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Free digital textbooks from the University of North Georgia Press
In partnership with the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative, the University of North Georgia Press offers a number of free digital textbooks. Most of the free digital textbooks include a Creative Commons license that allows them to be uploaded to iCollege … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, English, For Faculty, History, Services, Uncategorized
Tagged affordable learning georgia, art, English, history, open education; OER; open educational resources; textbooks
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Featured Open Educational Resource: The American Yawp
Already in use at Georgia State University and at the University of Georgia, American Yawp by Ben Wright and Joseph Locke (eds.) won a 2014 Digital Humanities Award for Best Use of Digital Humanities for Public Engagement. 2015-2016 Edition Updates … Continue reading
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Tagged history, OER, Open Education Week, Open textbook
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Preparing for 2012
The semester is winding down and the winter solstice will soon be upon us. It’s now time to prepare for what many have predicted as our last year on earth! Don’t worry; David Morrison sets the record straight back in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Books, Databases, Ejournals, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, History, Physics & Astronomy, Uncategorized
Tagged Discover, doomsday, end of time, history, mayan, NASA, prediction
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Portals to the Past: Creative Web Uses of Historic GSU Photos
Several Web sites are making innovative use of historic Atlanta photographs from Georgia State University Library Collections. The Atlanta Time Machine shows historic photographs juxtaposed with contemporary ones: The North Avenue Marta Station Entrance. The following social network sites allow the … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: Photo Manipulation of the 1914 Fulton Bag Strike
The deceptive editing of photographs has a long history prior to its current popularity using PhotoShop. This panorama of the strike camp is composed of two separate group portraits taken by photographer William F. Nelson. They were cut and pasted together to create the illusion that the camp and the number of strikers were twice their actual size. Continue reading
The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project
This is a great source for children’s literature history research, covering material from 1880-1922 in full-text online. “The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books online, Children's Literature, Education, Education and Psychology News, history, Internet Resources, Middle-Secondary Ed & Instr Tech
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