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Communication and Speech Studies

Additional Public Speaking and Communication Resources

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50 Communications Activities, Icebreakers,and Exercises
Peter R. Garber

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Beyond what’s already hosted inside the Lumen platform, many OER collections contain useful material for Public Speaking and Communication courses. If you have suggestions to add here, please share on the Lumen Community Slack Channel.

Title	Source	License	Notes
Communications	Boundless	CC BY SA
The Public Speaking Project	The Public Speaking Project	CC BY NC ND	this is the foundation text for Lumen’s template course, Principles of Public Speaking website has ancillary materials and quizzes with verified registration, but these materials are NOT openly licensed
International Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication	Graphy Publications	CC BY	Peer-reviewed journal Open access all articles published with open licensing
Public Speaking: The ACA Open Knowledge Online Guide	American Communication Association	CC BY NC ND	complete textbook that has since been taken offline. The open license on it means it can still be used, however. The first chapter (0f 13) is linked here. Please contact us if you would like access to the remaining sections for review.