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The Story of Earth: An Observational Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 1 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Daniel Hauptvogel, Virginia Sisson

Subject(s): Historical geology and palaeogeology, Earth sciences, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Last updated: 20/07/2023

The 2nd edition is now available!

This is an open-access lab manual for a historical geology lab focused on student observations. The print version is not longer available for this edition; please see the 2nd edition.
Do you plan on using the lab manual? Have any questions, comments, suggestions, or notice an error? Please fill out our contact form and let us know!

Latin American History and Culture

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) Spanish

Author(s): Anadeli Bencomo

Subject(s): Historia de América

Last updated: 10/10/2022

Making “Meaning”: Precolumbian Archaeology, Art History, and the Legacy of Terence Grieder

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Author(s): James Farmer, Rex Koontz

Editor(s): James Farmer, Rex Koontz

Subject(s): History of art, History of art, Material culture, Altiplano / Andean plateau, Pre-Columbian styles, Theory of art, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Paintings and painting, Murals and wall paintings, Textile artworks, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Archaeological sites, Guatemala, Mexico, Chichen Itza, Amazonas region, Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas, Teotihuacan, Uto-Aztecan languages

Publisher: University of Houston Libraries

Last updated: 02/03/2022

The book examines the work of Terence Grieder, an early pre-Columbian art historian of wide-ranging interests and often provocative stances. His students and other intellectual descendants discuss his major ideas through examples drawn from their own work. The work of those he mentored is in the end the most important testament to his continuing influence in the field.

OER and Alternative Textbook Handbook

CC BY (Attribution) 5 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Ariana Santiago

Subject(s): Open learning, distance education

Publisher: University of Houston

Last updated: 02/09/2021

This handbook has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.

“Bad Breath”: An integrated case study of alcoholic liver disease for first year medical students.

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Omar Matuk-Villazon, MD, MBA, Kevin Rowland, PhD

Subject(s): Clinical and internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Clinical and internal medicine, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Last updated: 02/09/2021

HRMA2340

Author(s): Agnes DeFranco

Subject(s): Financial accounting

Last updated: 02/09/2021

KIN 4370: Virtual Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab Manual

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 33 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Melissa Markofski

Last updated: 10/05/2021

This book is a lab manual to accompany the Virtual KIN 4370 course: Exercise Testing and Prescription. The chapter for each lab activity includes background information, protocol description, comprehension questions, and tables to help with test interpretation (as required). The lab activities have been modified from face-to-face environment to an at-home virtual learning course.

Excel For Decision Making

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Emese Felvegi, Noreen Brown, Barbara Lave, Julie Romey, Mary Schatz, Diane Shingledecker, Robert McCarn

Editor(s): Emese Felvegi, Robert McCarn

Subject(s): Business applications, Business studies: general

Last updated: 01/04/2021

Foundations of Management Information Systems

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Emese Felvegi, OpenStax, University of Minnesota Libraries, Saylor Academy

Editor(s): Emese Felvegi

Subject(s): Management decision making

Publisher: UH Libraries - University of Houston

Last updated: 31/05/2020

A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Ed. Elizabeth Mays

Publisher: The Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation

Last updated: 09/03/2020

A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources. This is a first edition, compiled by Rebus Community, and we welcome feedback and ideas to expand the text.