7 Pressbooks Publication Examples

Pressbooks now has a Pressbooks Directory where all publicly available PressbooksEDU publications can be found. The use and adaptation of these publications is flexible depending on what works best for your students, faculty, or staff. You can choose to use parts or all of an original publication as it is in your course or department, or to adapt an existing publication to better suit your needs.

Another avenue for creating Pressbooks OERs that is being explored is co-creating course or topical resources with students. In this instance, student-centred project-based learning is a key aspect within a course’s curriculum. Students learn about research, trustworthy sources, copyright and Creative Commons licensing, scholarly publishing, and collaboration. The instructor facilitates throughout the process, and the project’s end result is a course resource or textbook. Some resource and example links are below:

• Pressbooks: Your Springboard to Interactive Learning [YouTube video] is a recording of an Open Education Symposium 2021 session on Pressbooks publications and their use at the University of Alberta.
• Learning to Learn Online Open Educational Resource (OER) for Students and Instructors is a blog about a Pressbooks project created by students at the University of Windsor.
• “Using Pressbooks to Create Collaborative Open Textbooks” was created by Jordanne Christie from Technology Tools for Teaching in Higher Education, The Practical Handbook Series.
• A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students was edited by Elizabeth Mays and provides several examples of student Pressbooks project assignments.
• Open Pedagogy Notebook: Sharing Practices and Building Community includes examples of open pedagogy and how it is being implemented in the classroom. You may find some inspiration here.

Below you will find a list of several types of Pressbooks publications and examples.

7.1.1 Course Textbooks

• Business Communication for Success by Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
• Geological Structures: A Practical Introduction by John Waldron and Morgan Snyde
• Introduction to Sociology: 2^nd Canadian Edition by William Little
• Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know by Susan E. Lowey

7.1.2 Lab Manuals

• A Laboratory Guide to Clinical Hematology by Valentin Villatoro and Michelle To
• A Practical Guide to Introductory Geology by Siobhan McGoldrick

7.1.3 Course Workbook

• Introduction to Technology Stewardship for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services by Gordon Gow

7.1.4 Case Studies

• Health Case Studies: Toward Closing the Healthcare Communication Gap by Glynda Rees, Rob Kruger, and Janet Morrison
• Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities: Case Studies by Ferzana Chaze, Bethany Osborne, Archana Medhekar, and Purnima George
• Comprehensive Midwifery: The Role of the Midwife in Health Care Practice, Education, and Research (textbook with case studies) by Eileen K. Hutton et al.

7.1.5 Educator Curricular Resources

• The Grim Educator by Cathryn van Kessel

7.1.6 Student Services Resources

• Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness: Facilitator’s Guide by Gemma Armstrong et al.

7.1.7 Library and Learning Centre Resources

• Information Sources in Chemical and Materials Engineering by Alison Henry
• Educational Psychology Library Lab Manual by Denis Lacroix
• Library Skills for 2nd Year Biological Sciences by Lauren Stieglitz

7.1.8 Course Project Publication

• Learning to Learn Online by Bailey Csabai et al.

7.1.9 OER and Online Learning Resources

• University of Alberta OER Starter Kit by University of Alberta Centre for Teaching and Learning and University of Alberta Library
• Fit for Online Learning: Your Handbook to Teaching Online by University of Lethbridge Teaching Centre

7.1.10 Other Language Resources and Translations

• APA Style Citation Tutorial: 7^th edition by Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst
• Didacticiel du style de citation APA: 7e edition translated by Denis Lacroix and Mireille Smith

Below is another example of a library publication with an English version and a French translation:

• Educational Psychology Library Lab Manual: An Introduction to Searching the UofA Library Sources of Information by Denis Lacroix
• Didacticiel de recherche en bibliothèque pour les sciences humaines et sociales: Une introduction à la recherche informationnelle à l’Université de l’Alberta by Denis Lacroix et Sarah Shaughnessy

Note: This list shows you the wide range of topics and disciplines for Pressbooks publications, but it is only a small selection of OERs in these areas and focuses on Pressbooks developed within Alberta.