Academic skills
This section of the guide contains OER for teaching academic skills.
These resources cover a range of areas including assignment writing, artificial intelligence, being safe online, time management, critical thinking, well-being and more.
Deakin OER
Communication and Teamwork Skills to Support Neurodiversity by Teagan Menhenett; Nick Milne; and Siva Krishnan (2025), Deakin University, is licensed under CC BY NC
This textbook is designed for staff and students to support the neurodiverse student body in developing two key professional practice skills: communication and teamwork skills.
Content creation
- Digital Skills: Content Creation by Charles Sturt University (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Workplace Software and Skills OpenStax under CC BY
Assessment and writing
- Digital Skills: Assignment Essentials by Charles Sturt University (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Artificial Intelligence
- Digital Skills: Artificial Intelligence by Charles Sturt University (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Using AI tools at university by Charles Sturt University (2024) is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- AI-Powered Education: Innovative Teaching Strategies to Elevate Student Learning by Karen Magruder et al. (2025) Mavs Open Press, is licensed under CC BY NC SA
Career guidance
- Building Your Career: A Guide for Students by Michelle Gander, Flinders University (2025) CC BY-NC 4.0
Professional identity
- Digital Skills: Professional Identity and Skills by Charles Sturt University (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Studying at university
- Academic Skills Pocketbook by Richard Scharges, Ashleigh Watson, Linda Thornely and Susan McGlynn (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Academic Success by University of Southern Queensland (2021) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Foundations of Academic Success: Second Edition by Rhian Morgan and Camilla Robson (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Digital Skills: Security and Safety by Charles Sturt University (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- College Success series by OpenStax (2020-2023) is licensed under CC-BY 4.0
- The Art of Re-Learning: A Guide to Academic Readiness by Liam Frost-Camilleri (2025), Federation University Australia, is licensed under CC BY NC