Monthly Archives: August 2015

OER: Open Educational Resources

  Open Educational Resources are teaching learning and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.  OER can be full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests and  any other tool that supports access to knowledge. In other words, free. Here’s a further explanation: What are Open Education Resources They can be a great source for both students and faculty. You may have heard of Khan Academy...

Seeking Michigan!

  The Michigan Historical Center provides a unique online collection of Michigan archival material called Seeking Michigan.  Get lost browsing through state census records, death records, civil war documents, photographs, oral histories, sheet music, old maps, and old postcards.   Curious about  how great grandpa Joe died? Was he kicked in the head by his horse? Did he fall into the outhouse? Or was he shot in a shoot out? Put those family rumors to rest and find out in the...

Make Your Mark … in a library book … without penalty!

Did you know that you can highlight and make notes in ebrary eBooks just like in a print book … all without incurring a library fine? To take advantage of this eBook functionality, sign in to your account. To sign in to an account within the ebrary eBook collection, click the Sign In link located in the upper right corner of the webpage. Clicking on the Sign In link will bring up the Knowledge log in screen. Once you have...