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  Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Lifetime Wellness: An Open Educational Resource for Learners in the 2020s

  Eric Richman

  This open textbook for lifetime wellness courses was developed as a result of a Round 19 Transformation Grant.

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  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.

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  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

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  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

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  Walking and Jogging for Fitness

  Scott Flynn, Lisa Jellum, Jonathan Howard, Althea Moser, David Mathis, Christin Collins, Sharryse Henderson, and Connie Watjen

  This open textbook for Walking and Jogging for Fitness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant and updated with a Round 14 Mini-Grant. Topics covered include:

  1. Benefits of Walking and Jogging for Exercise
  2. Getting Started in a Walking and Jogging Program
  3. Adaptations to Stress
  4. Technique: The Art of Walking and Jogging
  5. Nutrition and Energy Requirements
  6. Injuries and Injury Prevention
  7. Appendix on Flexibility

  2nd Edition: Editors' Description:

  The deliverables of the mini grant were:

  1. Mini-lecture recordings to aid in focusing the efforts of students by offering an overview of the chapter content.

  2. PowerPoint slides for all chapters which align with the textbook to augment the content and increase the learning experience for students.

  3. Chapter terminology checklists to provide an informational foundation for content.

  4. Homework test questions for all chapters so that students can test their knowledge and identify content gaps.

  5. Recorded visual demonstrations for activity-based exercise Labs that can be accessed as many times as is necessary to increase the understanding of performance expectations, and serve as a clear reference point for students.

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  Concepts of Fitness and Wellness, 3rd Edition

  Lisa Jellum, Scott Flynn, Jonathan Howard, Althea Moser, David Mathis, Christin Collins, Sharryse Henderson, and Connie Watjen

  This open textbook for Concepts of Fitness and Wellness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics covered include:

  1. Healthy Behaviors
  2. Fitness Principles
  3. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
  4. Muscular Fitness
  5. Flexibility
  6. Body Composition
  7. Nutrition
  8. Weight Management
  9. Stress
  10. Cardiovascular Disease
  11. Cancer
  12. Substance Use and Abuse
  13. Sexually Transmitted Infections

  2019 Revision Notes:

  "It was found that although the free textbook had been well received by students, there were integral elements found in traditional textbooks that were absent from the free offering and were necessary to support the instruction of the course.

  Accordingly, supporting components such as chapter overview mini-lectures, terminology checklists, homework test questions, and PowerPoint presentations were developed."

  Accessible files with optical character recognition (OCR) and auto-tagging provided by the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation.

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  Principles of Nutrition Textbook, Third Edition

  Lisa Jellum, Jason Hitzeman, Mark Knauss, Sharryse Henderson, Tom Harnden, Cynthia Elsberry, and Greg Ford

  Update: This open textbook was developed as part of a Round 7 Textbook Transformation Grant, revised as part of a Round 11 Mini-Grant, and revised again as part of a Round 18 Continuous Improvement Grant. This project is now considered Ancillary Materials in OpenALG due to the primary focus on ancillaries for existing OER.

  Topics covered:

  • Chapter 1: Nutrition Basics
  • Chapter 2: Macronutrient Structures
  • Chapter 3: Macronutrient Digestion
  • Chapter 4: Macronutrient Uptake, Absorption, & Transport
  • Chapter 5: Common Digestive Problems
  • Chapter 6: Macronutrient Metabolism
  • Chapter 7: Integration of Macronutrient Metabolism
  • Chapter 8: Micronutrients Overview & Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
  • Chapter 9: Antioxidant Micronutrients
  • Chapter 10: Macronutrient Metabolism Micronutrients
  • Chapter 11: Carbon Metabolism Micronutrients
  • Chapter 12: Blood, Bones & Teeth Micronutrients
  • Chapter 13: Electrolyte Micronutrients
  • Chapter 14: Achieving a Healthy Diet
  • Chapter 15: Diet and Health- Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Chapter 16: Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Chapter 17: Nutrition Infancy through Adolescence
  • Chapter 18: Adulthood and the Later Years
  • Chapter 19: Nutrition and Fitness/Athletes
  • Chapter 20: Nutrition and Society

  The original chapters are also available on a Georgia Highlands College LibGuide.

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  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.