Open Educational Resources Guide

"Communication, Affect, & Learning in the Classroom was original published by Virginia Richmond and Joan Gorham in 1992 and then updated a decade later by Virginia Richmond, Jason S. Wrench, and Joan Gorham in 2001. As we enter into the revision of the 3rd edition of the text, the basic content has not been drastically altered over the years. However, the research in Instructional Communication has clearly become more prominent and stronger."

EdHub is an online library of professional development materials dedicated to the advancement of best practices in teaching and learning at the PK-12 and higher education levels.

Topics include the teaching profession, influences on student learning, philosophical and historical foundations, structures of schools, ethical and legal issues, curriculum, classroom environment, and the path forward.

Follow this link to view a guide to K-12 open textbooks and OER maintained by the Odum Library, Valdosta State University.

This page provides a register of OER providers in the teacher education area, links to OER search engines, and other aggregate sites, allowing you to find further resources.

This textbook contains a comprehensive collection of proven strategies and tools for effective online teaching, based on the principles of learning as a social process.

This textbook introduces a new model for understanding and exploiting the pedagogical potential of Web-based technologies, one that rests on connections — on networks and collectives — rather than on separations.

This textbook examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when everyone, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology.