Catalogue – Open Educational Resources Collective

Leading in Health and Social Care

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English (Australia)

Author(s): Sheree Lloyd, Richard Olley, Eleanor Milligan, Katy Aish, Amanda Barnes, Janelle Craig, Jennifer Evans, John Adamm Ferrier, Hanan Khalil, Ali Lakhani, Karrie Long, Melanie Murray, Ana Rita Sequeira, Ruth Mackenzie-Stewart

Editor(s): Sheree Lloyd, Richard Olley, Eleanor Milligan

Subject(s): Health systems and services, Economics, Finance, Business and Management, Business innovation, Business ethics and social responsibility, Management: leadership and motivation, IT and information systems management, Nursing management and leadership

Institution(s): University of Technology Sydney, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Tasmania, La Trobe University, Murdoch University

Publisher: Griffith University

Last updated: 09/12/2024

An open educational resource on best practices in leading health and social care.

Neuroscience, Psychology and Conflict Management

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 12 H5P Activities English (Australia)

Author(s): Judith Rafferty

Subject(s): Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology, Psychology, Neurosciences

Institution(s): James Cook University

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 29/11/2024

This peer reviewed eBook introduces readers to foundational concepts in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, personality psychology and social psychology to help explain why conflict occurs, how it develops and how it may be managed and/or resolved.

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A Contemporary Approach to Research and Statistics in Psychology

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English (Australia)

Author(s): Klaire Somoray

Subject(s): Social research and statistics, Research methods / methodology, Psychology

Institution(s): James Cook University

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 29/11/2024

This book is designed as a short and introductory resource specifically aimed to help students grasp key concepts typically found in undergraduate psychology statistics subjects. It was initially developed for online and intensive programs, which are becoming increasingly popular in psychology education. The book utilises jamovi, a free and open-source statistical software. This peer reviewed book is completely free to download, use, and adapt and it is released using the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence.

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A Guide to Writing in Law School

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 1 H5P Activities English (Australia)

Author(s): Steven Tudor, Stephanie Falconer

Subject(s): Law, Writing and editing guides

Institution(s): La Trobe University

Publisher: La Trobe eBureau

Last updated: 12/11/2024

A Guide to Writing in Law School is intended to help law students to develop their writing skills. Writing clearly and effectively is a vital legal skill. Lawyers use this skill daily. Law graduates need, therefore, to have a solid competency in clear and effective writing. This book aims to help students improve their writing by presenting various pieces of advice, tips, warnings and encouragement. It contains general chapters on planning, clear writing, and acknowledging your sources, as well as dedicated chapters on some of the specific writing tasks that law students undertake: case briefs, legal problem-solving, essays, and law reform submissions. With effort and practice, virtually everyone can improve their writing. A Guide to Writing in Law School is not only for students having particular difficulties. Those who already write well will find ideas here that will help them become even better writers.

Español down under: Spanish for Australia and New Zealand

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 4 H5P Activities English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Ramon Lopez Castellano, Israel Holas, Fanny Rios Rodriguez

Subject(s): Language acquisition, Language teaching and learning, Spanish, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

Institution(s): Deakin University

Publisher: Deakin University

Last updated: 05/11/2024

This book focuses on a hands-on, student-centric approach to learning Spanish. Designed for the Australian and New Zealand environment for use at Deakin University, currently available is foundation level content, suitable for a first introduction to Spanish speaking. The resource is still in development with additional content progressing to more advanced skill levels currently under development.

Value-based Healthcare

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 5 H5P Activities English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Hanan Khalil

Editor(s): Hanan Khalil

Subject(s): Medical administration and management

Institution(s): La Trobe University

Publisher: La Trobe eBureau

Last updated: 22/10/2024

This open textbook presents a contemporary overview of Value-based Healthcare: a healthcare delivery and reimbursement model that focuses on achieving the best possible health outcomes for patients while controlling costs. It represents a shift of focus from quantity to quality, and aims to align incentives to bring together the interests of patients, healthcare providers, and payers.

The resource covers core content in the following topics: an introduction to value based healthcare, funding models, leadership and governance, models of care, shared decision making models, case studies, global perspectives, resources management and cost control.

This text is for Masters-level courses in health administration, public health, nursing, or health information. It will also be useful more broadly for anyone studying health or working in the health sector including clinicians, managers, and policy makers.

Communication Concepts

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Erin Hawley

Subject(s): Communication studies

Institution(s): Deakin University

Publisher: Deakin University

Last updated: 09/09/2024

Communication challenges abound in the 21st century. Communicators everywhere are struggling to connect with diverse, distracted audiences, in both urgent and everyday contexts. In other words, communication has never been more vital, but it’s becoming harder and harder to be heard. In this book, we make sense of communication. From multiple perspectives, we unpack the practices, politics, pleasures, and problems that are activated when meaning is shared across real and virtual spaces. This book will help you use the thinking tools of communication theory to understand why communication matters and how it impacts (and is impacted by) our rapidly changing world.

He Awa Whiria: Braiding the knowledge streams in research, policy and practice

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Edited by Angus Macfarlane, Melissa Derby and Sonja Macfarlane

Subject(s): Society and Social Sciences

Institution(s): Auckland University of Technology, Lincoln University, Massey University, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington

Publisher: Canterbury University Press, University of Canterbury

Last updated: 26/08/2024

The concept of a braided river – he awa whiria – inspired the creation by pioneering educational researcher Professor Angus Macfarlane of a framework connecting Indigenous and Western perspectives.

The He Awa Whiria framework has been used to support bicultural partnership approaches to policy development, research initiatives and practices in a broad range of sectors, such as tertiary institutions, iwi locations, private corporations and government ministries. Through the 12 chapters in this book, the authors explain their rationale for adopting He Awa Whiria, and detail how they have operationalised it in their respective fields of expertise. They report on the positive impacts that the framework has had at each stage of their work – from the conceptual design stage (which includes thinking and planning activities), during the application phase (which includes implementation and monitoring), through to the conclusion of activities (which includes reflection and review).

Providing both an overview of the concept of He Awa Whiria and ‘real world’ case studies, this new volume illustrates the importance and value of drawing on two rich streams of knowledge – mātauranga Māori and Western science.

Enabling and Optimising Recovery from COVID-19

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 42 H5P Activities English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Danielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin, Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Valerie Watchorn (Deakin University)

Editor(s): Danielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin, Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Valerie Watchorn (Deakin University)

Subject(s): Rehabilitation, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions

Institution(s): Deakin University

Publisher: Deakin University

Last updated: 14/08/2024

This textbook provides readers with up to date knowledge about the assessment, management and support of people experiencing Long COVID. Learning activities draw upon personas co-authored with people with Long COVID.

Statistics: Meaning from data

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) 2 H5P Activities English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Dr R. Nazim Khan

Subject(s): Probability and statistics, Business mathematics and systems, Epidemiology and Medical statistics

Institution(s): University of Western Australia

Publisher: University of Western Australia

Last updated: 09/08/2024

"Statistics: Meaning from data" helps Data Science and Statistics students to obtain a firm grasp on basic probability and statistical concepts, with a scientific context and examples. The textbook has general applicability across most universities in Australia, New Zealand and Asia with core units in their science, business, statistics and data science courses.