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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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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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OpenEDUC: Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Diversity

Deanna Cozart, Brian Dotts, James Gurney, Tanya Walker, Amy Ingalls, and James Castle

This open textbook was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Included are open-source reading materials, learning objectives, suggested readings and resources, and activities organized into content modules for undergraduate Foundations of Education courses. The specific course included here is EDUC 2120: Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Diversity.

Authors' Description:

"The fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diverse backgrounds. Examination of the nature and function of culture, development of individual and group cultural identity, definitions and implications of diversity, and the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy. This course has a required field experience component."
OpenEDUC: Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education

Deanna Cozart, Brian Dotts, James Gurney, Tanya Walker, Amy Ingalls, and James Castle

This open textbook was created under a Round Two ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Included are open-source reading materials, learning objectives, suggested readings and resources, and activities organized into content modules for undergraduate Foundations of Education courses. The specific course included here is EDUC 2110: Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education.
Open Technical Communication

Tiffani Tijerina, Tamara Powell, Jonathan Arnett, Monique Logan, Cassandra Race, Lance Linimon, and James Monroe

Open Technical Communication is a freely available, open sourced technical communication textbook developed under a Round 13 Textbook Transformation Grant and updated through several follow-up grants in later rounds of grants offered by Affordable Learning Georgia. It is a remix of the open-sourced Online Technical Communication textbook by David McMurrey, and it has been known under its original title, Sexy Technical Communication as well as it's current title: Open Technical Communication.

The resources attached to this textbook are collaboratively created by the original group of authors as well as a collection of technical communication faculty and student assistants at Kennesaw State University.

This textbook is available as a print version through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing at-cost with no profits to the authors.

The previous version of this text, titled Sexy Technical Communication in its 2nd edition, is available at https://sexytechcom.com.

Previous Authors' Description:

"Sexy technical writing…we’ve got to be kidding, right? But no, we aren’t. Good technical writing is powerful and clear and gets the job done. It brings people together and solves problems. Good technical writing purrs and hums like that BMW you plan to be driving someday.What’s not sexy about that? On the other hand, poor technical writing skills may lead to a lifetime of asking people if they want fries with that…or worse, selling vacuum cleaners door to door. There’s no need to ask what’s not sexy about that!

WE – your textbook authors – are a team of dedicated writers, tech writing teachers, designers, artists and professionals who are absolutely passionate about technical writing. That’s why we decided to create a text for you that we all loved, a text that would be free and always available to you. Now, that’s sexy."

This open textbook was revised under an ALG Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision.

2nd Edition Notes:

"Looking at the text, the reader will notice a much smoother look to the textbook. We converted all chapters to the latest version of SoftChalk and resolved all accessibility issues. We have also worked to create consistent chapter objectives and consistent page breaks throughout chapters, which will help instructors with course planning and help students keep track of where they are in a chapter."
Physical Therapy Applications for Individuals with Neurologic Dysfunction

Charlotte Chatto and Jeff Mastromonico

This textbook for the Integration for Practice: Neuromuscular course is a multimedia PDF with videos embedded. The videos make the file size of the PDF almost 600MB, which is a large download but preserves offline use of videos.

Topics include interventions and assessment for patients with Guillain-Barre and spinal cord injury, respiratory assessment and interventions, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.

NOTE: Because this is a video-integrated PDF, your web browser's preview functions will not work with this file. If your browser opens the file instead of downloading it, please right-click the "Download" button to download the PDF properly.
Principles of Biology II Lab Manual

Susan Burran and David DesRochers

This lab manual was created for BIOL 1108, Principles of Biology II, through an ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Copies of this lab manual by chapter are also available at http://libguides.daltonstate.edu/PrinciplesofBiology/labmanual.

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Principles of Biology II Lab Manual (Georgia Highlands College)

Mark Knauss

This laboratory manual for Principles of Biology II with ancillary materials was created and revised under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant. Topics include evolution, bacteria, protists, plants, fungi, sponges and jellyfish, flatworms and nematodes, mollusks and annelids, arthropods and echinoderms, chordates and mammals, and mammalian anatomy. The lab manual is separated by chapters, as are the PowerPoint slides and lab quizzes.
Principles of Biology I Lab Manual

Susan Burran and David DesRochers

This lab manual was created for BIOL 1107, Principles of Biology I, through an ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Copies of this lab manual by chapter are also available at http://libguides.daltonstate.edu/PrinciplesofBiology/labmanual.

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Principles of Chemistry I (GSU Perimeter)

Antara Dutta, Maher Atteya, Ahmed Baosman, Mary Ann Cullen, Jeremy Speed-Schwartz, Maher Atteya, Candice McCloskey-Campbell, and Shalini Jain

This open textbook was developed under a Round 18 Transformation Grant.
Principles of Chemistry II Lab Manual

Christopher Wozny, Rebecca Brosky, Eric Crisp, and Amanda Smith

This lab manual for Principles of Chemistry II was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant. Topics covered include spectrophotometry, gas, chemical synthesis, titration, temperatures and reactions, solubility, and Le Chatelier's Principle. Please note that these labs start with class 2; class 1 is focused on local lab safety and sign-in procedures.
Principles of Chemistry I Lab Manual

Christopher Wozny, Rebecca Brosky, Eric Crisp, and Amanda Smith

This lab manual for Principles of Chemistry I was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant. Topics covered include density, atomic mass, iron and copper reactions, calorimetry, atomic spectra, and chromatography. Please note that these labs start with class 2; class 1 is focused on local lab safety and sign-in procedures.
Principles of Computer Programming I

Clément Aubert, Michael Dowell, Richard DeFrancisco, Reza Rahaeimehr, Neea Rusch, and Edward Tremel

This open textbook and its ancillary resources were developed under a Round 19 Transformation Grant.
Principles of Financial Accounting

Christine Jonick

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Accounting I. Well-written and straightforward, Principles of Financial Accounting is a needed contribution to open source pedagogy in the business education world. Written in order to directly meet the needs of her students, this textbook developed from Dr. Christine Jonick’s years of teaching and commitment to effective pedagogy.

Features:
- Peer reviewed by academic professionals and tested by students
- Over 100 charts and graphs
- Instructional exercises appearing both in-text and for Excel
- Resources for student professional development
This textbook is an Open Education Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

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Principles of Macroeconomic Literacy (all rights reserved)

John Scott

This textbook is not an open textbook. Affordable Learning Georgia has a special agreement with the University of North Georgia Press to make this text free to download for a limited time. Remixes and mass redistribution are not allowed in this agreement.

Author's Description:

"Principles of Macroeconomic Literacy emphasizes basic economic concepts such as value and cost in developing macroeconomic ideas. Besides the economics of Adam Smith, Freidrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, the text applies the work of James Buchanan in discussing how ideal policies will never be ideally applied by self-interested politicians with limited knowledge.

The text integrates Frederic Bastiat’s (1950) essay, That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen, in discussing issues such as technology, trade, government guaranteed loans, and Keynesian fiscal policy. Students learn concepts involving credit markets, economic planning, and money through short fictional stories in which characters interact in an attempt to make themselves better off. Where many texts put the student in the position of an imagined macroeconomic policy dictator, Principles of Macroeconomic Literacy attempts to make macroeconomics comprehensible to students who live every day in the macroeconomy."

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Principles of Managerial Accounting

Christine Jonick

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Principles of Managerial Accounting. Well-written and straightforward, Principles of Managerial Accounting is a needed contribution to open source pedagogy in the business education world. Written in order to directly meet the needs of her students, this textbook developed from Dr. Jonick’s years of teaching and commitment to effective pedagogy.

Features:
- Peer reviewed by academic professionals and tested by students
- Over 100 charts and graphs
- Instructional exercises appearing both in-text and for Excel
- Resources for student professional development
This textbook is an Open Education Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.
Principles of Programming II

David Gibson and Noel Rojas

This text and accompanying solutions to exercises covers a second course in computing at Valdosta State University. The first five chapters cover the basics of object-oriented programing. The remaining chapters cover various basic topics that build on the first five chapters. This text and accompanying solutions was developed by Dr. David R. Gibson under a grant by the University System of Georgia's Affordable Learning Grant, Round 19. This work is licensed under Creative Commons. Any questions should be directed to Dr. Gibson to dgibson@valdosta.edu.

This open textbook for Principles of Programming II classes is developed under a Round 19 Transformation Grant.
Programming Fundamentals

Hyesung Park, Wei Jin, Na'el Abu-Halaweh, Tacksoo Im, Sonal Dekhane, Richard Price, and Robert Lutz

This web-based text on the basics of programming includes the following topics:
- Binary Numbers
- Algorithms
- Java
- Data Types
- Conditions
- Loops
- Methods
- Arrays
- Object Oriented Programming
Psychological Adjustment

Tori Kearns and Deborah Lee

This textbook for Psychological Development was created by Dr. Tori Kearns and Dr. Deborah Lee under a Round Nine Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics covered include:
- Theories of Humanistic and Personality Psychology
- Coping and Mental Illness
- Interpersonal Communication
- Sexuality
- Understanding Gender
- Work and Choosing a Career
- Coping with Death and Loss
- Finding Meaning
The textbook is a collection of 14 course modules, which are available in their original format through LibGuides at East Georgia State College: https://ega.libguides.com/ALGTextPSYC2101

Design modifications were made to the textbook version for accessibility purposes.

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Quantitative Reasoning: A Real World Approach

Janice Alves, Vinavtee Kokil, Kelly Slaten, Jenny Kerven, and Kendrick Savage

This open textbook was developed under a Round 19 Transformation Grant.
Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

Scott Sykes, James Bellon, Rob Burnham, Kyle Carter, Wesley Gay, and Nathan Rehfuss

This open textbook for quantitative skills and reasoning courses is developed as a result of a Round 17 Textbook Transformation Grant.
Research as Inquiry: A Discipline Specific Approach to Information Literacy

Laura Clark-Hunt, Andrew McIntosh, Kennon Deal, Janet Koposko, and Vanessa Lane

This open textbook with a discpline-focused approach to teaching information literacy was developed as part of a Round 18 Continuous Improvement Grant.
Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, 5th Edition

Sherry Serdikoff

This adaptation of Saylor Research Methods in Psychology was written under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This edition was developed for courses that integrate statistical analyses with research design, taught within the context of an undergraduate Behavior Analysis (rather than Psychology) program.
Resonances: Engaging Music in its Cultural Context

Esther Morgan-Ellis, Rebecca Johnston, Arielle Crumley, Alexandra Dunbar, Louis Hajosy, David Peoples, Serena Scibelli, Philip Snyder, Bart Walters, and Marie Graham

Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more. The chapters and examples can be taught in any order, making Resonances a flexible resource that can be adapted to your teaching or learning needs. This textbook is accompanied by a complete set of PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and learning objectives.
Sociology of Sport

Lisa Jellum, Jason Hitzeman, and Melanie Vincent

This open textbook for Sociology of Sport was developed under a Round 18 Transformation Grant. Ancillary resources include videos and PowerPoint slide decks.