Open Educational Resources

This project will bring lessons on climate, energy and sustainability topics for learners of Russian to a wider audience of students and instructors. Lessons developed in 2023-2024 with support from UK's Energy RPA will be converted to open access modules in Pressbooks with interactive H5P exercises to promote engagement. Designed primarily for Intermediate Level learners of Russian, the modules support students in developing speaking, reading and writing skills while engaging with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, climate science, and sustainability initiatives at home and across the Russophone world.

This project is a textbook for a History of Mathematics course designed around active learning. Specifically, the body of the text will include class activities illustrating mathematical concepts throughout history. The subject of the book will be the mathematical constant π.

The resource Public Policy Writing at the UK Martin School will guide students in the craft of writing to inform policy decisions. It will be a supplemental resource for students in the UK Martin School’s undergraduate public policy major and minor. It will also assist undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines who enroll in the PPL 201 Introduction to Public Policy course, which fulfills the UK Core requirement for Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.

This project will support the development of a textbook tailored to two undergraduate biostatistics courses, aligning with GAISE guidelines while addressing the applied data literacy needs of bachelor-level public health students. The project will engage health department partners and review employer publications to identify key content, tools, and data visualizations used in the public health workforce. This input will inform the creation of a detailed table of contents and initial draft materials for the upcoming textbook. By addressing the gap between existing statistics texts and workforce needs, this OER will help prepare students for careers in public health through a more contextualized and applied approach to statistical thinking.

Development and evaluation of CanvasCards, a novel Canvas-integrated and student-driven flashcard application intended to address academic performance disparities in online courses by removing study barriers and implementing engagement strategies. The tool will be piloted in HDF 253: Human Sexuality to assess its effectiveness for enhancing self-directed learning, critical thinking, and knowledge retention. Ultimately, the project goal is to create a validated learning tool that can be scaled to benefit students across various disciplines and institutions.

This project is an undergraduate handbook for students in political science and law and justice adapted from the Handbook for the Recently Admitted. The handbook will provide a tailored roadmap to help students navigate their undergraduate programs (e.g., what a syllabus is, how to use it, how to write an email to a professor, what to do when you’re having a problem in class, etc.), highlight co-curricular activities, and opportunities in the discipline, at the University, in the College and the Department.

This open-source textbook is being developed to support students in every Kentucky county in learning about the many deep global connections the Commonwealth has had throughout its past and present and will continue to have in the future. High school, community college, and early-career university students will have access to a broad range of free online resources for learning about how global Kentucky really is – from our environment to our work to the ways in which we imagine who we are as Kentuckians. Students will also be able to access free ways of connecting with students around the world to share stories of those global connections and learn from them together.

This is a casebook for an upper-level law school course on Mergers & Acquisitions, covering the statutes, legal doctrines, and contracts that govern corporate transactions. Taking students all the way from preliminary negotiations to closing the deal, the book provides a practical view of the law regarding mergers, stock purchases, asset acquisitions, hostile takeovers, defensive maneuvers, deal protection provisions, shareholder voting, and the fiduciary duties of directors and officers.

This project is an open access textbook about exercise physiology that students can use for KHP 420G The Physiology of Exercise. The textbook will be tailored to content that is tied to the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education’s professional standard and guidelines, and UK's Kinesiology programs and student learning objectives. The textbook will also include study questions, figures, tables, and student learning objectives.

The Creative Social Entrepreneurship open textbook is the first educational resource of its kind, designed to support students and learners in creative social entrepreneurship and adjoining fields of study such as cultural, creative, and arts entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable entrepreneurship.

This project will provide the structure for a stand-alone text for EDS 570 Learning and Behavior Disabilities. Specifically, the foundational chapters and an outline for the remaining chapters will be established.

This project aims to develop a textbook for undergraduate students on semantic web development. The course focuses on HTML5, CSS3, and various semantic technologies with structured data.

This project is the creation of a new textbook that will be used in the course "Spanish for Business Professionals." It will be designed to introduce students to essential business terminology and language situations commonly encountered in business contexts in the Hispanic world. It will also inform students of the importance of cultural awareness when doing business in Spanish-speaking countries.

This project is the creation of an open textbook that is an introduction to population genetics (and introduction to the causes and consequences of genetic variation within and among populations). The book will be designed to support ABT 461G (Population Genetics), but also be available to support similar courses at other universities. The book will be targeted to senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students, an audience underserved by currently available textbooks. It will also include a wide variety of projects and problem sets to give students hands-on experience applying the tools of population genetics to real-world problems.

This project is the creation of a companion resource for the Making of Modern Kentucky course. The goal is not only to make materials for this big survey class affordable but to also make access and use of them as seamless as possible for students and teaching assistants.

This project is the creation of a textbook for the Introduction to Doctoral Studies course in the Doctor of Social Work program. It will enrich the learning experience by providing an organized and structured way to orient learners to their doctoral studies. It will also provide a reference guide with academic and professional resources that learners can consult as they continue on their doctoral journey. The book will include scholarly writing resources, reflexivity exercise prompts, self-care tips, time and project management, professional communication, and more.

This project aims to transform fundraising education by developing OER and technology companions that address the limitations of traditional textbooks and incorporate contemporary practices and technological advancements in fundraising and philanthropy. Resources will be developed to expand multimedia resources, develop interactive assignments, and build real-world case studies to enrich the learning experience for undergraduate students. Moreover, these resources will extend their value beyond the designated course, serving as valuable tools for professionals, educators, researchers, and individuals interested in fundraising.

This project involves finishing a textbook on 21st century German Film. The book introduces students to the systematic study of film from a non-U.S./Hollywood perspective and explores issues central to national film production in German-speaking Europe. It will be used in the UK Core course "German Film Today."

This project entails the creation of interactive questions that can be used to create customized assignments. The question bank is a companion to the 3D Brain, which was created by the Society for Neuroscience and is available at BrainFacts.org. Questions are designed to help beginning to intermediate students explore and learn about the anatomy and function of the brain.

Department of Hispanic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: adoption/adaptation.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering. Project: Creation (with Regina Hannemann).

Department of Economics, Gatton College of Business and Economics. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods, Gatton College of Business and Economics. Project: Creation.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering. Project: Creation (with Sen-Ching (Samson) Cheung).

Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, Graduate School. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

School of Music, College of Fine Arts. Project: Creation.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Graduate Program in Communication, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Integrated Strategic Communication, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Project: Creation.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

College of Nursing. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

School of Music, College of Fine Arts. Project: Creation.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption/adaptation.

Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

College of Nursing. Project: Adoption.

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation (with Brenna Byrd).

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation (with Andrew Byrd).

Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption.

School of Interiors, College of Design. Project: Creation.

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering. Project: Adoption.

Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine. Project: Creation.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

Department of Arts Administration, College of Fine Arts. Project: Creation.

Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Project: Creation.

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation (with Brenna Byrd).

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation (with Andrew Byrd).

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption.

Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Adoption.

School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information. Project: Adoption.

J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Project: Creation.

Department of Marketing and Supply Chain, Gatton College of Business and Economics. Project: Creation.

Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. Project: Creation.

Department of Clinical Leadership and Management, College of Health Sciences. Project: Creation.

Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering.

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences (with Brenna Byrd).

Department of Linguistics and Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences (with Andrew Byrd).

Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences (with Susan Odom and Ashley Steelman).

Department of Retailing and Tourism Management, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Department of Communication, College of Communication and Information.

Department of Integrated Strategic Communication, College of Communication and Information.

Department of Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences (with Arthur Cammers and Ashley Steelman).

Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

College of Nursing.

Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences (with Arthur Cammers and Susan Odom).

Department of Clinical Science, College of Health Sciences.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences (with Michael Kovash).

Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences (with Renee Fatemi).

College of Law.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

College of Law.

Department of Clinical Science, College of Health Sciences.

Department of Clinical Science, College of Health Sciences.

Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

School of Interiors, College of Design.

Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences.

Department of Gender and Women's Studies, College of Arts and Science.

Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences.

School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information.

Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences.

School of Interiors, College of Design.

Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health.

College of Law.