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The GenEd Magazine (GEM) is an open-access publication space where the General Education English Program at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) showcases the winners of the General Education Writing Awards (GEWA) each year. Awarded in four categories, the GEWA honor the best and brightest submissions in each of the General Education English (GEE) courses at MTSU.

GEWA Archive

The GEWA Archive is organized by award year (e.g., 2020-2021) and award category (e.g., ENGL 1010). Under each award year, you’ll find the following categories that often contain more than one GEWA submission:

1. ENGL 1010: Expository Writing
2. ENGL 1020: Research and Argumentative Writing
3. ENGL 2020/2030: Sophomore-level Literary Analysis
4. ENGL 1010, 1020, 2020, 2030: Multimodal Composition

Using the Archive

Students and teachers alike can use the GEM to showcase student example texts for each General Education English course.

Built over six years by a team of VCU faculty and students, this French textbook is intentionally communicative in design. It targets French language learning that is moving from the novice high to the intermediate low/mid range of proficiency (NCSSFL-ACTFL) or from the A2 to the B1-B2 CEFR level. Given that this level  of language acquisition involves mainly sentence level communications dealing with routine, everyday situations, the four units in this etextbook review and deepen skills and strategies across the three modes of communication, interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational as well as deepening intercultural competencies.  The units progress through:  presenting oneself and deepening one’s notions of bilingual, intersectional identity; engaging in written, oral, and mediated dialogues and exchanges on topics of personal interest; deepening knowledge of the perspectives, products and practices of one or more francophone cultures and comparing them to the home culture; and, finally, mapping one’s linguistic and cultural competencies onto the individual student’s future professional and personal vision of a potential future.

Interdisciplinary studies bring multiple disciplines together to create diverse perspectives when answering questions, solving problems, or approaching a topic. This book is intended as a resource in understanding Interdisciplinary Studies as well as how how to apply the concept to research and problem solving. It is designed for students taking PRST 3995 at Middle Tennessee State University.

Engineering Senior Capstone courses are the hallmark of a B.S. in engineering degree, where students prove they are ready to become engineers.  In these courses, students use prior knowledge and independent research to design, build, test, and analyze a system in their engineering discipline as a team.  Due to the broad variety of projects, problems, and topics the capstone courses address, there is no one-size-fits-all solution.  This book aims to streamline the capstone course instruction by developing, consolidating, and organizing OER materials into one place. Different modules correspond to the different course topics, where students can easily access materials relevant to their projects’ various goals and phases of development.

An open-access textbook composed to support Middle Tennessee State University's ENGL 1010: Expository Writing course.

This study guide was developed for Middle Tennessee State University students taking AERO 2710 sUAS Remote Pilot Certification or AERO 2715 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certification. It can also be used by anyone interested in preparing to take the Unmanned Aircraft General (UAG) knowledge test. This study guide provides content, videos, and interactive study questions for each section/task to help you prepare for the UAG.

This study guide uses the references, learning objectives, and knowledge requirements presented in the FAA-S_ACS-10B  Remote Pilot – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airman Certification Standards (ACS). The study guide follows the same structure as the Remote Pilot ACS. Feel free to study the content in the order that will best suit your learning. An issue with FAA documents is the numerous links to other regulations or documents causing the reader to open multiple sources to understand the topic. This study guide is designed to bring all the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems regulations, references, and study material into one document. It contains videos and sample questions like those on the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft General (UAG) knowledge test.

This study guide is divided into seven parts, with an appendix offering additional content from the Remote Pilot ACS. Parts I through V are organized in alignment with the Remote Pilot ACS. Part VI, titled “Learner Resources,” includes links to FAA and third-party websites where you can access sample questions similar to those on the UAG knowledge test. Part VII, “Educator Resources,” provides tools to help you create your own Remote Pilot Certification course. These resources include a sample syllabus, presentation slide decks, and reference materials.