout, stair layout, ring-flange layout, pipefitting fit-up, fall-protection, and rigging.
- Subject:
- Welding
- Creator:
- Cameren Moran
- Publisher:
- Open Oregon Educational Resources
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- Reading list for BI 112 with links to OpenStax Human Biology by Willy Cushwa, OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology,OpenStax Biology 2e, and OpenStax Chemistry: Atoms First.
- Subject:
- Biology
- Creator:
- Rachel Jacobs
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 3/27/2019
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Textbook, and Unit of Study
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- Description:
- Radiation Safety (NDT 130) is the first in a series of Industrial Radiographic Testing classes taught at Linn Benton Community College (LBCC) in Albany, Oregon. 40 hours of Radiation Safety training is required of any individual working with x-ray and Gamma radiation sources in industrial radiographic testing, including industrial radiographic inspection students. NDT 130 is part of LBCC’s two-year Associate of Applied Science program in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). The purpose of this OER is to provide students with a comprehensive textbook aligned with the NDT 130 course as taught at LBCC. NDT 130 is taught in accordance with ASNT, SNT TC-1A recommended practice and topical outline following ANSI/ASNT CP-105 2016 guidelines (page 63) for Basic Radiographic Physics Course and Appendix A (pages 113-114) for Radiation Safety topical outline.
- Subject:
- Manufacturing
- Creator:
- Jason Scott Ballard
- Contributor:
- Susan Mejia
- Publisher:
- Open Oregon Educational Resources
- Language:
- Spanish and English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- This course is intended to provide a foundation in the skills and knowledge you'll need to create, remix, adopt, or update open educational resources (OER). Specifically, by the end of the course you'll be able to: Apply backward design in order to plan learning goals, assessment, and appropriate scaffolding/support, Describe the meaning of open educational resources, Locate open educational resources relevant to course learning outcomes, Properly attribute works offered under a Creative Commons license, Identify and create works that are accessible to all students, Add a Creative Commons license to your own work and share back with your disciplinary community.
- Subject:
- Educational Technology and Information Science
- Creator:
- Michaela Willi Hooper
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Being able to read and understand, as well as sketch, or even draw a blueprint, is important to the making of accurate parts and complete fabrications. Blueprints are tools that communicate what needs to be built or made, what materials are needed and what specifications are required. They insure that a design is made with complete accuracy what meets the needs of the customer. This book is an updated version of the originally authored publication by the Department of Engineering and Drafting Technology Department at Linn-Benton Community College, in Albany Oregon.
- Subject:
- Welding
- Creator:
- Ric Costin
- Publisher:
- Open Oregon Educational Resources
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- This course is designed to teach students about induction motors and the methods used to control and troubleshoot them. (Much of this book remixes All About Circuits, which is available under a Design Science License. Linn-Benton Community College received permission from Tony Kupholdt, author of All About Circuits, to distribute this derivative work under a CC BY-SA license.)
- Subject:
- Electronic Technology
- Creator:
- Ken Dickson-Self
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
-
- Description:
- Introduces the field of computer science and programming for students interested in careers in related fields. Covers digital logic, binary and hexadecimal encoding of data, computer organization, operating systems, algorithms, control structures, and an overview of programming languages and pseudo-code. Computing's impact on culture and society is a recurring theme throughout this course.
- Keyword:
- Robotics, LBCC OER Grant, and Python
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak
- Contributor:
- Alexander Buck
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Activity/Lab, Reading, Interactive, Assessment, Data Set, Lesson, and Module
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- Description:
- Moodle shell with example syllabus and links to Earth Rocks! videos produced by Katryn Wiese, Earth Sciences Department, City College of San Francisco. Course description: introductory lab science course that examines the four major categories of oceanographic study: geological, physical, chemical and biological. Emphasizes the geological and geophysical aspects of the sea floor; physical and chemical properties of sea water, waves, tides, ocean circulation and currents; marine ecosystems; and ocean utilization.
- Subject:
- Oceanography
- Creator:
- Katharine Solada
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This is the second of two courses in the administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networked operating systems. The courses CS 240A and CS 240B are laboratory-intensive courses that provide hands-on experience in the planning, installation, and administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networks. The two courses provide partial preparation for the MCSA® and MCSE® exams.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of WR122, successful students should be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with a focus on factual, analytical, and evaluative writing. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level informational, analytical and evaluative assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible, and precise.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Jennifer Kepka
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- An open source e-textbook designed specifically for use in LBCC’s WD4 (Technical Writing for Welders) and all versions of IN4 (Technical Writing for CTE). In this easy-to-navigate textbook, you’ll find all the necessary lessons and handouts for the course. IN4/WD4 covers the processes and fundamentals of writing field-specific technical documents, including organization and development, audience analysis, diction and style, writing mechanics and standard usage, and the editing, proofing, and revising process required for successful workplace writing. The course focuses on writing workplace documents commonly written by technicians: emails, descriptions, customer intake documents, project closeout documentation, bad news messages, instructions, summaries, accident reports, and employment docs (resumes and cover letters), etc.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Will Fleming
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
-
- Description:
- This is an introductory course meant to both expand your knowledge of good essay form and your confidence in your ability to create concise, clear, and cohesive college essays. We’ll look at several different forms of essays and destroy many great pieces of writing in order to learn how the heck we can do that stuff ourselves. COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of WR121, successful students should be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with a focus on factual, analytical, and evaluative writing. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level informational, analytical and evaluative assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible, and precise.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Jennifer Kepka
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- A comprehensive introduction to the art, history and workings of the theater. Students will be given a broad and general background in theater including production elements (lights, sound, sets, costumes, make-up, etc...) of acting, theater history and criticism. Students will attend live performances, view videos of plays and write reviews of live and filmed theater. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Develop a working definition of theatre. Identify the roles of theatre practitioners. Identify the basic structure of a play script. Apply the basic criteria for theatre criticism. Identify the various theatre genres. Identify and describe the functions and use of different lighting, sound and other stage equipment. Examine the values within the range of the human experience and its impact in the expression of Theater.
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Tinamarie Ivey and Dan Stone
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This booklet will lay out step by step procedures and how they can aid a crafts-person to build templates to build both simple and complicated fabricated parts. Types of materials that can be used with these templates is a combination of flat sheet and round tube our pipe.In order to be successful in the use of this booklet you need to have a good understanding of basic blueprint reading skills, industrial math skill and also basic geometry. Couple this with welding and fabrication skills you can produce a wide variety of fabrications and weldments. This booklet will start off with simple flat patterns and work in to more complex templates for pipe.
- Subject:
- Welding
- Creator:
- Marc Rose
- Publisher:
- Open Oregon Educational Resources
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
-
- Description:
- Introduction to epidemiology and the use of elementary statistics for students in health-related studies. This course is designed to provide preparatory background for taking subsequent course in epidemiology and health data analysis offered by the Department of Public Health. This course introduces measure of disease frequency, analytical epidemiology, study designs, experimental design, and basic elements of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
- Subject:
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Kristi Murphey
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
-
- Description:
- Introduces web design through an examination of (X)HTML, CSS and relevant computer graphic file formats. Students will learn to create standards-compliant, accessible web pages using modern design techniques and technologies. Emphasis will be placed on learning to write (X)HTML and CSS script without the help of advanced web design software; writing accessible, standards compliant code; and separating content, presentation and action. and For access to instructor-only resources, contact LBCC's OER librarian ( willihm@linnbenton.edu).
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Lister, Frank
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- Second course in a two-course sequence. Introduces and applies technical skills around beginning and managing a small business, including spreadsheets and the use of charts and graphs. Includes reflection and discussion of the application of concepts to a real-world example. Requires teamwork and collaboration to be exercised in completing a group project. Covers application of financial, legal, and administrative procedures in running a business. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Represent business models in spreadsheets including preparation of charts and graphs. Apply key business activities and the primary concepts and terms associated with these activities. Manage a business interacting with the external environment (through a simulation) and describe how this interaction impacts both business and the external environment. Implement the financial, legal, and administrative procedures involved in starting new business ventures. Identify ethical issues facing businesses. Effectively collaborate with team members and communicate professionally.
- Subject:
- Measurement and Data and Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This course presents an overview of the Microsoft Windows Operating System (OS), with emphasis on the OS design, configuration, operations, and applications. This course will also cover PowerShell scripting and includes researching, documenting, and presenting a key OS function.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year course taught:
- 2018
- Year Created:
- January 8, 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- In this course, students will learn basic Microsoft Windows 10 Operating Systems skills (including Core PC Hardware Components, Graphical User Interface, Local and Cloud File Management, Applications, Internet Browsers, Security, and key System Utilities), Google Email, Contacts, Calendar, and Drive applications, as well as introduction to Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation applications. Additionally, students will learn to create and convert documents between different format (Microsoft and Google apps).
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- BA 101A is the first in a two-course sequence. Introduces the various fields and activities of both established and entrepreneurial businesses. Develops professional skills needed to be successful in modern business and engages in critical reflection around skill sets and career opportunities. Beginning Fall 2018, the dept. adopted Lumen Learning's Intro to Business Waymaker module ( https://lumenlearning.com/courses-intro-business/) integrated with Moodle, the campus learning management system.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus
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- Description:
- Designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use and integration of various software packages. Students will use word processing software for formatting business correspondence, creating tables, multipage documents, graphical elements, mail merge, and other features. Spreadsheet software will be used to create formulas, use built-in functions for calculations, create charts and graphs, reference other worksheets, create absolute and relative cell references as well as other formatting and editing features. Presentations software will be used to produce, edit, and create visually compelling presentations for business outcomes. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Apply word processing software features to produce, format, edit, and enhance business documents. Apply spreadsheet software features to create, edit, and format spreadsheets and charts Write formulas and use functions in spreadsheets to perform calculations for business scenarios. Apply presentations software features to produce, edit, and make visually appealing presentations.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Textbook, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Activity/Lab, Reading, and Assessment
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- Description:
- A survey course of discrete mathematics for non-physical science majors. Topics include systems of inequalities, linear programming, probability and probability distributions, and an introduction to descriptive statistics. The course emphasizes problem solving through the use of computer spreadsheets.
- Subject:
- Numbers and Operations
- Creator:
- Mary Campbell
- Year Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
The Benefits and Challenges of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP)
- Description:
- In this action research project, the benefits and challenges of using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) were examined for the CS120 Digital Literacy course at the LinnBenton Community College (LBCC) in Albany, Oregon. Two types of research data were gathered, quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative data were based on the end-of-quarter metrics for the six established CS120 course outcomes (see appendix A). The participants for the quantitative data are the students from the eighteen CS120 sections which were taught during the 2016 calendar year (winter, spring, and fall). While the ten winter and spring CS120 sections used a publisher textbook and companion website material, the eight fall CS120 sections used OER material. For the qualitative data, a student questionnaire was used (see appendix B). The participants of the qualitative data are the twenty-eight students in my two fall CS120 sections which read and signed the Student Consent Form (See appendix D). The findings of this study indicated: 1) The quantitative data, based on course outcomes, were very positive. The data revealed that all six course outcomes improved in the fall quarter and each student saved $162 on textbooks. 2) The qualitative data, based on a questionnaire, were also positive. The majority of the students stated that the OER-based course is well structured, accessible, easy to use, and the content covers all six course outcomes. One concern is that 57% of the students stated they missed having a physical textbook.
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Research paper
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- Description:
- The authors received OER funding from LBCC to compile the links in these documents. Instructors of PE 231 choose which resources they want to use in each section. Also included are library resources recommended by the LBCC OER librarian.
- Subject:
- Nutrition and Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Creator:
- Susan Peterson-Aynes, Richard Gibbs, and Brad Carman
- Contributor:
- Michaela Willi Hooper
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2017/2018
- Resource Type:
- Textbook, Unit of Study, and Reading
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- Description:
- This course is designed as a survey course to familiarize students with computer concepts including software and hardware, software applications, and living online leading towards digital computer literacy. Instruction in this course is provided through demonstration and discussion. Class time will be provided for practicing concepts as well as working through assignments; however, additional time outside of class will be essential to improve skills and complete the assignments.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak and Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This course covers processes and fundamentals of writing expository essays, including structure, organization and development, diction and style, revision and editing, and mechanics required for college-level writing. Course Outcomes: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments requiring them to use a broad range of critical thinking strategies, particularly analysis and evaluation. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analytical and evaluation assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible and persuasive.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Linn-Benton Virtual College and Chris Riseley
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2015
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This is a short video introduction for technical writing instructors on the iFixit technical writing program. The video discusses how the program works, what the students produce, and why iFixit runs the program. Relevant to WR227 and other technical writing-adjacent courses.
- Subject:
- Higher Education
- Creator:
- Forrest Johnson
- Contributor:
- Linn Benton Community College Library
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 10/20/2018
- Resource Type:
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
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- Description:
- This course introduces the theory of relative prices in a market system, consumer choice, marginal analysis, and the allocation of productive resources among alternative uses in a market economy. Other topics may include market power and price discrimination, public finance, the labor market and environmental policy. Course Outcomes: 1. Discuss the role scarcity plays in defining economic choices and how individuals, companies and nations resolve these issues. 2. Describe and apply marginal principle, principle of opportunity cost, principle of diminishing returns, comparative advantage, and elasticity. 3. Analyze the relationships between production costs and cost curves. 4. Explain the mechanics of supply and demand and apply the supply and demand model to evaluate markets. 5. Discuss the efficiency and equity of both competitive and noncompetitive markets and how both are impacted by government intervention. 6. Explain, compare and contrast, and apply in context each of the basic market structures - i.e. perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.
- Subject:
- Economics
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- An analysis of the behavior of humans as actors in a variety or organizational contexts and cultures, including group, inter-group, and individual behavior. A cross cultural perspective of organizational behavior is also examined, including the concepts of time-management, work ethic, teamwork, and verbal and non-verbal communication. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe why managers and entrepreneurs require a knowledge of organizational behavior. 2. Describe characteristics of culture and resulting behavioral tendencies (especially as related to communication, teamwork and leadership, and conflict resolution). 3. Explain the foundations of individual behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 4. Explain the foundations of group behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 5. Discuss inter-group behavior. 6. Identify the rules of organizational design. 7. Describe organizational culture.
- Subject:
- Public Relations
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
-
- Description:
- This course focuses on the entrepreneurial phases associated with start-up and management of small business. This course will teach future entrepreneurs and managers to recognize opportunities and to use effective entrepreneurial and small business management practices. Course Outcomes: 1. List and discuss the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. 2. Analyze new business opportunities that exist in the marketplace. 3. Evaluate the feasibility of pursuing an opportunity that you’ve recognized. 4. Develop a business plan that includes both conceptual and technical components. 5. Identify and discuss obstacles to entrepreneurial success. 6. Identify the resources and financing necessary to start an entrepreneurial venture. 7. Discuss organizational characteristics and best management practices for start-up companies.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is an introductory course that gives students an overview of the major social media sites and provides examples as to how individuals are using social media. Social media (Twitter, Facebook, blogging, podcasting, etc.) are relatively accessible technologies that enable individuals, almost instantaneously, to create, publish, edit, and/or access messages intended for audiences; students will learn how to explore the possibilities and limitations of various social media. Social media has profoundly impacted the world of communications both among consumers as well as with businesses. Despite the rapid shift in marketing and communications, many organizations are still learning to adjust to this new paradigm. The purpose of this course is to provide the practical knowledge and insights required to establish objectives and strategies, properly select the social media platforms to engage consumers, and measure these results in a manner that is meaningful for businesses. The class will break down broad concepts about social media into meaningful segments that could be applied to serve strategic priorities for businesses. This includes an overview of the necessary tools, the impact on traditional marketing, quantifying success, and reputation management. These concepts will help provide important insights into sales and marketing, public relations, customer service, and other areas of the organization. Course Outcomes: 1. Build a Professional or Personal Brand and Voice. 2. Define Social Media Communities. 3. Create and manage Social Media accounts and tools. 4. Create Social Media Metric strategies.
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is an introduction to families with application to personal life. It focuses on diversity in family structure, social class, race, gender, work, and its interaction with other social institutions. Course Outcomes: 1. Use theoretical frameworks to interpret the role of the family within social process and institutions. 2. Describe the nature, value, and limitations of the basic methods of studying individuals and families. 3. Using historical and contemporary examples, describe how perceived differences, combined with unequal distribution of power across economic, social, and political institutions, result in inequity. 4. Explain how difference is socially constructed. 5. Analyze current social issues, including the impact of historical and environmental influences, on family development. 6. Analyze ways in which the intersections of social categories such as race, ethnicity, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age, interact with the country’s institutions to contribute to difference, power, and discrimination amongst families. 7. Synthesize multiple viewpoints and sources of evidence to generate reasonable conclusions.
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course provides a general survey of the functional and interdependent areas of business management, marketing, accounting and finance, and management information systems. The course includes business trends, operation and management of a business, ethical challenges, environmental responsibility, change, global perspectives, and the dynamic roles of management and staff. Additionally, the course incorporates aspects of team interaction and continuous process improvement. You are provided with the opportunity to explore the Internet and information technology relating to business operations. Course Outcomes: 1. Define commonly used business and economics terminology. 2. Describe the functional areas of any business organization. 3. Explain revenues, expenses, and how profit is derived. Differentiate between objectives, strategies, tactics, and operations. 4. Describe the components of a business plan. 5. Prepare a basic business plan. 6. Explain the importance of ethics in business.
- Subject:
- Marketing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- The following recipes, or games, are intended to be used as reference and study for the college course: Improvisation. This format has been set up to help with ease of quick learning and immediate application. Bon Appétit !
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Dan Stone
- Language:
- English
- Resource Type:
- Textbook
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- Description:
- This course in an introduction to project management. The art and science of project management has evolved much over the last 1-2 decades. At this point, 2017, all small, medium and large companies use structured project management methodologies and guidelines to run their internal and external projects. My objective is not to teach you how to become a project manager, that will require many courses and hands-on experience, but to teach you how to become an effective team player on a structured project. and A practice-oriented course with examples, applications and proven techniques that demonstrate systems analysis and design. Actual organization, business settings, and project management software are used to show how systems concepts can apply to many different types of enterprises. Project lifecycle as well as project management software, terminology and concepts are discussed.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Language:
- English
- Year course taught:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course prepares the medical coding student for detailed procedural coding in integumentary, musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. Additionally, this course prepares the student to use ICD-10 diagnostic codes as principal, primary, secondary, and tertiary medical necessity justification. This course also prepares students to competently select accurate HCPCS codes for supplies, medications, transportation, etc. Course Outcomes: 1. Identify and locate clinical information in patient charts which pertain to reimbursable data in all outpatient settings, and closely approximate the proper 2. Evaluation and Management code for reimbursement. 3. Demonstrate competency in procedural and diagnostic coding for the following systems: Integumentary; Respiratory; and Cardiovascular. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of Insurance, Billing and Coding Regulations. 5. Demonstrate accurate Diagnostic Coding. 6. Demonstrate accurate HCPCS Coding. 7. Demonstrate knowledge of CPT Coding Conventions.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- An introductory course using visual materials with emphasis on methods and motivations that generate the visual experience, both past and present. Art practices from around the world are examined for form and content. Emphasis will be on Western Art. Course Outcomes: 1. Articulate verbally and in writing a general understanding of the significance of visual art in a wide variety of culture and media. 2. Create a personal work of art. Articulate verbally and in writing the form and content of the piece, along with information about significant artists and art works relative to the created artwork, and to visual art. 3. Articulate verbally and in writing appropriate art vocabulary, and art evaluation concepts, when viewing visual art.
- Subject:
- Art History
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course introduces the framework of the law as it affects a business, including the origins of the American legal system, how the law operates, and how it is enforced. It covers legal regulation of business, including civil and criminal law, formation of contracts, employment law, environmental regulation, real estate, and consumer rights. Course Outcomes: 1. Explain the origins of the American legal system. 2. Apply elements of law to specific individual and business scenarios. 3. Understand the requirements for a valid contract and apply those requirements to specific contractual activities. 4. Recognize the interconnectedness of the legal system to business, society, and the environment. 5. Explain the impact of the uniform commercial code, UCC, on the business environment.
- Subject:
- Law
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course continues Practical Accounting I with more detailed explanations of the accounting cycle. Covers special journals, ledgers, business forms, including vouchers. Emphasizes accounting for partnerships. Course Outcomes: 1. Complete the entire accounting cycle for a merchandising company. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of accounting for bad debts. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of accounting for notes receivable and notes payable. 4. Compute the cost of fixed and intangible assets and natural resources. 5. Prepare basic depreciation, depletion and amortization calculations. 6. Describe the characteristics of partnerships and basic partnership accounting.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers the complexities of the communication process and the impact of communication on obtaining employment. Includes insights into the causes and effects of general communication behaviors, involvement in active exploration of the basic communication theories and concepts, and opportunities to develop communication strengths. Course Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of group, public and personal communication theory. 2. Recognize and describe the relationship between nonverbal and oral communication as it relates to the workplace.
- Subject:
- Speaking and Listening
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use of database software. You will use database software for creating tables, forms, and reports by manipulating data through various query tools. Course Outcomes: 1. Produce a simple relational database that stores information. 2. Create queries that retrieve specified information. 3. Create forms for entering data into the database. 4. Produce informative reports with the information in the database
- Subject:
- Information Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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