{"id":202,"date":"2023-06-08T11:56:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/?post_type=chapter&p=202"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:10:16","slug":"external","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/chapter\/external\/","title":{"raw":"External Examples","rendered":"External Examples"},"content":{"raw":"
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Inspiring Examples of Open Textbooks in<\/h2>\r\n
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Pressbooks<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nPressbooks regularly showcases a selection of the growing number of books indexed in the Pressbooks Directory. The Pressbooks Directory<\/a> indexed over 4,900 books in 2022, which increased to over 8,000 by 2025. Amongst the hundreds of institutions and publishers appearing in the directory, we began indexing a selection of Concordia University Library<\/a>'s open textbooks and guidebooks in 2025.\u00a0 Pressbooks has maintained a running blog of monthly highlights from its directory, as exemplified in \"Pressbooks Community Favourites 2022<\/a>\" and \"A Year of Open Content: Reviewing the Pressbooks Books of the Month<\/a>.\"\u00a0This chapter uses visuals to describe the external examples that stand out to our OER Team. Some aspects that make these texts stand out are collaborative peer and student co-authoring, interactivity, accessibility, equity, and inclusion.\r\n
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Career and Workforce Readiness<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis book focuses on work-integrated learning, which allows learners to hone their work-related skills. The book provides various opportunities for reflection, practicing concepts, and exporting work. Users can download portfolio activities. They can further organize and catalogue their documents in a downloadable portfolio.\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 1: <\/strong>Overview of Career and Workforce Readiness<\/em><\/a> by Careerspace - Trent University, 2022, \u00a0CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 1:<\/strong> Reflection exercises in Career and Workforce Readiness<\/a><\/em> by Careerspace \u2013 Trent University, 2022, CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Liberated Learners: How to Learn with Style<\/a><\/h3>\r\nCo-designed by students, faculty and staff, this book is a fine example of student co-authorship, interactivity, as well as equity and inclusion. Winner of the 2022 Open Education Global Award for Best OER<\/a>, Liberated Learners<\/em> equips students to learn proactively in the digital sphere. Besides its user-friendly features, the book also supports bilingual (English\/French) and accessible learning through downloadable resources.\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 2:<\/strong> Overview of Liberated Learners<\/a><\/em> by Terry Greene et al., 2022, CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 2:<\/strong> Reflection exercises in Liberated Learners<\/a><\/em> by Terry Greene et al., 2022, CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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The Languages of Berkeley: An Online Exhibition<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis exhibition catalogue and library exhibit take the form of a digital book, utilizing Pressbooks as the platform.<\/span>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 3:<\/strong> Overview of The Languages of Berkeley: An Online Exhibition<\/a><\/em> by individual contributors of this online library exhibition, 2021, CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nBook Showcase 3:<\/strong> Reflection exercise in The Languages of Berkeley: An Online Exhibition<\/a><\/em> by individual contributors of this online library exhibition, 2021, CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Inspiring Examples of Open Textbooks in<\/h2>\n
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Pressbooks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pressbooks regularly showcases a selection of the growing number of books indexed in the Pressbooks Directory. The Pressbooks Directory<\/a> indexed over 4,900 books in 2022, which increased to over 8,000 by 2025. Amongst the hundreds of institutions and publishers appearing in the directory, we began indexing a selection of Concordia University Library<\/a>‘s open textbooks and guidebooks in 2025.\u00a0 Pressbooks has maintained a running blog of monthly highlights from its directory, as exemplified in “Pressbooks Community Favourites 2022<\/a>” and “A Year of Open Content: Reviewing the Pressbooks Books of the Month<\/a>.”\u00a0This chapter uses visuals to describe the external examples that stand out to our OER Team. Some aspects that make these texts stand out are collaborative peer and student co-authoring, interactivity, accessibility, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n

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\"image\"Career and Workforce Readiness<\/a><\/h3>\n

This book focuses on work-integrated learning, which allows learners to hone their work-related skills. The book provides various opportunities for reflection, practicing concepts, and exporting work. Users can download portfolio activities. They can further organize and catalogue their documents in a downloadable portfolio.<\/p>\n

Interactive Video<\/h4>\n
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