| Dr.
Don Goral Professor of Mathematics Open Educational Resources (OER) |
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General
Overview
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| Open Educational Resources are
textbooks and other educational tools that are available
for free or very low cost. For my classes, I seek free
PDF OER textbooks that cover all required course
material and are of high pedagogical quality. On this
page, I provide links to websites that contain OER
textbooks vetted by experts. I also describe the OER
textbooks that I have already used in my own math
teaching, as well as additional OER textbooks that I am
considering for future use. I will also investigate
websites that offer free mathematical tools that can be
incorporated into any math course. High quality OER
materials are increasingly available, so there is no
sacrifice in academic quality in adopting OER materials.
They are convenient for me, as an instructor, because I
now have PDF textbooks stored on my computer, available
for class, office, and home use. My students have free
and immediate access to the required course textbook,
without bureaucratic delays or financial barriers. |
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OER
Websites
VIVA is the academic library consortium of Virginia, serving 72 non-profit academic libraries, including all 39 public colleges and universities, 32 independent universities, and the Library of Virgina. Through cooperative and shared collection development, resource sharing, open and affordable course content programs, education and training opportunities, and strategic initiatives, VIVA directly supports academic institutions across the state in providing access to high quality academic resources for students and faculty at Virginia institutions. Curated Collections | VIVA Open (oercommons.org) Viva Math Math Collection Resources | VIVA Open (oercommons.org) American Institute of Mathematics Approved Textbooks | American Inst. of Mathematics (aimath.org) MERLOT
( Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and
Online Teaching)
MERLOT Openstax https://openstax.org/ |
| My OER Course
Materials Here are links to courses which I have
taught, am teaching now, or will teach using OER
materials.
MTH
111 - Basic Technical MathematicsSome of the internal navigation links need to be updated, but all of the material is accessible. Here you can view what my students see for each course. I will be adding comments about my experience with OER. These folders were copied from previous locations and some of the internal navigation links need to be updated. If you find that a link is broken, simply hit the back arrow on your browser. MTH 161-Precalculus I MTH 162 - Precalculus II MTH 167 - Precalculus with Trigonometry MTH 261 - Applied Calculus MTH 263 - Calculus I MTH 264 - Calculus II MTH 265 - Calculus III MTH 266 - Linear Algebra MTH 267 - Differential Equations MTH 288 - Discrete Mathematics (This needs to be updated for new editions of textbooks) |
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07/10/22
Contact Dr.
Goral at : dgoral@nvcc.edu
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