LoyalistLibrary: Computer and Data Science: Open Educational Resources

What are Open Educational Resources?

"Open Educational Resources, or OER, refer to any teaching and learning materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license, such as a Creative Commons License or GNU General Public License, that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution with no or limited restrictions".

(Source: The OER Toolkit, Colleges Library Ontario)

Where can I find OERs for my course?

There are a variety of sources for OERs! This is only a small selection. For more, check the Library's OER Research Guide.

AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository)
"AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use." -- website
B.C. Open Collection (formerly BC Campus OpenEd)
"The B.C. Open Collection is a curated selection of open educational resources (OER) that can be accessed by educators in B.C. and beyond to use in the classroom, in an institutional learning management system, or on other teaching and learning platforms. All materials are openly licensed. This means they are free to use, customize, and share. The collection includes courses and textbooks, and new resources are being added all the time." -- website
Directory of Open Access Journals
"DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals." -- website
eCampus Ontario Open Textbook Library
"In partnership with BCcampus, and in the footsteps of other provincial online learning centres like OpenEd Manitoba, eCampusOntario has created this new virtual Open Textbook Library, established to offer learners a repository of resources which are licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed." -- website (A link to eCampus is also available at LoyalistLibrary.com, under the Collections tab.)
OER Commons
"OER Commons offers a comprehensive infrastructure for curriculum experts and instructors at all levels to identify high-quality OER and collaborate around their adaptation, evaluation, and use to address the needs of teachers and learners." -- website
Open Educational Resources Research Guide
The Loyalist Library has its own guide to open educational resources. This guide acts as a starting point, with background information, links to OER's, and more.
Open Textbook Library
"Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute, and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution." -- website

Selected OERs for Computer and Data Science

Delftse Foundations of Computation
"Delftse Foundations of Computation is a textbook for an introductory course in theoretical computer science. It includes topics from propositional and predicate logic, proof techniques, set theory and the theory of computation, along with practical applications to computer science. It has no prerequisites other than a general familiarity with computer programming." -- website
Information Systems for Business and Beyond
"Information Systems for Business and Beyond introduces the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world." -- Website
Open Data Structures
A Pragmatic Guide to Conversational AI
"This book is intended to be a pragmatic guide to helping able citizen data scientists to utilize common frameworks and tools to create conversational artificial intelligence experiences for users." -- website
Sets, Logic, Computation: An Open Introduction to Metalogic
"Sets, Logic, Computation is an introductory textbook on metalogic. It covers naive set theory, first-order logic, sequent calculus and natural deduction, the completeness, compactness, and Löwenheim-Skolem theorems, Turing machines, and the undecidability of the halting problem and of first-order logic. The audience is undergraduate students with some background in formal logic, e.g., what is covered by forall x. NOTE: It's title has been changed from "Sets, Logic, Computation: An Open Logic Text" to "Sets, Logic, Computation: An Open Introduction to Metalogic."" -- website

Frontiers in Computer Science
"Frontiers in Computer Science publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research across all areas of fundamental and applied computational sciences." -- website
ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing
International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
"The International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science is a quarterly published in Poland since 1991 by the University of Zielona Góra in partnership with the Lubuskie Scientific Society and De Gruyter Poland, under the auspices of the Committee on Automatic Control and Robotics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The journal strives to meet the demand for the presentation of interdisciplinary research in various fields related to control theory, applied mathematics, scientific computing and computer science." -- Website
International Journal of Computers Communications & Control
"International Journal of Computers Communications & Control is directed to the international community of scientific researchers in computers, communications and control, from the universities, research units and industry." -- Website
Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
"Journal of Computer Networks and Communications publishes articles, both theoretical and practical, investigating computer networks and communications. Articles explore the architectures, protocols, and applications for networks across the full spectrum of sizes (LAN, PAN, MAN, WAN…) and uses (SAN, EPN, VPN…). Investigations related to topical areas of research are especially encouraged, including mobile and wireless networks, cloud and fog computing, the Internet of Things, and next generation technologies." -- website
Journal of Data Science
"Established in 2003, the Journal of Data Science aims to advance and promote data science methods, computing, and applications in all scientific fields where knowledge and insights are to be extracted from data. The journal publishes research works on the full spectrum of data science including statistics, computer science, and domain applications. The topics can be about any aspect of the life cycle (collecting, processing, analyzing, communicating, etc.) of data science projects from any field that involves understanding and making effective use of data. The emphasis is on applications, case studies, statistical methods, computational tools, and reviews of data science." -- website
Scientific and Practical Cyber Security Journal
"Scientific & practical cyber security journal is a new international, peer-reviewed journal publishing in-depth articles and case studies written by and for cyber security experts. It reflects the relevant innovations in cyber, drawing on scientific and practical experience in academic, government, corporate, finance, military and not-for-profit sectors." -- website

Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) (Purdue University)
"The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is currently viewed as one of the world’s leading centers for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure. CERIAS is unique among such national centers in its multidisciplinary approach to the problems, ranging from purely technical issues (e.g., intrusion detection, network security, etc) to ethical, legal, educational, communicational, linguistic, and economic issues, and the subtle interactions and dependencies among them." -- Website
Codecademy
Cybersecurity Governance : Organizational Preparedness
"This online micro-credential has been designed to introduce learners to cybersecurity governance practices and environmental scans. Additionally, learners will explore general cybersecurity governance related to technical
controls, recovery protocols and vendor management." -- website
Cybersecurity Governance : Risk Management
"This online micro-credential has been designed to introduce learners to cybersecurity governance practices and environmental scans. Additionally, learners will explore general cybersecurity governance related to technical
controls, recovery protocols and vendor management." -- website
Ethics Module for Artificial Intelligence Engineering
"This online module contains two weeks of introductory content and activities that are targeted specifically to Year 2 undergraduate students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This module is intended to teach students that ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not black and white and will never be fully researched. It aims to teach students how to be critical thinkers in how they design software, survey how their design or product will push the boundaries on ethical issues in AI and identify how to mitigate harm. This module contains four lessons on topics including Software and Ethics, AI Bias, Privacy, and Decision Harm and Radicalization." -- website
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Computer and Data Science: Open Educational Resources

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Selected OERs for Computer and Data Science

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