Open Textbooks
This collection contains electronic textbooks and other resources that are in the public domain and can be used for free teaching, learning, research, and other educational purposes. Many of these materials can be retained, reused, revised, remixed and redistributed. These "5R permissions" of OER allow you to not only access the materials and resources free of charge, but also to make them even better.
Additional open textbook resources are available on the following sites:
- OASIS, a metafinder developed through SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library
- OER Commons, created by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, or ISKME, which was funded by the William and Flora Hewitt Foundation.
- MERLOT, a program of the California State University System.
- OpenStax, an OER initiative of Rice University.
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Advanced Data Analysis - Lecture Notes
Erik B. Erhardt, Edward J. Bedrick, and Ronald M. Schrader
Lecture notes for Advanced Data Analysis (ADA1 Stat 427/527 and ADA2 Stat 428/528), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Fall 2016-Spring 2017. Additional material including RMarkdown templates for in-class and homework exercises, datasets, R code, and video lectures are available on the course websites: https://statacumen.com/teaching/ada1 and https://statacumen.com/teaching/ada2 .
Contents
I ADA1: Software
- 0 Introduction to R, Rstudio, and ggplot
II ADA1: Summaries and displays, and one-, two-, and many-way tests of means
- 1 Summarizing and Displaying Data
- 2 Estimation in ... Read More
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ALGEBRAIC PROBLEMS AND EXERCISES FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Florentin Smarandache, Ion Goian, Raisa Grigor, and Vasila Marin
In this book, you will find algebraic exercises and problems, grouped by chapters, intended for higher grades in high schools or middle schools of general education. Its purpose is to facilitate training in mathematics for students in all high school categories, but can be equally helpful in a standalone work. The book can also be used as an extracurricular source, as the reader shall find enclosed important theorems and formulas, standard definitions and notions that are not always included in school textbooks.
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Faculty OER Guide
Jennifer Jordan and Kiernan Cantergiani
This faculty guide was created for OER creators developing materials for the New Mexico OER Consortium.
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Intermediate Spanish for Public Health
Eva Rodríguez-González and Sarah Peceny
The growing number of Spanish-speakers in our communities continues to increase the demand for interpreters, translators, and bilingual providers at all levels of care. This book covers introductory medical vocabulary with more intermediate grammar exercises for learners who may not yet be ready to take upper division Spanish coursework.
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Lesson Plans and Assignments on New Mexico Statehood
Center for Southwest Research
These resources were created by the staff of the Center for Southwest Research in celebration of the centennial of New Mexico Statehood.
(Photo: Governor Larrazolo receiving troops from overseas. Octaviano A. Larrazolo Papers, 1841-1981, Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico)
Exploring an Era: The Social, Political, and Economic History of New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood
Choose a time period and describe the changes which took place during that era. This small group activity will utilize social studies, technology, and public speaking skills by having the students prepare and ... Read More
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Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 2nd Edition
Zachary Sharp
Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry is written as a textbook to accompany a one semester course in Stable Isotope Geochemistry. There are 13 chapters, each dealing with a specific subtopic of the field. Other than Chapters 1 and 2 – introduction and definitions – most of the remaining chapters can be read without reliance on the preceding ones. It is also hoped that the book will serve as a general reference volume for researchers in the field.
Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry has been organized in such a way that ... Read More
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Swallowing and its Disorders Across the Lifespan
Phyllis Palmer
Swallowing and its Disorders Across the Lifespan by Dr. Palmer offers a comprehensive exploration of the complexities of swallowing function and swallowing disorders, drawing from the author’s extensive clinical expertise spanning over three decades. This interactive textbook is structured into four distinct parts, covering essential topics such as anatomy and physiology, swallowing disorders, assessment techniques, and evidence-based treatment approaches, making it an invaluable resource for students and clinicians alike navigating the intricacies of dysphagia management across diverse age groups.
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UNM Core Writing Grammar Guide
Leandra Binder
This guide to grammar, developed by Dr. Leandra Binder, was designed with two overarching goals: to help students improve their fluency in standardized edited American English while valuing and, at times, incorporating the linguistic diversity of the various communities students inhabit.
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UNM Core Writing OER Collection
Lisa Myers and Lukus Manaley
This open textbook, created by instructors in the Core Writing Program at the University of New Mexico, is intended to help English 1110, 1110X/1110Y, and 1120 students analyze rhetorical situations and respond with appropriate genres and technologies.