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Suspicious Minds
(The Ohio State University, 2018) Walton, Zachary
A tale of Rock n' Roll and Soviet intrigue. Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n' Roll, after faking his death, is trying to begin a new life as an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas. At the airport, when a KGB spy appears and slows everything down, Elvis is on the case. Will he find the KGB spy, or will everyone discover that Elvis Presley isn't really dead.
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Driving Educational Change: Innovations in Action
(The Ohio State University, 2018) Correia, Ana-Paula; Ham, Marcia; North, Cara A.; Korkmaz, Ceren; Acree, Lauren; Sulun, Caglar; Correia, Ana-Paula
Throughout this eBook, the authors not only examine theories of innovation adoption and propose guidelines for learning designers to understand change, but, more importantly, they also analyze, problematize, and critique real innovations in practice. They write about concrete strategies to face and handle change, and adoption and diffusion of innovation in today's organizations. This eBook offers a thoughtful account of the drivers and factors that lead educational change in different contexts, groups, and networks.
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Español en los Estados Unidos
(2024) Foulis, Elena; Sabogal, Alexandra Rodríguez; Foulis, Elena; Sabogal, Alexandra Rodríguez; Supiot, Christian
This book embraces multilingual and translanguaging strategies for learning Spanish. It focuses on the study of Spanish use in the United States, as unique and richly diverse. It is meant to be an introductory level textbook for a mixed audience: those who are heritage and bilingual learners and those who study Spanish as a second language.
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Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües
(The Ohio State University, 2019) Foulis, Elena; Alex, Stacey; Foulis, Elena; Alex, Stacey; Supiot, Christian
Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües, is an open-access textbook for Heritage Language Leaners of Spanish that centers on students' experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, we promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students' language maintenance and growth.
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Windows into Turkish Culture
(2018) Akbulut, Melisa; Bayindirli, Noah; Cahill, Meghan; Clark, Ashley; Jordan, Paige; Mansour, Mohammad; Murphy, Robert; Posacioglu, Kerem; Schoon, Danielle V.; McClimans, Melinda; Açıkalın, Mehmet; Schoon, Danielle V.; McClimans, Melinda; Açıkalın, Mehmet
This eBook was written by undergraduate students and edited and compiled by their instructors. It is the result of a semester-long collaboration between staff, faculty, and students at The Ohio State University (OSU) and İstanbul University (İÜ). It represents the culmination of ideas and information shared in the context of TURK 2241 Introduction to Turkish Culture, a general education course offered by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) at OSU, in Autumn 2017. The course was co-taught by Danielle Schoon, Melinda McClimans, and Mehmet Açıkalın.