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Foundations of Academic Success: Second Edition

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  4 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Editor(s): Rhian Morgan, Camilla Robson

Subject(s): Higher education, tertiary education

Last updated: 18/07/2025

The second edition of this book was created in June 2023. The second edition features revisions to the content for consistency and effectiveness including moving the numeracy content to a separate publication due for release in late 2023/early 2024.

Introduction to Speech Pathology Practice: Foundational Concepts for Australian First-year Students

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  20 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): Frances Cochrane, Louise Brown, Deborah Denman, Roger Newman, Sophie Vigor

Editor(s): Frances Cochrane

Subject(s): Speech and language disorders and therapy

Last updated: 16/07/2025

This eBook is designed for emerging speech pathology professionals. This peer reviewed resource lays a strong foundation for first-year speech pathology students by covering the core principles and concepts for speech pathology practice. The eBook begins with an exploration of the anatomy involved in communication and swallowing, offering insights into how the structures of the human body support these crucial functions. It then delves into the core aspects of communication development, covering the typical progression of speech, language and literacy skills from infancy through adulthood. It offers students a framework for understanding both typical and diversity in development, essential for effective assessment and intervention. Linguistics is another key area covered, offering insights into the structure and function of language, including syntax, pragmatics, semantics, morphology, phonology, and phonetics. This understanding is crucial for diagnosing and treating communication disorders. The eBook advocates for culturally responsive practice, outlining strategies for delivering effective and sensitive care to clients from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, the text addresses the practical application of foundational principles in assessing and treating communication and swallowing disorders.
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Foundations of Nursing Skills: A Comprehensive Guide for the Australian Context

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  199 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): Leisa Sanderson, Tracey Gooding, Penelope Coogan, Sandra Dash, Kate Hurley, Jessica Best, Amy McCrystal

Subject(s): Nursing fundamentals and skills

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 16/07/2025

This practical and accessible textbook equips nursing students with the essential knowledge and skills required to provide safe, person-centred care in a range of clinical settings. Written specifically for the Australian context, Foundations of Nursing Skills supports students to develop clinical reasoning, cultural responsiveness, and evidence-based skills. Featuring step-by-step procedures, case studies, and reflective prompts, this comprehensive guide is an indispensable resource for building the confidence and competence needed for contemporary nursing practice in Australia.


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Confident Supervisors: Creating Independent Researchers

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Editor(s): Susan Gasson, Jillian Blacker, Ian Stoodley, Abbe Winter and Christine Bruce

Subject(s): Higher education, tertiary education

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 30/06/2025

Confident Supervisors is intended to be both a textbook and a professional development resource for Higher Degree Research supervisors and researcher developers involved in providing workshops and resources to support research supervisors in their practice. Throughout this book, authors introduce different theoretical frameworks and concepts to provide supervisors with tools and strategies for responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with research supervision. It contains chapters written by current supervisors and research support partners who are engaged in the scholarship of supervision and can share the practical and theoretical constructs they employ in their practice. The authors have been drawn from a broad range of higher education and research contexts and contribute understandings of local and global relevance. This openly available, award winning eBook responds to turbulent times in higher education, offering practical tips and suggestions for supervisors to pivot to changing contexts.

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Shakespeare's Major Plays: Volume 2

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  4 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): Cheryl Taylor

Subject(s): Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy, Educational: Language, literature and literacy

Last updated: 26/06/2025

This book is designed to assist upper secondary school and first and second-year university students in their reading and understanding of Shakespeare's plays. The plays selected for discussion are those that students are most likely to encounter in their early adventures with Shakespeare. Each discussion provides guidance on issues raised by each play and suggests approaches from which students can build original ideas and insights.

The book contains exercises that are designed to assist students to understand and remember the characters, plots and structures of Shakespeare's plays, as well as free full text copies of the plays.

Volume 2 includes Twelfth Night, Macbeth and King Lear. Shakespeare's Major Plays Volume 1 precedes Volume 2, and contains full free text copies and analysis of As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

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Eddie Koiki Mabo: History in the Making

All Rights Reserved  3 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): James Cook University Library

Subject(s): The Arts

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 23/06/2025

In 2022, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Mabo Decision, this book was developed to provide a focus on the timeline of Eddie Koiki Mabo’s life, the Mabo Decision and the ways in which Eddie Koiki Mabo has been honoured and celebrated over the past few decades. As well as illustrating Mabo’s life and making connections with other resources for further reading, the book contains accompanying educational material available under a Creative Commons license for use in schools all over the world.

As the book contains information and images of a highly personal nature to the Mabo family, the main content of the book is freely available, but under an All Rights Reserved license, and may not be copied or distributed without permission. The teaching material towards the back of the book is available under a CC BY license and may be copied, adapted and distributed freely. Check the licenses at the bottom of the chapters for confirmation before re-using.

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The STEM Advantage: Career Planning and Internship Strategies for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Postgraduate Students

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  25 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): Ben Archer

Subject(s): Work experience, placements and internships

Last updated: 22/06/2025

This comprehensive guide bridges the gap between academic learning and professional application, offering a structured framework developed through experiences of students successfully completing their internship programs. Educators and students alike will benefit from practical methodologies that transform theoretical knowledge into workplace readiness, with strategic guidance for creating personalised career trajectories and maximising internship experiences.

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Creative Commons for JCU Staff

CC BY (Attribution)  65 H5P Activities    English (Australia)

Author(s): James Cook University Library

Subject(s): Copyright law

Institution(s): James Cook University

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 18/06/2025

This eBook, adapted by Bronwen Forster, is designed for in-house professional development for James Cook University staff. This eBook is an adaptation of freely available course materials, including the materials for a US version of the official Creative Commons Certificate course. It includes H5P activities for participants to check their understanding while progressing through the units of information. JCU Library staff have enhanced the content with Australian content and examples.

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Beyond Cook: Explorers of Australia and the Pacific

CC BY (Attribution)   English (United States)

Author(s): Claire Brennan

Subject(s): Australasian and Pacific history, History of ideas, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Geographical discovery and exploration

Institution(s): James Cook University

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 18/06/2025

When Europeans entered the Pacific they entered a place they thought they knew, and a place that was already peopled. European explorer accounts of Australia and the Pacific are fascinating in what they reveal about the people and places explorers encountered, and about European expectations of what they would find. This book is a guide to European exploration of Australia and the Pacific; to those accounts of contact and how to interpret them in the light of European preconceptions and misunderstanding; and to the actions taken by the people descended from the regions' original explorers.

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Shakespeare's Major Plays

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  17 H5P Activities    English (United Kingdom)

Author(s): Cheryl Taylor

Editor(s): Kezia Perry

Subject(s): Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy, Educational: Language, literature and literacy

Publisher: James Cook University

Last updated: 18/06/2025

This book is designed to assist upper secondary school and first and second-year university students in their reading and understanding of Shakespeare's plays. The plays selected for discussion are those that students are most likely to encounter in their early adventures with Shakespeare. Each discussion provides guidance on issues raised by each play and suggests approaches from which students can build original ideas and insights.

The book contains interactive exercises that are designed to assist students to understand and remember the characters, plots and structures of Shakespeare's plays. The book contains free full text copies of the plays. Volume 1 includes As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Shakespeare's Major Plays Volume 2 follows Volume 1, and contains full free text copies and analysis of Twelfth Night, King Lear and Macbeth.

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