LEARNING OBJECTIVESBy the end of this section, you will be able to:Define critical thinkingDescribe the role that logic plays in critical thinkingDescribe how both critical and creative thinking skills can be used to problem-solveDescribe how critical thinking skills can be used to evaluate informationApply the CRAAP test to evaluate sources of informationIdentify strategies for developing yourself as a critical thinker

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This video explains different types of modalities and appropriate use cases.

In the world of engaged learning, teachers are inspired by students. I teach primarily classes in African American literature, many of which answer requirements for General Education credit. Because General Education enrollment consists of students from colleges across the university, I have the opportunity to introduce a diverse group of students to the works of Charles Chesnutt, whom I describe as “the most famous Cleveland writer you’ve never heard of.” Inevitably, despite their diverse academic majors, all agree that what they are learning needs to be shared with teachers in the Cleveland Metropolitan school system. Yet while there are numerous websites devoted to Charles Chesnutt, few pay more than passing attention to his association with Cleveland, where Chesnutt was born in 1858, returned in 1883, built one the city’s most successful court reporting businesses, and wrote continuously until his death in 1932.

This is the second in a series of modules which detail the research of Charles Darwin and evolutionary theory. This module continues with a discussion of the processes that led to Darwin's formulation of the theory of natural selection.

This module introduces Darwin's Galapagos travels and an introduction to the theory of evolution as a force for biological change and diversification. This is the first in a series of modules which detail the research of Charles Darwin and evolutionary theory.

Archived session from the 2024 Arizona Regional OER Conference. Session Title: Charting the OER Journey: Insights and Tools for an Institutional OER Initiative.This resource includes the session abstract, presenter(s), resources, and recording. 

Artificial Intelligence and its Pedagogical Value

Short Description:
ChatGPT in Higher Education explores the positive integration of AI in academia and the ways that it might enhance pedagogy, research, and professional development.

Word Count: 7505

Included H5P activities: 35

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This resource is a supplement to the modified rubric from the Washington Models for the Evaluation of Bias Content in Instructional Materials (2009) that is made available through OER Commons under a public domain license. This resource attempts to both update the content with more contemporary vocabulary and also to narrow the scope to evaluating still images as they are found online. It was developed as a secondary project while working on a BranchED OER grant during summer 2020. It includes an attached rubric adapted from the Washington Model (2009).This checklist was created for higher education purposes to review course content for diversity and inclusivity.

Chemeketa Community College is committed to creating an inclusive learning environment that meets the needs of its diverse employee and student bodies. This means that all students, faculty and staff including those with disabilities, are provided equal and equitable access to all digital resources, technologies, websites and and other services used to provide information, assistance, programs, services or any other access to Chemeketa faculty, staff, students or visitors. An Action Plan Team convened to help develop a plan in conjunction with a Digital Accessibility Policy that was in development for the College. The purpose of the team was to consider ways to help implement and promote the policy along the way. The team put together some specifics of what should be put into both the process and guideline documents to help guide the accessibility work once the policy is in place.

It discusses the process of equation writing and balancing chemical equations in perspective of the chemical changes that take place during a reaction. This module is the third in a series on chemical reactions.

It introduces the concept of electron exchange and briefly explains exothermic and endothermic reactions. This is the first in a series of modules on chemical reactions.

Archived session from the 2024 Arizona Regional OER Conference. Session Title: Chewing More Than you can Bite Off: How to Leverage OER at the Departmental Level.This resource includes the session abstract, presenter(s), resources, and recording. 

Archived session from the 2024 Arizona Regional OER Conference. Session Title: Chewing More Than you can Bite Off: How to Leverage OER at the Departmental Level.This resource includes the session abstract, presenter(s), resources, and recording. 

17th edition

Short Description:
The tutorial covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create footnotes or endnotes and bibliographic citations based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource.

Long Description:
Chicago Style Citations covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create footnotes or endnotes and bibliographic citations based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The sources and activities throughout the tutorial focus on educational content. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource. This tutorial is adapted from APA Style Citations by Ulrike Kestler (Kwantlen Polytechnic University), which in turn was based on the APA Style Citation tutorial Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst (University of Alberta Libraries).

Word Count: 5134

ISBN: 9781989864425

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Word Count: 141925

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Open Textbooks for Rural Arizona participants are invited to remix this template to share their courses, textbooks, and other OER material on our Hub."Volunteers can work as support staff for the teachers at the Early Child Development Centre" by Moving Mountains Trust is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward. 

Field Experience Skill Evaluations: A set of rubrics used to evaluate students in early childhood education teacher preparation field experiences.

Field Experience Documents: A collection of field experience documents created to provide information and support to students, faculty, and community partners.

Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives.

This course examines the developing child in a societal context and focuses on the interrelationships of family, school, and community as agents of socialization from historical, socio-cultural, and contemporary perspectives. The course highlights the process of socialization and identity development, demonstrating the importance of respectful, reciprocal relationships that support and empower families in a culturally diverse society.