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PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources

 

PDXOpen is a collection of open access textbooks and open educational resources (OER).

PDXOpen goals:
  • Increase student success by saving students money
  • Provide free high-quality course-specific online textbooks
  • Empower instructors to engage in new pedagogical models
  • Offer peer-review, copyright, and technical support
  • Create campus-wide partnerships and share expertise
  • Leverage the University's institutional repository for dissemination

This brief video provides an overview of our program and includes testimonials from our authors.

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  • Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide by Cliff Breedlove

    Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide

    Cliff Breedlove

    This text explores verb time, tense, aspect, and mood through comparison of Arabic and English sentence patterns. It includes examples of the Arabic patterns from classical and popular sources so Arabic students can learn by explanation and example how to formulate cohesive and grammatically correct sentence structure.

    While this guide is intended mainly for English-speaking students studying Arabic, the charts also provide a quick reference of English sentence patterns for ...  Read More

  • Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé by Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon

    Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé

    Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon

    Histoires d’Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s’adresse à un public d’apprenants étrangers (de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé) mais aussi à un public natif voulant approfondir ses connaissances de la science-fiction moderne - après un chapitre préliminaire qui rappelle les bases historiques du genre. Le manuel propose une approche holistique (stylistique, linguistique, et interculturelle) et sollicite une pensée critique au travers d’activités de ...  Read More

  • Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2 by Emiko Konomi

    Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

    Emiko Konomi

    This is the second book in a three book series and includes Lessons 5 - 8. Book 1 and Book 3 are also available for download.

    This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses ...  Read More

  • Leyendas y Arquetipos del Romanticismo Español, Segunda Edición by Robert Sanders

    Leyendas y Arquetipos del Romanticismo Español, Segunda Edición

    Robert Sanders

    Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social ...  Read More

  • How to be a Successful Organic Chemist by Alexander H. Sandtorv

    How to be a Successful Organic Chemist

    Alexander H. Sandtorv

    How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.

    Adopt/Adapt
    If you are an instructor adopting or adapting this PDXOpen textbook, please help us understand your use by filling out this form

    ...  Read More
  • Korean Through Folktales by KyungAh Yoon

    Korean Through Folktales

    KyungAh Yoon

    Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture. Using folktales in the curriculum will provide an engaging way to expose students to a slice of the target culture that native Koreans are naturally exposed to at an early age. Through the selected folktales and ...  Read More

  • PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students by Amber Bliss Calderón

    PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students

    Amber Bliss Calderón

    Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The following chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment. ...  Read More

  • Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - Second Edition by Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - Second Edition

    Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    Video lectures explaining problem solving strategies are available

    Our goal in this set of lecture notes is to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematical analysis. Such a foundation is crucial for future study of deeper topics of analysis. Students should be familiar with most of the concepts presented here after completing the calculus sequence. However, these concepts will be reinforced through rigorous proofs.

    The lecture ...  Read More

  • Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español by Robert Sanders

    Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español

    Robert Sanders

    This edition has been superseded. The 2nd edition is available here: https://doi.org/10.15760/pdxopen-10

  • From MSA to CA: A Beginner's Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic by Lina Gomaa

    From MSA to CA: A Beginner's Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic

    Lina Gomaa

    This book is for students who have studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for one year or more and would like to learn colloquial Arabic basics using their knowledge of MSA. It aims at transitioning learners from Novice Mid level to Intermediate Low through presenting situations useful for living in an Arab country. The book has several features including hyperlinks, practice dialogues with open answers, cultural tips, and more.

    Please see ...  Read More

  • Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1 by Emiko Konomi

    Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

    Emiko Konomi

    This is the first book in a three book series and includes Lessons 0 - 4. Book 2 and Book 3 are also available for download.

    This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses ...  Read More

  • Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (First Edition) by Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (First Edition)

    Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    This edition has been superseded. The 2nd edition is available here: https://doi.org/10.15760/pdxopen-9

  • Comprehensive Individualized Curriculum and Instructional Design by Samuel Sennott, Sheldon Loman, Kristy Lee Park, Luis F. Pérez, Michael J. Kennedy, John Romig, and Wendy J. Rodgers

    Comprehensive Individualized Curriculum and Instructional Design

    Samuel Sennott, Sheldon Loman, Kristy Lee Park, Luis F. Pérez, Michael J. Kennedy, John Romig, and Wendy J. Rodgers

    This online textbook addresses the population of individuals with disabilities that experience complex lifelong needs across multiple areas in their lives. Drs. Sennott and Loman drafted this book (along with the help from some friends) with the hope of providing pertinent, practical, and current resources to future special educators who plan to serve individuals with complex disabilities.

    Chapter 1: Guiding Principles for Developing Comprehensive and Meaningful Instruction for Individuals with ...  Read More

  • Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry by Jason Gary Damron and Vicki L. Reitenauer

    Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry

    Jason Gary Damron and Vicki L. Reitenauer

    Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry was created to accompany UNST 231 Sophomore Inquiry: Gender and Sexualities at Portland State University.

    Adopt/Adapt
    If you are an instructor adopting or adapting this PDXOpen textbook, please help us understand your use by filling out this form

    ...  Read More
  • Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS by Yiping Fang, Vivek Shandas, and Eugenio Arriaga Cordero

    Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS

    Yiping Fang, Vivek Shandas, and Eugenio Arriaga Cordero

    The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate ...  Read More

  • Preadvanced Japanese by Emiko Konomi

    Preadvanced Japanese

    Emiko Konomi

    This textbook is designed for students who have intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR (The Interagency Language Roundtable) proficiency scale, and are working on reaching Level 3.

    This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of online course, and in a traditional classroom setting. It is comprised of four chapters, intended to be covered in one term of a quarter system.

    Please see the ...  Read More

 
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