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EBSCO is providing free access to Faculty Select until June 30, 2020.
We chose this as Database as the Month for April as we all have experienced some upheavals that have often left us with more questions than answers. This database indexes and provides OER links to eBooks, and more to support staff, students, and faculty. While these resources can support learning, they may also support online learning components by providing readings on specified topics.
We have listed Faculty Select on the library's website under Databases A-Z under our trial database section.
To find full OER text that is immediately available, select for OER in the limiters on the left. OER books have a link in the record to take you to full-text work.
What is Faculty Select?
"To support distance learning at institutions impacted by COVID-19 closures, we have created a simplified version of EBSCO Faculty Select to help faculty easily find Open Educational Resources and DRM-free e-books to support remote classroom needs."
Faculty Select is a single interface where faculty can easily discover and access Open Educational Resources (OER), as well as find and request access to unrestricted, DRM-free e-books from top academic publishers.
With this option, EBSCO is offering a simplified version of Faculty Select that includes access to OER material as well as the option to discover more than 225,000 DRM-free EBSCO eBooks™ in one place, available at no charge for faculty to use through June 30, 2020" -- from Publisher.
Examples of Resources:
OER eBooks:
Crosslin, M. (2018). Creating Online Learning Experiences. Mavs Open Press.
Heikka, J., Hujala, E., Rodd, J., Strehmel, P., & Waniganayake, M. (2019). Leadership in Early Education in Times of Change. Verlag Barbara Budrich. https://doi.org/10.3224/84742199
Olmsted, J. (2019). Tools for Podcasting. American University.
Emerging Technology: Five New Tools to Try
A live introduction to educational emerging technology. Have some to share? Please do! Great for education students, staff, and faculty.
ThingLink
Example: https://libguides.bigbend.edu/Scholarly_Articles
Scrumblr
Example: https://libguides.bigbend.edu/ENG_101_Gutierrez_databases
Google forms to Visualizations or Spreadsheets
Google.com – Sign In – Google Drive
Screencast-o-matic
Canva
Example: https://libguides.bigbend.edu
Month: February
From: Cassie Torres
Book Title: Dear Evan Hansen
Author(s): Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, & Justin Paul
"Have you ever told a lie? Not just a little white lie, a huge lie that consumes you to the point where it becomes your truth. No matter how much you want to break free from it there is no escaping without hurting so many others.
Dear Evan Hansen is about a lie. A lie that escalates to the point where Evan has no idea how to stop it. All of a sudden, Evan is not just another nobody; he was Connor Murphy’s best friend. Connor Murphy, who took his own life and did not have friend in the world, or so everyone thought.
The answers are in Evan’s hands. What made Connor take his life? Was it drugs? Why did no one know about this secret friendship between Evan and Connor? It becomes easy for Evan to fabricate this fake friendship and in a way you kind of root for him. He is not going along with this because he wants attention (well maybe a little), but because he wants to give Connor’s family some sort of solace during a difficult time.
I enjoyed this book because even though what Evan is doing is wrong, so much good comes from his lie. Not without destroying him first though. Sometimes we need to break down to rebuild and that is just what Evan does. "
#BigBendCCBookChallenge #12in12 #NewYearsResolution #WhiteLies
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