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• Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 2

  Author(s): Edited by Gloria Snively, Lorna Wanosts'a7 Williams; UVic

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The traditional wisdom component of Indigenous Science—the values and ways of decision-making—assists humans in their relationship with each other, the land and water, and all of creation. Indigenous perspectives have the potential to give insight and guidance to the kind of environmental ethics and deep understanding that we must gain as we att...[more]

• Learning to Learn Online

  Author(s): Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres, Christina Page, Adam Vincent

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Learning to Learn Online helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning environment and your role as a learner within it. As you come to understand yourself as an self-directed learner, you will also be introduced to effective learning strategies: time management for online learners, information management, professional communication, and reading strategies. Welcome to your online learning journey!

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• Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students

  Author(s): Linda Frederiksen, Sue F. Phelps; Washington State University Vancouver

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students is an open textbook designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. Its intent is to recognize the significant role the literature review plays in the research process and to prepare students for the work that goes into writing one. Developed for new graduate students and novice researchers just entering into the work of a chosen discipline, each of the eight chapters covers a component of the literature revi...[more]

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• Presentation Software

  Author(s): ABT Collaborative

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: An introduction to creating electronic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

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• Principles of Marketing

  Author(s): Jeff Tanner, Baylor University, Mary Raymond, Clemson University

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Principles of Marketing teaches the experience and process of actually doing marketing—not just the vocabulary. It carries five dominant themes throughout in order to expose students to marketing in today’s environment: Service dominant logic, sustainability, ethics and social responsibility, global coverage, and metrics. NOTE: This book was updated on January 20, 2017. Any reviews posted before this date are based on the older edition of this textbook.

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• BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Reader 6

  Author(s): Shantel Ivits, Vancouver Community College

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: This reader contains 11 original instructional essays written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 6. This level 6 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system. New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enh...[more]

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• Principles of Microeconomics (Lyryx)

  Author(s): Douglas Curtis, Ian Irvine, Lyryx Learning Team

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Principles of Microeconomics is an adaptation of the text, Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models by D. Curtis and I. Irvine (and edited by Lyryx Learning), which provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. This adaptation employs methods that use equations sparingly and do not utilize calculus. The key issues in most chapters are analyzed by introducing a numerical example or case study at the o...[more]

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• BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Reader 5

  Author(s): Shantel Ivits, Vancouver Community College

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 5. This level 5 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 6 to 7.5 in the K-12 system. New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for t...[more]

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• BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Reader 4

  Author(s): Shantel Ivits, Vancouver Community College

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: This reader contains nine original stories written specifically for adults, and is designed to accompany the BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 4. This level 4 reader, one of a series of six readers, is roughly equivalent to grades 4.5 to 6 in the K-12 system. New vocabulary are set in bold throughout each story, and then summarized and defined in a Glossary found in the appendix. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for t...[more]

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• Principles of Microeconomics (Saylor)

  Author(s): Libby Rittenberg , Tim Tregarthen

  Updated: Mar 29, 2019

  Description: Recognizing that a course in economics may seem daunting to some students, we have tried to make the writing clear and engaging. Clarity comes in part from the intuitive presentation style, but we have also integrated a number of pedagogical features that we believe make learning economic concepts and principles easier and more fun. These features are very student-focused. The chapters themselves are written using a “modular” format. In particular, chapters generally consist of three main cont...[more]

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