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The content of this book is designed to support your understanding of the field of human communication. It meets the course objectives for VCCS CST 110 which the following major topics:

1. Fundamentals of Communication
2. Interpersonal Communication
3. Media Literacy
4. Public Speaking
5. Small Group Communication

Each chapter of this text is designed to help you recognize what you should be gaining from the text in support of our goal to help you be an effective communicator. The first thing you will see is an introduction of what will be covered in each subsequent chapter, followed by content that will offer you the opportunity to click on bolded terms for definitions, and finally, links to external resource materials (e.g., videos or other content).

Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D was written as a tool to guide and teach you to master AutoCAD. The e-book was written and organized into competency-based chapters, which means each chapter focuses on mastering a specific skill or knowledge area, allowing you to progress as you demonstrate your understanding. Your professors and instructional designers at NOVA Online have aligned each of these Chapters with the Modules and topics in your NOVA Online CAD 201 Course.

This Open Educational Resource (OER) lab manual was developed at Northern Virginia Community College with financial support from Achieving the Dream. This lab manual includes a Case-Based approach that focuses on encouraging independent work in the laboratory, and enhancing students’ metacognition and problem-solving abilities. This OER Lab curriculum provides relevant, case-based laboratory exercises for the first semester of  Human Anatomy and Physiology, according to the guidelines provided by the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS). Exercises focus on histology and articulations and the following systems: integumentary, skeletal, muscular,  and nervous, including special senses. These exercises are appropriate for 100- or 200-level undergraduate anatomy and physiology classes or upper level high school biology classes.

The purpose of the course is to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of the methods, theories and main concepts related to child development. The course offers scientific and practical guidance to those who:

1) work with, care for, or raise children,

2) design prevention and health promotion programs for children and

3) provide opportunities for children to thrive.

There will be a special emphasis on the theories of development, offering descriptions and explanations of cognitive, motor, social, linguistic, emotional, personality, and moral development. The conditions and environments within which
development takes place will be discussed, including an emphasis on those factors which promote positive development. A major goal of the course is for students to demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between the developing child and a continually changing world.

This Open Educational Resource has been adapted for Northern Virginia Community College’s PSY 235 Childhood Psychology Course. The original resource was created by Professor Bill Pelz of Herkimer County Community College’s Center for Global Learning and has since been adapted by Laura Overstreet to reflect current trends in Developmental Psychology. These materials were originally published freely under a Creative Commons Attribution License (you can review the license at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). The original version of the materials as published as Psyc 200 Lifespan Development may be accessed for free at http://opencourselibrary.org/econ-201/.