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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Ulrike Ingram, Mark Patterson, Allison Bailey, Amber Ignatius, and Katayoun Mobasher

This textbook was developed as a result of a Round 16 Textbook Transformation Grant through a collaborative effort between Kennesaw State University and University of North Georgia GIS faculty.
Introduction to Golf (UGA)

James Castle, Ilse Mason, Sophie Walter, Stephen Bridges, and Stephen Balfour

This open textbook for Introduction to Golf was created as part of a large, ongoing project to create a Pressbooks platform for physical education courses at the University of Georgia through a Textbook Transformation Grant:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/health-collections/8

This is an ongoing project with supplementary videos embedded in the text, and the content of these Pressbooks texts are subject to changes and additions. Topics in this text include:
- Golf Etiquette
- Golf Rules
- Golf Clubs and Shots
- Golf Skills
- Golf Concepts
- Application Assignments
Introduction to Human Geography (2nd Edition)

David Dorrell, Joseph Henderson, Todd Lindley, and Georgeta Connor

This partner text with the University of North Georgia Press was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. New supporting materials for the book were created under a Round Fifteen Mini-Grant and include exercises, lecture slides, and sample questions.

The UNG Press also hosts a version of the text on their site:

https://ung.edu/university-press/books/introduction-to-human-geography.php

Authors' Description:

"Geography is a diverse discipline that has some sort of connection to most every other academic discipline. This connection is the spatial perspective, which essentially means if a phenomenon can be mapped, it has some kind of relationship to geography.

Studying the entire world is a fascinating subject, and geographical knowledge is fundamental to a competent understanding of our world. In this chapter, you will learn what geography is as well as some of the fundamental concepts that underpin the discipline. These fundamental terms and concepts will be interwoven throughout the text, so a sound understanding of these topics is critical as you delve deeper into the chapters that follow."

Chapters include:
- Population and Health
- Migration
- Folk Culture and Popular Culture
- Geography of Language
- Religion
- Ethnicity and Race
- Political Geography
- Development and Wealth
- Industry
- Human Settlements
- Environment and Resources
Introduction to Nursing (GHC)

Michelle Boyce, Debbie Amason, Paula Stover, Julius Fleschner, and Rebecca Maddox

This LibGuides-based open textbook was created through a Round 13 Textbook Transformation Grant. The text covers an overview of nursing history, professional roles, professional education, legal and ethical considerations, evidence based practice, caring, the culture of nursing, technology and informatics, and nursing theories.

A backup PDF of the entire text and a .zip file of individual PDF chapters is also available for download.
Introduction to Volleyball (UGA)

James Castle, Ilse Mason, Sophie Walter, Stephen Bridges, and Stephen Balfour

This open textbook for Introduction to Volleyball was created as part of a large, ongoing project to create a Pressbooks platform for physical education courses at the University of Georgia through a Textbook Transformation Grant:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/health-collections/8

This is an ongoing project with supplementary videos embedded in the text, and the content of these Pressbooks texts are subject to changes and additions. Topics in this text include:
- Golf Etiquette
- Golf Rules
- Golf Clubs and Shots
- Golf Skills
- Golf Concepts
- Application Assignments
Italian Language and Culture

Renata Creekmur, Federica Santini, and Andrea Scapolo

This textbook for Elementary Italian Language and Culture I & II and Intermediate Italian Language and Culture I was developed and revised under a Round 17 Mini-Grant.
K-5 Math and Technology Resources

Anthony Scheffler, Shirley Andrews, and Nancy Sartin

This document is a collaborative student work, comprising a directory of resources about mathematics and technology for kindergarten through fifth grade. This resource was created with the support of an ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics include teaching and learning theories, problem solving, assessment, equity, technological tools, and measurements.

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KEYS to Teaching Success: Planning and Instruction for Secondary Educators

Nancy Remler, Janel Smith, Heather Scott, and Nikki Cannon-Rech

KEYS To Teaching Success is an open textbook aligning with the ten standards required for teacher certification in Georgia. This project composed, published and piloted two chapters of the textbook, which aligned with Standards 9 (Professionalism) and 10 (Communication). This original work was published in the LibGuides system and was piloted during Fall, 2022.
Lab Manual for Applied Programmable Logic Controller

Jinki Kim, Junghun Choi, William Hulse, and Christian Walker

This undergraduate engineering laboratory manual for Applied Programmable Logic Controller was created under an Affordable Materials Grant. Topics include programming guides, wiring guides, ladder diagrams, circuit diagrams, and logic.
Lab Manual for Autonomous Vehicle and Robot Sensors

Jinki Kim, Junghun Choi, William Hulse, and Christian Walker

This undergraduate engineering laboratory manual for Autonomous Vehicle and Robot Sensors was created under an Affordable Materials Grant. Topics include Hall sensors, LIDAR systems, LIDAR mapping, stepper motor control, and signal processing.
Laboratory Manual for Engineering Electronics

Sandip Das, Walter Thain, and Sheila Hill

The primary objective of this project was to improve the laboratory manuals and associated ancillary learning resources for the junior-level course, Engineering Electronics (EE3401), which is a required course for students in three different degree programs at Kennesaw State University – Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, and Computer Engineering.

In this project, we have developed and transformed the previous lab manuals, as well as added new learning materials. We have included detailed technical instructions within the lab manuals, revised the contents for improved readability, implemented coherent formatting across all manuals, introduced interactive links as necessary, developed and integrated pre-lab exercises, created video tutorials, LTspice simulation files and handouts, and MATLAB scripts for data analysis.In addition, we have developed laboratory datasheets for easy and convenient measurement data recording in electronic format using word files and a template for writing lab reports.

A total of 10 lab exercises with various ancillary materials (as described above) have been developed under this project:
- Using LTSpice
- Instrumentation
- Operational Amplifiers
- Differentiator, Integrator, and PWM
- Diode Characteristics
- Rectifiers & Regulators
- MOSFET Behavior
- CMOS Inverter & Amplifier
- BJT Characteristics
- BJT Amplifiers
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology

Bradley Deline, Randa Harris, and Karen Tefend

This textbook is a comprehensive lab manual for the core curriculum Introductory Geosciences classes with both informational content and laboratory exercises. Topics include basic laws and theories in Geology, the Earth's interior and plate tectonics, water and climate change, igneous rocks and volcanoes, and earthquakes.

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Laboratory Manual for Principles of Physics I

Dmitriy Beznosko and Tatiana Krivosheev

This laboratory manual set for Principles of Physics I was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant.
Laboratory Manual for Principles of Physics II

Dmitriy Beznosko and Tatiana Krivosheev

This laboratory manual set for Principles of Physics II was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant.
Language Connections with the Past: A History of the English Language

David Johnson

Language Connections with the Past: A History of the English Language is a textbook covering the major events and time periods in the history of the English language. The text begins with a general overview of linguistic concepts and terminology. Then the text traces the history of the English language from its Indo-European roots to the Early Modern English Period. The text also includes samples of literature from the different periods. Eight video lectures accompany the textbook. Many of the lectures are read by voice actors in various English dialects to engage students and to illustrate features of various English dialects.
Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook

Rielle Navitski and Leslie Marsh

Latinx Media, an open-access textbook, delves into the vibrant phenomenon of film, television, and digital media by and about the Latinx community, introducing readers to the core concepts in each of these media studies fields. Featuring thematic chapters by both distinguished and emerging scholars, the book uses media as a lens to illuminate the diversity and complexity of the US Latinx community in the past and present, examining questions of national origin, race/color, gender, and sexuality. It also includes profiles of prominent Latinx creatives that can be used as models for classroom assignments, plus a roundtable discussion featuring four scholars of Latinx media.
Lecciones de Español

Dennis Miller, Rosario Vickery, and Courtney DuBois

This open textbook for Spanish courses was created as a result of a Round 17 Transformation Grant.
Liberte: French 1001: 2nd Edition

Valerie Hastings and Mariana Stone

Revised 2018: Addition of audio, video, and written activities.

This open textbook for Elementary French I is a web-based remix of the open-source Liberte by Gretchen Angelo. The original text can be downloaded in .pdf format and is freely avalaible under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonComercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) from http://www.lightandmatter.com/french/.
Liberte: French 1002: 2nd Edition

Valerie Hastings and Mariana Stone

Revised 2018: Addition of audio, video, and written activities.

This open textbook for Elementary French II is a web-based remix of the open-source Liberte by Gretchen Angelo. The original text can be downloaded in .pdf format and is freely avalaible under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonComercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) from http://www.lightandmatter.com/french/.
Microbiology for Allied Health Students

Molly Smith and Sara Selby

This open textbook is a remix of Openstax Microbiology, CC-BY 4.0, and created through an Affordable Learning Georgia Round Six Textbook Transformation Grant.

The textbook has the following supplemental materials within this repository:

This is a collection of instructional materials for the following open textbook and lab manual:
- Microbiology for Allied Health Students Lab Manual
- Microbiology for Allied Health Students Instructional Materials
Authors' Description:

Microbiology for Allied Health Students is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single semester Microbiology course for non-majors and allied health students. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of Microbiology for Allied Health Students make the material interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter.

The scope and sequence of Microbiology for Allied Health Students has been developed and vetted with input from numerous instructors at institutions across the U.S. It is designed to meet the needs of most microbiology courses allied health students.

With these objectives in mind, the content of this textbook has been arranged in a logical progression from fundamental to more advanced concepts. The opening chapters present an overview of the discipline, with individual chapters focusing on cellular biology as well as each of the different types of microorganisms and the various means by which we can control and combat microbial growth. The focus turns to microbial pathogenicity, emphasizing how interactions between microbes and the human immune system contribute to human health and disease. The last several chapters of the text provide a survey of medical microbiology, presenting the characteristics of microbial diseases organized by body system.

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Microbiology for Allied Health Students: Lab Manual

Molly Smith and Sara Selby

This open lab manual is a remix of Openstax Microbiology, CC-BY 4.0, and created through an Affordable Learning Georgia Round Six Textbook Transformation Grant.

The lab manual was made to be used with the remixed textbook Microbiology for Allied Health Students, and the textbook has a set of Instructional Materials.

Authors' Description:

This lab manual was created to support a microbiology course for allied health students.

The first section of the manual was adapted from the OpenStax Microbiology textbook, of which a remixed version, Microbiology for Allied Health Students, is used as the text for the course.

The next section, staining methods, encompasses three essential staining procedures used in any microbiology lab.

The manual concludes with descriptions of the major biochemical tests students must perform in order to identify an unknown microorganism. While many traditional lab manuals are lengthy and comprehensive, descriptions of the labs in this manual are kept minimal to encourage students to further research the procedures and results on their own.

The appendix includes a safety contract that each student must sign and submit to the instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This manual was created in partial fulfillment of a grant from the University System of Georgia’s Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation initiative. Special thanks go to Sara Selby for editing and photography.

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Microeconomics for Business

Constantin Ogloblin, John Brown, John King, and William Levernier

This web-based open textbook and course for Microeconomics for Business was created under a Round Eight ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. The text is a remix including newly-created textbook chapters and chapters from OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics.

Original chapters are also available for download in the repository.

Topics include:
- Introduction to Economics
- Demand and Supply in Competitive Markets
- Elasticity of Demand and Supply
- Markets and Government
- Consumer Choice
- Production, Costs, and Profit
- Firms' Decisions under Perfect Competition
- Monopoly, Rent Seeking, and Antitrust Policies
- Firms' Decisions under Monopolistic Competition
- Market Concentration, Oligopoly, and Firms' Strategic Interaction
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Music Appreciation (Georgia Gwinnett College)

Todd Mueller, Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment, Irina Escalante-Chernova, Marc Gilley, Catherine Kilroe-Smith, and Rachael Fischer

This Music Appreciation textbook was created under an ALG Round Five Textbook Transformation Grant. The original copy was presented in five modules, which are provided as separate files.

Authors' Description:

"The author of this text has intentionally kept it general in nature in order to create a platform for those who want to expand content into more in depth studies of the mentioned concepts and traditions. I believe that appreciation of any subject comes from open-minded exposure to that topic. With the arts this generally must happen at a moment when the message and meaning of the work resonates naturally with the appreciator.

Each instructor of music appreciation brings a unique expertise in differing genres. I encourage you to utilize this text along with musical examples of your choice. The music appreciation specific goals (found in the syllabus) vary between individual classes as the instructors see fit. These goals will be achieved by those who have competently met all of the requirements of the course. For the course that this text accompanies the goals for each student are:
- To gain basic exposure to the elements of music and their treatment in music
- To learn historical and cultural signifiers in a diverse body of music • To approach listening to music actively/analytically and to reflect on the experience
- To understand the factors that contribute to musical style in their own music and music presented in the course
- To gain knowledge about differing musical aesthetics and trends
- To become more knowledgeable and sensitive to varied human expression through music
If we endeavor together to reach these course goals the successful student will be able to:
- Describe elements of music that s/he hears, employing correct musical terminology
- Place music into an appropriate historical and cultural context
- Listen critically and discuss a wide variety of musical styles
- Analyze the stylistic features of a diverse group of musical styles
- Identify nationalistic tendencies in musical expression
- Identify musical diversity and aspects of our global society"
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Nursing Research Adoption

Mary Estelle Bester and Helen Taggart

This open course for Nursing Research was created under an Affordable Materials Grant. It is an introductory course for undergraduate nursing students to learn how to use research findings to improve nursing practice through applying the principles of evidence-based practice.
Open Anthology of Early World Literature in English Translation

Susan Hrach and Japheth Koech

Authors' Description:

A collection of free and open primary texts in digital formats for the study of early world literature in English translation. Multiple English translations are provided for comparison and study, as well as open secondary and supplemental resources.

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