21st Century Workplace Skills

This course is the result of Columbus State Community College's Open Educational Resources Initiative. We started with the goal of creating a comprehensive workplace skills course with no additional student textbook costs. An exhaustive search of the available OER resources determined there was a need for a single collection of materials. Therefore, we have create this series of Workplace Skills lessons for the global community to use, share and adapt, provided the source is acknowledged.

You'll find the Workplace Skills collection of lessons adapted materials from a wide variety of resources including existing OER textbooks, nonprofits, state and national government resources, news outlets and more. Lesson content includes various formats such as readings, articles, videos, podcasts, infographics, activities, worksheets and more.  Additional course enhancements created by Columbus State's Distance Education & Instructional Support (DEIS) are also included.

This course includes the following topics:

• The Future of Work
• Interpersonal Skills
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence
• Working in Teams
• Cultural Competence
• Additional Success Factors
• Digital Literacy
• Career Management

 Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3.

Columbus State Community College Contributors:

• Lead Faculty: Jennifer McCord
• Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian: Rachel Dilley
• Instructional Designer II: Nancy Stagg
• OER Faculty Fellow: Amy Popovich
• Peer Reviewer: Dr. Lydia Gilmore