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Information Systems - TCC OER Subject Guide: OER starting points

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This guide compiles starting points for OER and freely available resources for Information Systems courses and topics. This OER subject guide was created for TCC faculty and staff and reflects TCC courses and curriculum The purpose of this guide is to help faculty and staff more easily find and review OER in their areas so that they can make decisions about quality, accuracy, relevancy, and potential use.

OER starting points for Information Systems, by course area and material type

Microcomputer fundamentals


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Operating systems


Canvas course shells:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Help desk operations


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Programming


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Database implementation - SQL


Canvas course shells:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

IT project management


Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Client/server technology - LANs


Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Administration of networks


Textbooks, courses, and readers for Windows Server 2016:

Textbooks, courses, and readers for networking in general:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Windows networks


Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, except where otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Internetworking


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Network security fundamentals


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Scripting: Python


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Scripting: Powershell/ISE


Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Scripting: BASH


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Emerging communication technology & IT ethics


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Information & data security


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Digital forensics


Canvas course shells:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Cloud computing & virtualization


Library e-books:

Unlimited user access. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Data science & big data analytics


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Routing and switching


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books:

Unlimited user access, unless otherwise noted. Use permalinks in Canvas courses. Not eligible for Print on Demand. You may need to log in with your portal and/or Canvas credentials to access the e-books.

Incident response & intrusion analysis


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy


The Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Pedagogy OER Subject Guide, linked below, provides a starting point for OER professional development and curricular materials relating to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion; trauma-informed practices; and culturally responsive, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy and practices. This guide includes concepts and keywords; TCC OEDI resources; introductory and more in-depth professional development resources (toolkits, guides, etc.); curriculum resources (activities, assignments, etc.); OER and EDI rubrics; instructional design; accessibility; as well as EDI-focused OER in different disciplines across the curriculum. 

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