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Conferencing Tools for Teaching & Learning: Best practices

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A guide for educators

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An open PressBook resource that explores best practices for using conferencing tools for teaching and learning. Adaptable strategies and activity “recipes” for using various conferencing tools, including, Zoom, BigBlueButton, and Microsoft Teams.

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Conferencing tools are a technology that allows educators to engage with their students in real-time.

This open resource has been created for KPU educators (and educators everywhere) to explore best practices for using conferencing tools for teaching and learning.

The strategies provided within this PressBook are adaptable and may be used with any conferencing tool in educational contexts. Each chapter contains critical considerations for using conferencing tools to support pedagogy and provides an overview infographic for the key takeaways.

Additionally, there are Activity “recipes” that can be used in various spaces, including, Zoom, BigBlueButton, and Microsoft Teams.

Word Count: 6703

ISBN: 978-1-989864-46-3

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Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design; Education; Educational Technology
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Date Added:: 06/27/2020

Conflict Management

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Perspectives for the Canadian Workplace

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This book examines the nature of conflict in the workplace - its sources, costs and management, as well as workplace conflict management with respect to group interactions, organizational culture, and provincial/federal legislation. In addition, this book focuses on the individual; how our perceptions, emotions, motivation, personality and communication skills impact how we manage stress and conflict at work. Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to engage in critical self-assessment and case study review. These exercises provide the reader with the opportunity to assess potential conflict situations, recognize emotions, communicate assertively, and manage conflict with integrity and professionalism.

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This Open Educational Resource (OER) is a custom publication for students enrolled in PSYC-6006: Conflict Management.

In the first half of the book, we will examine the nature of conflict in the workplace – its sources, costs and management. We will also briefly examine workplace conflict management with respect to group interactions, organizational culture, and provincial/federal legislation.

During the second half of the book, the focus will be on the individual; how our perceptions, emotions, motivation, personality and communication skills impact how we manage stress and conflict at work.

Throughout the book, you will be encouraged to engage in critical self-assessment and case studies. These exercises will provide you with the opportunity to assess potential conflict situations, recognize your emotions, communicate assertively, and manage conflict with integrity and professionalism.

Word Count: 168804

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Subject:: Applied Science; Business and Communication; Communication; Health, Medicine and Nursing; Management; Psychology; Social Science
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Fanshawe College
Date Added:: 08/22/2022

Connecting the Dots: Improving Student Outcomes and Experiences with Exceptional Instructional Design

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Quality Matters in the Design of Learning Experiences

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This book is a collection of stories about the importance of instructional design as it relates to the creation of quality learning experiences in the support of all learners.

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Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 03/15/2020

Connecting the Dots: Improving Student Outcomes and Experiences with Exceptional Instructional Design

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Quality Matters in the Design of Learning Experiences

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This book is a collection of stories about the importance of instructional design as it relates to the creation of quality learning experiences in the support of all learners.

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Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 03/15/2020

Consent & Sexual Violence: Training and Facilitation Guide

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Training for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence in B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions

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A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Consent & Sexual Violence is a 90-minute workshop for all members of the campus community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff. This training explores different understandings of consent, including the legal definition. Learners have the opportunity to develop skills related to asking for and giving consent in all relationships as well as discuss strategies for creating a “culture of consent” in campus communities. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction.)

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A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Consent & Sexual Violence is a 90 minute workshop for all members of the campus community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff. This training explores different understandings of consent, including the legal definition. Learners have the opportunity to develop skills related to asking for and giving consent in all relationships as well as discuss strategies for creating a “culture of consent” in campus communities. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction).

Word Count: 24282

ISBN: 978-1-77420-102-2

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Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Criminal Justice; Education; Ethnic Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Health, Medicine and Nursing; Law; Psychology; Social Science; Social Work; Sociology; Special Education
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: BCcampus
Date Added:: 05/03/2021

Conservation techniques

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This book fosters the recognition of options for making progress toward increased environmental conservation through an understanding of the underlying science and practice of a variety of conservation techniques. Today, there are expected benefits from integrated science and practice, and many people are promoting this as the way forward to improve our environment. Over time, trends emerge regarding the best way to conserve the environment, but so far an outstanding solution has not emerged. Each conservation technique has its foundational concepts, limitations, and implementation issues. Reviewing a collection of techniques provides a basis for considering which approach will be best for any specific environmental challenge. This book should advance the recognition of the challenges managing the environment, techniques that can be used to address the challenges, and the ways they might help foster the integration of science and the practice of ecological conservation.

Subject:: Applied Science; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Rutgers University
Author:: Marcia S Meixler; Mark B Bain
Date Added:: 06/15/2022

Considérations générales sur le rachis dégénératif

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La colonne vertébrale peut être affectée par un trouble de croissance (comme une scoliose idiopathique), par une pathologie tumorale (comme une métastase de cancer du sein) ou une pathologie septique (comme une spondylodiscite). La colonne peut aussi être le siège d’une lésion traumatique (comme une burst fracture de L1). Néanmoins la toute grande majorité des pathologies de la colonne vertébrale est dégénérative. Cela signifie qu’il s’agit d’anomalies liées au vieillissement naturel ou prématuré des articulations de la colonne. La pathologie dégénérative de la colonne concerne essentiellement les disques (hernie discale, discarthrose), les facettes vertébrales (arthrose zygapophysaire) ou les articulations uncovertébrales (uncodiscarthrose cervicale). Les hernies discales ne sont qu’un événement, un incident, dans le cycle de vieillissement du disque intervertébral. C’est donc une pathologie articulaire, comme la coxarthrose, mais la proximité de la moelle et des racines fait que sa présentation clinique va au-delà d’une douleur locale et d’un enraidissement. Il y a souvent des signes neurologiques. Nous verrons dans ce chapitre et dans les suivants quelles pathologies rentrent dans ce groupe et surtout comment elles peuvent se manifester.

Subject:: Applied Science; Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Université catholique de Louvain
Provider Set:: OER-UCLOUVAIN
Author:: Banse Xavier; Kaminski Ludovic
Date Added:: 01/27/2023

Construction Contracting

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Business and Legal Principles, Second Edition

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NewParaIn memory of Stuart H. “Bart” Bartholomew (1925-2013)NewParaThis introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project.NewParaInstructors reviewing or adopting this book are encouraged to register at https://bit.ly/interest_construction_contractingNewParaA PDF version of this text is available at https://doi.org/10.21061/constructioncontracting2e

Word Count: 134155

ISBN: 978-1-957213-26-2

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Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering; Law
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Virginia Tech
Date Added:: 08/10/2022

Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles, Second edition

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Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles, Second edition

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About Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles, 2nd edition by Stuart H. Bartholomew: Exceptionally practical and authoritative, this introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project. - Provided by previous publisher.

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Table of Contents
1. Interface of the Law with the Construction Industry
2. Contract Formation, Privity of Contract, and Other Contract Relationships
3. The Prime Contract - An Overview
4. Prime Contract - Format and Major Components
5. Owner-Construction Contractor Prime Contract "Red Flag" Clauses
6. Labor Agreements
7. Purchase Order and Subcontract Agreements
8. Insurance Contracts
9. Surety Bonds
10. Joint-Venture Agreements
11. Bid and Proposals
12. Mistakes in Bids
13. Breach of Contract
14. Contract Changes
15. Differing Site Conditions
16. Delays, Suspensions, and Terminations
17. Liquidated Damages, Force Majeure, and Time Extensions
18. Allocating Responsibility for Delays
19. Constructive Acceleration
20. Common Rules of Contract Interpretation
21. Documentation and Records
22. Construction Contract Claims
23. Dispute Resolution

Published in 2002 as ISBN 1-13-091055-4 | Rights reverted to estate 2022 | Published by the Open Education Initiative of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech 2022 as ISBN 978-1-957213-20-0 under CC BY NC SA 4.0.

(c) Estate of Stuart H. Bartholomew. Released with permission by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial- ShareAlike (CC BY NC-SA) 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode This material was previously published by Pearson Education, Inc.

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Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design; Law
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Virginia Tech
Provider Set:: VTech Works
Author:: Stuart H. Bartholomew
Date Added:: 08/18/2022

Construction Management from a Modernized Perspective

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This book aims to look at the construction industry from a more modernized approach. The book contains also case studies for demonstration purposes.

Word Count: 9412

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Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering
Material Type:: Textbook
Date Added:: 04/30/2021

Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debate

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Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debate

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This class, required of all Master of Architecture students, presents a critical review of works, theories, and polemics in architecture in the aftermath of World War II. The aim is to present a historical understanding of the period, and to develop a meaningful framework to assess contemporary issues in architecture. Special attention will be paid to historiographic questions of how architects construe the terms of their “present.”

Subject:: Applied Science; Architecture and Design; Arts and Humanities
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Dutta, Arindam
Date Added:: 02/01/2002

Contemporary Health Issues

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Word Count: 169341

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Subject:: Applied Science; Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Pepe Aragon
Date Added:: 02/10/2022

Contents Home Bookshelves Computer Science Operating Systems Linux - The Penguin Marches On (McClanahan) Linux - The Penguin Marches On

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Contents Home Bookshelves Computer Science Operating Systems Linux - The Penguin Marches On (McClanahan) Linux - The Penguin Marches On

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This course and its materials follow the CompTIA Linux+ curriculum and prepares students for that certification.

Subject:: Applied Science; Computer Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: LibreTexts
Author:: Patrick McClanahan
Date Added:: 12/05/2022

Continuous-Time Signals and Systems (Textbook, Solutions Manual, Lecture Slides, and Video Lectures)

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Continuous-Time Signals and Systems (Textbook, Solutions Manual, Lecture Slides, and Video Lectures)

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This book is intended for use in teaching undergraduate courses on continuous-time signals and systems in engineering (and related) disciplines. It has been used for several years for teaching purposes in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria and has been very well received by students. It has also been used to teach courses at numerous other universities, including Memorial University (NL, Canada) and Concordia University (QC, Canada).

This book provides a detailed introduction to continuous-time signals and systems, with a focus on both theory and applications. The mathematics underlying signals and systems is presented, including topics such as: properties of signals, properties of systems, convolution, Fourier series, the Fourier transform, frequency spectra, and the bilateral and unilateral Laplace transforms. Applications of the theory are also explored, including: filtering, equalization, amplitude modulation, sampling, feedback control systems, circuit analysis, and Laplace-domain techniques for solving differential equations. Other supplemental material is also included, such as: a detailed introduction to MATLAB, a review of complex analysis, and an exploration of time-domain techniques for solving differential equations. Throughout the book, many worked-through examples are provided. Problem sets are also provided for each major topic covered.

Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering
Material Type:: Lecture Notes; Textbook
Provider:: University of Victoria
Author:: Michael D. Adams
Date Added:: 06/27/2020

Continuum Electromechanics

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Continuum Electromechanics

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This course focuses on laws, approximations and relations of continuum electromechanics. Topics include mechanical and electromechanical transfer relations, statics and dynamics of electromechanical systems having a static equilibrium, electromechanical flows, and field coupling with thermal and molecular diffusion. Also covered are electrokinetics, streaming interactions, application to materials processing, magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic pumps and generators, ferrohydrodynamics, physiochemical systems, heat transfer, continuum feedback control, electron beam devices, and plasma dynamics.
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The instructor would like to thank Xuancheng Shao and Anyang Hou for transcribing into LaTeX the problem set solutions and exam solutions, respectively.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Electronic Technology; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Zahn, Markus
Date Added:: 09/01/2008

Continuum Electromechanics

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Continuum Electromechanics

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First published in 1981 by MIT Press, Continuum Electromechanics, courtesy of MIT Press and used with permission, provides a solid foundation in electromagnetics, particularly conversion of energy between electrical and mechanical forms. Topics include:

electrodynamic laws, electromagnetic forces, electromechanical kinematics, charge migration, convection, relaxation, magnetic diffusion and induction interactions, laws and approximations of fluid mechanics, static equilibrium, electromechanical flows, thermal and molecular diffusion, and streaming interactions. The applications covered include transducers, rotating machines, Van de Graaff machines, image processing, induction machines, levitation of liquid metals, shaping of interfaces in plastics and glass processing, orientation of ferrofluid seals, cryogenic fluids, liquid crystal displays, thunderstorm electrification, fusion machines, magnetic pumping of liquid metals, magnetohydrodynamic power generation, inductive and dielectric heating, electrophoretic particle motion, electrokinetic and electrocapillary interactions in biological systems, and electron beams.

Subject:: Applied Science; Career and Technical Education; Electronic Technology; Engineering; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Melcher, James
Date Added:: 02/01/2009

Continuum Mechanics

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This website presents the principles of finite deformation continuum mechanics with many example applications to metals and incompressible viscoelastic materials (rubber). It can serve as lecture notes for a graduate level course in continuum mechanics for engineers interested in the subject.

Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering
Material Type:: Textbook
Author:: Bob McGinty
Date Added:: 03/31/2022

Control Systems

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Control Systems

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Control Systems is an inter-disciplinary engineering text that analyzes the effects and interactions of mathematical systems. This book is for third and fourth year undergraduates in an engineering program.

Subject:: Applied Science; Engineering
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Wikibooks
Date Added:: 07/28/2016

Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)

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Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)

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This course explores statistical modeling and control in manufacturing processes. Topics include the use of experimental design and response surface modeling to understand manufacturing process physics, as well as defect and parametric yield modeling and optimization. Various forms of process control, including statistical process control, run by run and adaptive control, and real-time feedback control, are covered. Application contexts include semiconductor manufacturing, conventional metal and polymer processing, and emerging micro-nano manufacturing processes.

Subject:: Applied Science; Chemistry; Engineering; Mathematics; Physical Science; Statistics and Probability
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: MIT
Provider Set:: MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:: Boning, Duane; Hardt, David
Date Added:: 02/01/2008

Controversies in the Earth Sciences

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Controversies in the Earth Sciences

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Think science has all the answers? Think again. This course will use real, authentic data to explore and investigate modern controversies in Earth Sciences. Use tide gauge records to understand how countries around the world attempt to protect themselves from tsunami events. Process seismic data to predict earthquake recurrence in the New Madrid seismic zone, right here in the breadbasket of the US. Sort through the millions of years of the geologic timeline to shed some light on what actually did, and did not, kill the dinosaurs. Finally, use global atmospheric data to understand how misrepresentation of data can be used to paint a distorted view of past, present, and future climate.

Subject:: Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Environmental Science; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:: Eliza Richardson
Date Added:: 10/07/2019