Guides: Open Educational Resources: Counseling

OER Texts for College Success and Student Support

Adult Learning at a Quick Glance / Shoemaker
“Adult Learning at a Quick Glance is a web page designed as reference material to present the reader with some of the basic concepts, theories, principles, and some solutions to adult learning.”
Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making / Dillon
“Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making is a students’ guide for the process of identifying a major and career. This text focuses on career exploration.”
Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies / Dillon
“A free, Open Educational Resource, Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies is a students' guide for classroom success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college focuses on study skills and time management.”
Blueprint for Success in College and Career / Dillon
“Blueprint for Success in College and Career is a students’ guide for classroom and career success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation focuses on study skills, time management, career exploration, health, and financial literacy.”
A Different Road to College: A Guide for Transitioning Non-Traditional Students / Lamoreaux
“Non-traditional students have an ever-growing presence on college campuses, especially community colleges. This open educational resource is designed to engage students in seeing themselves as college students and understanding the complexity of what that means to their lives.”
Foundations of Academic Success: Words of Wisdom / Priester
This text “introduces you to the various aspects of student and academic life on campus and prepares you to thrive as a successful college student (since there is a difference between a college student and a successful college student).”
How to Learn Like a Pro! / Nissila
“How to Learn Like a Pro! features the “big six” effective learning/study skills topics: learning styles and preferences, time and materials management, critical thinking and reading, note-taking, memory principles, and test-taking techniques.”
Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education / Frawley, Larkin, & Smith
“This book brings together contributions by researchers, scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, professionals and citizens who have an interest in or experience of Indigenous pathways and transitions into higher education.”
Strategies for Academic Success / Marken
“Strategies for Academic Success accompanies the first-year University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science online course by the same name. However, the information it contains will apply to post-secondary institutions all over.”
University 101: Study, Strategize, and Succeed
“University 101: Study, Strategize, and Succeed helps students to create a foundation for post-secondary studies by learning how to learn. By taking the time to read this book and work through the exercises included, students are investing in the skills that will support them in all of their classes and future learning.”
University Success
“This is not a textbook full of theory and extensive detail that merely discusses student success; rather, this is a how-to manual for your first year of study. The book provides realistic, practical guidance ranging from study skills to personal health, from test taking to managing time and money.”

Open Courseware

CCC CVC-OEI: OpenStax College Success / Palmiotto Canvas Commons course shell for College Success course. Modules include: Exploring College / Knowing Yourself as a Learner / Managing Your Time and Priorities / Planning Your Academic Pathways / Reading and Notetaking / Thinking / Communicating / Studying, Memory, and Test Taking / Understanding Civility and Cultural Competence / Understanding Financial Literacy / Engaging in a Healthy Lifestyle / Planning for Your Future
College Success Contents: Introduction / Goal Setting and Time Management / Career Exploration / Social Interaction and Diversity / Thinking and Analysis / Learning Styles and Strategies / Study Skills and Classroom Success / Mental and Physical Health Management / Financial Management
Resources for Underprepared Students “Just in time” support modules developed by the Basic Skills Work Group of the OEI that instructors can embed into online courses to help underprepared students gain critical skills to succeed in the course, while allowing faculty to concentrate on course content. All resources are OER or otherwise free to use."

Resource for Students: College

Are You Ready to Take an Online Course?
Online student readiness tutorials.
Learning to Learn Online / Page & Vincent
Introduction to the online learning environment and the student's role within it.
Preparing for Online Learning
Videos to help get students ready for online classes and working in Canvas, as well as a list of low-cost and free internet access options.
Writing Personal Statements Online / Schall
A Handbook for Students Applying for Scholarships and Graduate Study.

Resources for Students: Careers

6 Steps to Job Search Success / Saylor
Actionable steps students can take to land a job regardless of the market.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Includes average earnings, job prospects, and training needed for a variety of careers.