Open+Textbook+Replacements+for+ICT+Collaborative+Program


 * **Course** || **Title** || **Existing Textbook** || **Open Alternatives** ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 100] || The Business of Information Technology || //Introduction to Business Information Systems//, Latest Edition (eBook). Huber, Piercy, McKeown, Norrie; Wiley Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-470- 16111-1. || * [|Systems: A managers guide to harnessing information technology]
 * [|Business Processes and Information Technology]
 * [|Information Systems]

Round 2
 * Saylor - Management Information Systems - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 102] || Computer Hardware || //A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting//, 5th edition. Andrews, Jean. Course Technology. ISBN: 978-1-435-48738-3. || Round 2
 * Saylor - Computer Architecture - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 106] || Introduction to Programming || There is no required text for the course, instead freely available online materials will be used or provided. ||  ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 108] || Operating Systems I || //A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting//, 5th edition. Andrews, Jean. (Boston: Course Technology, 2010) ISBN: 978-1-435-48737-6. ||  ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 110] || Professionalism and Customer Service || //Customer Serivce Skills for Success//, Latest Edition (ebook). Lucas, Robert W. McGraw Hill ISBN-13: 9780073397115. ||  ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 112] || Foundations of Web Development || //New Perspectives on HTML and XHTML. (Comprehensive)// 5th edition. Carey, Patrick. ISBN: 978-1-4239-2546-0. || * [|HyperText Markup Language] - wikibooks
 * [|CSS] - wikibooks
 * [|Introduction to HTML] - University of Leicester
 * [|Intro to Ajax] - Google (online)
 * [|Intro to Web Programming] - Google (online)
 * [|Introduction to Web Applications Development] - Free Technology Academy
 * [|Eloquent Javascript]
 * [|Web Development Tutorials]

Round 2
 * Saylor - Web Development - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 114] || Networking || //Networks+ Guide to Networks//, 5th edition. Dean, Tamara. Thompson Course Technology. ISBN: 978-1-4239-0245-4. || * [|Network-based Applications] (not windows specific though)

Round 2
 * Saylor - Local Area Networks - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 118] || Operating Systems II || //A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux//, 3nd edition. Sobell, Mark. Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-13-254248-7. || * Introduction to Unix - University of Leicester
 * [|Linux 101] - Clemson University
 * [|Introduction to the Command Line] - FLOSS Manuals
 * [|GNU/Linux Basics] - Free Technology Academy
 * [|Advanced Linux Systems Administration] - Free Technology Academy ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 120] || Foundations of Systems Development || //Systems Analysis and Design,// Latest Edition (e-book), Shelly Cashman Series. || * [|Software Architecture] - FTA
 * Software Development for Enterprise Systems - UK Open university ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 122] || Foundation Project || //Information Technology Project Management (with Microsoft Project 2007 CD-ROM)//, Latest Edition. Schwalbe, Kathy. Course Technologies. || * [|Project Management from Simple to Complex] - FlatWorldKnowledge
 * [|The Start of the Project Journey] - UK Open University ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 200] || Communications and Professionalism || //Workplace Writing//. Holt, Marilyn E. Nelson, 2003. || * [|Business Communication for Success] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 202] || Finite Mathematics || //Finite Mathematics and Its Applications//, 10th edition. Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Scheider, Martha J. Siegel. Pearson Education ISBN: 13 978-0-321-157189-2.

eTextbook is available through [] || * [|Applied Finite Mathematics]
 * Long List of Applied Math respources & Open Textbooks ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 214]

[|ICT (NCIT) 216] || Database Design

Database Management Systems || //Database Systems, Design, Implementation, and Management// - Coronel/Morris/Rob, Latest Edition, Course Technologies || * [|Database Systems for Management]
 * [|Database Development Lifecycle] - UK Open University

Round 2 search
 * MIT - Database Systems - []
 * iTrain Online - Introduction to Databases - []
 * Cnx - Database Basics Using MS Access 2003 - []
 * Saylor - Introduction to Modern Database Systems - []
 * Saylor - Advanced Databases - []
 * Ars Technica - Database Management Systems - []
 * Sheffield Hallam University - Full course on Database Systems - follow links on []
 * UKOER - Advanced Database Design (Oracle) - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 230] || Systems and Application Scripting || //Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming, 3rd Edition//, by Ford, Jerry Lee, Jr., Course Technology. ISBN: 978-1-598-63803-5. || * [| A complete Introduction to Programming Using VBA] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 232] || Network Security || //CompTIA Security+ Study Guide: Exam SY0-201,// 4th edition. Dulaney, Emmett. Wiley Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-470-37297-5. || * [|Network Security] - UK Open University

Round 2
 * Saylor - Information Security - [] ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 234] || Server Management || //Microsoft Official Academic Course, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration//, Package (70-640), ISBN: 978-0-470-22509-7. ||  ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 236] || Network Infrastructure || //Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration,// Package 70-642. Microsoft Official Academic Course, ISBN: 978-0-470-22515-8. ||  ||
 * [|ICT (NCIT) 260] || Capstone Project || N/A - unless required by supporting instructors. ||  ||

= Sources searched =
 * MERLOT
 * CNX
 * Free Technology Academy
 * FLOSS Manuals
 * FlatWorldKnowledge
 * [|http://www.freebookcentre.net]
 * []
 * Saylor.org
 * OER Commons
 * large collection of open teaching materials "Open Educational Repository in Support of Computer Science" []
 * quite a few potential texts at [] but they are "free as in beer," not open, and are advertising supported