Did you ever wonder why you don't need a passport to go from New York to California, but if you were to move from one state to another, you would need a new driver's license? Or why you can use the same currency in all states, but not be subject to the same speed limits? Or why you have to pay both federal and state taxes?

Today many Americans take pride in their status as "independent voters," partly because they see parties as lacking vision for the country. Since many Americans have become disenchanted by partisan politics, they avoid identification as a "loyal Democrat" or a "staunch Republican." These negative attitudes toward parties are rooted in the roles that they play in American politics.

The influence of the media is increased by the fact that campaigns today have become more focused on the individual than on the party. In order to win primaries, individual candidates seek media attention to gain attention from voters. As a result, do voters hold political power, or has the media simply replaced political parties as the primary force behind candidate selection?

What is the difference between a liberty and a right? Both words appear in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. The distinction between the two has always been blurred, and today the concepts are often used interchangeably. However, they do refer to different kinds of guaranteed protections.

21st Century Workplace Skills is a series of 9 lessons covering the interpersonal, cultural, and digital skills students will need to succeed in career development.

Except where otherwise indicated, 21st Century Workplace Skills by Jennifer McCord at Columbus State Community College is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

The direct link to Lesson 0 Introduction is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 1 The Future of Work is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/bXOSxED9wz5iCN/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/9o7Z2STme4vLRY/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 3 Decision Making is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/Fb8wLfKUTc1POn/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/Ytr3oVKTz1Bb4U/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 5 Working in Teams is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/AHuYr4yd1RwvxE/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 6 Cultural Competency is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/VzEjXxdUIB65up/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/54Wu6zEO2y1HMi/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 8 Digital Literacy is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/cUj72bWkfEVd3C/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

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.

The direct link to Lesson 9 Career Management is https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/iOXcjzW6vyF9hH/html

This course includes the following topics:

Lesson 1 The Future of Work
Lesson 2 Interpersonal Skills
Lesson 3 Decision Making
Lesson 4 Emotional Intelligence
Lesson 5 Working in Teams
Lesson 6 Cultural Competence
Lesson 7 Additional Success Factors
Lesson 8 Digital Literacy
Lesson 9 Career Management

Attributions for each lesson are provided in Lesson 0 on Page 3. https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/Z8t6NMUexXa2F1

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

This eBook was written as the sequel to the eBook titled DC Circuits, which was written in 2016 by Chad Davis.
This eBook covers Alternating Current (AC) circuit theory as well us a brief introduction of electronics. It is
broken up into seven modules. Module 1 covers the basic theory of AC signals. Since only DC sources are used in
the first eBook, details of AC signals such as sinusoidal waveforms (or sine waves), square waves, and triangle
waves are provided. Module 2, titled AC Circuits Math Background, covers the mathematics background needed
for solving AC circuit problems. The background material in Modules 1 and 2 are combined in Module 3 to solve
circuits with AC sources that include resistors, inductors, and capacitors (RLC circuits).

Welcome to the AC Electrical Circuit Analysis, an open educational resource (OER). The goal of this text is to introduce the theory and practical application of analysis of AC electrical circuits. It assumes familiarity with DC circuit analysis. If you have not studied DC circuit analysis, it is strongly recommended that you read the companion OER text, DC Electrical Circuit Analysis before continuing. Both texts are offered free of charge under a Creative Commons non-commercial, share-alike with attribution license. For your convenience, along with the free pdf and odt files, print copies are available at a very modest charge. Check my web sites for links.

APEX Calculus is a calculus textbook written for traditional college/university calculus courses. It has the look and feel of the calculus book you likely use right now (Stewart, Thomas & Finney, etc.). The explanations of new concepts is clear, written for someone who does not yet know calculus. Each section ends with an exercise set with ample problems to practice & test skills (odd answers are in the back).

This text was written as a prequel to the APEXCalculus series, a three–volume series on Calculus. This text is not intended to fully prepare students with all of the mathematical knowledge they need to tackle Calculus, rather it is designed to review mathematical concepts that are often stumbling blocks in the Calculus sequence. It starts basic and builds to more complex topics. This text is written so that each section and topic largely stands on its own, making it a good resource for students in Calculus who are struggling with the supporting mathemathics found in Calculus courses. The topics were chosen based on experience; several instructors in the Applied Mathemathics Department at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) compiled a list of topics that Calculus students commonly struggle with, giving the focus of this text. This allows for a more focused approach; at first glance one of the obvious differences from a standard Pre-Calculus text is its size.