Skill-Building OER

This article features a collection of interdisciplinary OER targeting a range of skills and strategies that contribute to student success.

Overview

Faculty often need supplemental resources to help students build necessary skills in critical thinking, writing, and learning. Below, I've collected resources that have broad, interdisciplinary appeal. Feel free to recommend them to faculty. Included in this resource list is information about each OER's license and usage. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. If there are additional topics you would like to see covered here, please comment on this article.  

Resources

Critical Thinking

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Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis

CC-BY-NC-SA / Randall Fallows / 2011

Remix and revise okay, provided any revised content is shared openly. Attribution required. Noncommercial use only.

Analyzing multiple perspectives; developing assertions, explanations and significance; writing analytical essays.

Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

CC-BY )/ Matthew Van Cleave / 2016

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Argumentation, analysis, formal argumentation models, logical fallacies.

Skills for College Success

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Online Student Readiness Tutorials

CC-BY / Chancellor’s Office, California Community Colleges

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Materials are available as video, mp3 or text! Covers organization, study, and communication skills specific for online learners.

Blueprint for Success in College and Career

CC-BY / Dave Dillon / 2018

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Study skills, critical thinking, note-taking, career exploration, test-taking strategies.

How to Learn Like a Pro!

CC-BY / Phyllis Nissila / 2016

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Time management, critical thinking, reading skills, test-taking.

A Different Road to College: A Guide for Transitioning to College for Non-Traditional Students

CC-BY / Alise Lamoreaux / 2016

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Strategies for addressing critical barriers that nontraditional students often face.

College Success

CC-BY-NC-SA / University of Minnesota Libraries / 2015

Remix and revise okay, provided any revised content is shared openly. Attribution required. Noncommercial use only.

Staying organized, taking notes, critical reading, test taking, interacting with instructors.

Writing & Grammar

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Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research

CC-BY / Ohio State University Libraries / 2016

Remix and revise okay. Attribution required.

Research: Student-generated research projects, writing in contexts, generating research questions.

Writing for Success

CC-BY-NC-SA / University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing

Remix and revise okay, provided any revised content is shared openly. Attribution required. Noncommercial use only.

Grammar: Sentence structure, punctuation, word choice, additional concepts for multilingual students.

The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century

CC-BY-NC-SA / Jennie Harrop / 2018

Remix and revise okay, provided any revised content is shared openly. Attribution required. Noncommercial use only.

Grammar: Sentence structure, paragraph development, essay organization, the writing process, academic formatting, professional writing.




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