About This Book

This textbook and ancillary materials were created as part of the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources (SCOERs) project, facilitated by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.^[1]

Illinois SCOERs is a true statewide enterprise fundamentally changing the open educational resources landscape in Illinois by providing a new holistic support model that promotes student success through OER awareness, implementation, growth, and adoption. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Illinois, the library community, and workforce representatives. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others., the library community, and workforce representatives. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.

This book was made possible through an Illinois SCOERs Subgrant awarded to College of DuPage. This textbook was created for Physics 1100: Physics, a high enrollment course for undergraduate students at College of DuPage.

Contributors

Contributors to the development of this OER textbook include librarians and staff from College of DuPage:

• Lauren Kosrow, Subgrant Coordinator
• Lara Tompkins, Accessibility Coordinator and Instructional Designer
• Danielle Oakes, 3D Printing Coordinator
• Amanda Crowley, Proofreader

Illinois SCOERs Project Staff

The Illinois SCOERs Project Staff helped coordinate the management of the Open Textbook Pilot grant that made this OER possible. Topical experts shared their knowledge on open educational resources, incorporating technologies including 3D printing, accessibility, author rights, instructional design, publishing, and participated with the review and proofreading processes.

• Anne Craig, Principal Investigator, CARLI Senior Director
• Michele Leigh, Project Director, CARLI Senior Coordinator Open Illinois
• Margaret Chambers, CARLI Director and Advisor, Membership and Communications
• Michelle Haake, CARLI Senior Coordinator Membership and Communications
• Diane Day, CARLI Fiscal Officer
• Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI Director, Collections Services and OER Committee Liaison
• Nicole Swanson, CARLI Senior Coordinator, Library Services and Outreach and OER Committee Liaison
• Sara Benson, Copyright Training Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Copyright Librarian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Emily Boles, Instructional Design Coordinator and Trainer, eLearning Specialist, University of Illinois Springfield
• Elisandro (Alex) Cabada, 3D Printing Coordinator Trainer, Assistant Professor and Medical & Bioengineering Librarian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Ann Fredricksen, Disability Specialist, Coordinator of Accessible Media Services, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)
• Kathleen Ricker, Proofreader, ProofreadingPal.com Editing Services

Advisory Committee

The Illinois SCOERs Advisory Committee provided input on the subgrant applications, and the materials produced and contains industry members, librarians, graduate students, and representatives from our project partners:

• Illinois Community College Board
• Illinois Board of Higher Education
• Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
• Illinois Heartland Library System
• Reaching Across Illinois Library System
• Illinois State Library
• Illinois Library Association
• Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services
• Laurie Brown, Executive Director, Hickory Point Christian Village (assisted living) and Illinois Workforce Investment Board Local 1949 Chair
• Lisa Jones, DCEO, Manager, Office of Employment & Training (state workforce agency)
• Suzanne Kinsey, Executive Director, Fox Valley Community Services, (in-home service agency) in DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall, and Kane Counties
• Danna Williamson, Nursing Education Specialist, Carle Foundation Hospital Clinical Education

Customization/Terms of Use

This textbook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerical 4.0 (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license unless otherwise indicated, which means that you are free to:

• SHARE – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• ADAPT – remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose

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• Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if any changes were made.  You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
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Suggested Attribution Statement for this Book

Content that is taken from the above OER should include the following attribution statement:

Copyright © Alyssa J. Pasquale, Ph.D., David R. Fazzini, Ph.D., and Carley Bennett, Ph.D. (2024). Illinois SCOERs Conceptual Physics is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.

References

This Preface chapter is a derivative of Ernstmeyer, K., & Christman, E. (Eds.). (2022).  Nursing Mental Health and Community Concepts by Chippewa Valley Technical College is licensed under CC BY 4.0