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Open Educational Resources: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Industries

A guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) - discover, adopt, adapt, or author free shareable educational content.

Example OER for the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences

OER collections which provide Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences eTexts and eBooks include:

See the following OER Textbooks as examples (we also welcome your suggestions)

Title Author Updated Source License
Australian Politics and Policy Perche, Barry, Fenna, et al. 2024 OER Collective CC BY-NC
Beyond Cook: Explorers of Australia and the Pacific Brennan 2022 JCU Open eBooks CC BY
Community-Led Research: Walking New Pathways Together Rawlings, Flexner and Riley 2021 Sydney University Press CC BY-NC-ND
For the Sake of a Song: Wangga Songmen and their Repertories Marett, Barwick and Ford 2013 Sydney University Press CC BY-NC-ND
History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective Ringmar 2019 BC Open Collection  CC BY
Introduction to Design Equity Miller 2018 University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing CC BY
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Kang, Lessard and Heston 2017 BC Open Collection CC BY
On Aboriginal Religion Stanner 2014 Sydney University Press CC BY-NC-ND
Partnerships with the Community: Social Work Field Education during the Covid-19 Pandemic Egan, Haralambous and O'Keeffe 2022 RMIT with Informit Open CC BY-NC-ND
Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods Blackstone 2012 BC Open Collection  CC BY-NC-SA
Public Interest Communication Johnston and Gulliver 2022 UQ Press Books CC BY-NC-SA
Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject: A Posthuman Approach Lewis 2021 Open Textbook Library CC BY
The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology Wesch 2018 Open Textbook Library CC BY-NC-SA

 

 

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