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  • Courseware 
    Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science & Technology

    Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science & Technology

    Proficiency in communicating about science and technology comes from both knowledge and practice, and this course emphasizes both. Through a variety of reading and writing assignments, we will examine general principles of good writing, as well as principles associated specifically with scientific and technical writing. We will also explore the effects of new media as avenues for communicating about science.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    Communication in science Communication of technical information Technical writing
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Scaling a Software Business | SpringerLink

    Scaling a Software Business | SpringerLink

    This book presents the Scaling Management Framework, a model based on collected experiences from companies that have already made the journey to give software a central role within the organization. The model is unique because it suggests a holistic method to analyze and plan your journey. It simply means that you can’t just focus solely on your products or services. You also have to look closely at your processes and your organization, the way you make decisions and get things done. Inevitably, these will have to change. This book comes with a map, a compass, and suggested journeys along with selected travel stories comprising best practices and lessons learned from past digitalization journeys. Use the map to find your way in the digitalization landscape, and use the compass to find the direction of your journey. How do you transform your organization when software is becoming a critical part of your business? Software has changed the rules of the game. The world talks about the digitalization in industry and society – how the focus has shifted from producing tangible things towards software and services. This trend started many years ago, but is now affecting every company, whether it’s a software company or not. There are many companies that have already made a digitalization journey – and many are about to embark on this journey – like you.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Software engineering Management information systems
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
    OER
  • e-book 
    Research Methods in Psychology - 3rd American Edition

    Research Methods in Psychology - 3rd American Edition

    This textbook is an adaptation of one written by Paul C. Price (California State University, Fresno) and adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. The original text is available here: http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/

    Course related:
    FH6002 Research Methods in Applied language
    Subjects:
    Psychology
    Keywords:
    Psychology -- Research
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Others 
    Replication Data for Chen, V.L., Delmas, M.A., Locke S., Singh, A. 2017. Information Strategies for Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment in India. Energy Economics

    Replication Data for Chen, V.L., Delmas, M.A., Locke S., Singh, A. 2017. Information Strategies for Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment in India. Energy Economics

    The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled: “Information Strategies for Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment in India” (Victor L. Chen, Magali A. Delmas, Stephen L. Locke, Amarjeet Singh, 2017).The availability of high-resolution electricity data offers benefits to both utilities and consumers to understand the dynamics of energy consumption for example, between billing periods or times of peak demand. However, few public datasets with high-temporal resolution have been available to researchers on electricity use, especially at the appliance-level. In this article, we describe data collected in a residential field experiment for 19 apartments at an Indian faculty housing complex during the period from August 1, 2013 to May 12, 2014. The dataset includes detailed information about electricity consumption. It also includes information on apartment characteristics and hourly weather variation to enable further studies of energy performance. These data can be used by researchers as training datasets to evaluate electricity usage consumption.

    Subjects:
    Electrical Engineering
    Keywords:
    India Electric power -- Conservation Electric power consumption
    Resource Type:
    Others
     
  • Video 
    Renewable Energy 101

    Renewable Energy 101

    There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world—and how we can use it to combat climate change.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering
    Keywords:
    Renewable energy sources
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Railway Engineering: An Integral Approach

    Railway Engineering: An Integral Approach

    Have you ever wondered what it takes to get your train on the right platform at the scheduled time every day? Understanding the complexity behind today’s sophisticated railway systems will give you a better insight into how this safe and reliable transportation system works. We will show you the many factors which are involved and how multiple people, behind the scenes, have a daily task that enables you to get from home to work. Journey with us into the world of rail – a complex system that connects people, cities and countries. Railway systems entail much more than a train and a track. They are based on advanced technical and operational solutions, dealing with continuously changing demands for more efficient transport for both passengers and freight every day. Each system consists of many components that must be properly integrated: from trains, tracks, stations, signaling and control systems, through monitoring, maintenance and the impact on cities, landscape and people. This integration is the big challenge and the source of many train delays, inconvenient connections and other issues that impact our society. This engineering course attempts to tackle those issues by introducing you to a holistic approach to railway systems engineering. You will learn how the system components depend on each other to create a reliable, efficient and state-of-the-art network.

    Subjects:
    Electrical Engineering and Transportation
    Keywords:
    Railroad engineering
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R)

    Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R)

    The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or introductory and intermediate graduate-level courses. The first part of the book introduces the scientific method, then covers research design, measurement, descriptive statistics, probability, inference, and basic measures of association. The second part of the book covers bivariate and multiple linear regression using the ordinary least squares, the calculus and matrix algebra that are necessary for understanding bivariate and multiple linear regression, the assumptions that underlie these methods, and then provides a short introduction to generalized linear models.The book fully embraces the open access and open source philosophies. The book is freely available in the SHAREOK repository; it is written in R Markdown files that are available in a public GitHub repository; it uses and teaches R and RStudio for data analysis, visualization and data management; and it uses publically available survey data (from the Meso-Scale Integrated Socio-geographic Network) to illustrate important concepts and methods. We encourage students to download the data, replicate the examples, and explore further! We also encourage instructors to download the R Markdown files and modify the text for use in different courses.

    Subjects:
    Sociology, Statistics and Research Methods, and Political Science
    Keywords:
    Political science -- Research -- Methodology Sociology -- Research -- Methodology Quantitative research Sociology -- Research Textbooks Political science -- Research
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
  • Courseware 
    Public Transportation Systems

    Public Transportation Systems

    This course discusses the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services, focusing on bus and rail. It covers various topics, including current practice and new methods for data collection and analysis, performance monitoring, route design, frequency determination, vehicle and crew scheduling, effect of pricing policy and service quality on ridership.

    Subjects:
    Transportation
    Keywords:
    Urban transportation -- Management Local transit Urban transportation -- Planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Project Management of Engineering Projects: Preparing for Success

    Project Management of Engineering Projects: Preparing for Success

    This business and management course will focus on the necessary project management skills to successfully manage projects, distinguishing three areas: the project manager and the team, the project process and the project context. The course focuses on the early project phases, including examples from technical projects within various sectors and industries (amongst others, but not limited to, infrastructure projects and construction projects).

    Keywords:
    Engineering -- Management Project management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • e-book 
    Principles of microeconomics

    Principles of microeconomics

    "This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures"--BC Campus website.

    Subjects:
    Economics
    Keywords:
    Microeconomics Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book