Multimedia OER – Deakin Open eBooks

Deakin publishes OER in a variety of formats on different platforms. In addition to the resources included on Deakin Open eBooks, Deakin developed OER includes:

The Business Case for Sustainability (BCFS) in Property Development (PD) Projects

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Author(s): Tom Keel
Resource type: Dataset
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2026-06-19

This resource is a dataset of case studies aimed at demonstrating the commercial potential of developing more sustainable, higher-performing residential building projects. Developed as part of a research project, the BCFS enables property developers to better understand the benefits and impacts of including sustainability features in their projects.

GRAD Companion – an Open Educational Resource for use in teaching medical imagingDeakin Anatomy resources

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Author(s): Cailin Mellberg
Resource type: Image files
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2026-05-08

This collection collates the image files for the GRAD Companion (Guided Radiographic Anatomy Digitised Companion) – an Open Educational Resource for use in teaching medical imaging. This resource was developed with the aim of providing access to quality MRI images for teaching and learning. To develop these resources, MRI was performed on two volunteers at Barwon Medical Imaging (BMI) within Barwon Health, Geelong. The resulting radiographic image files were compiled on a medical software platform for the interpretation of radiographs (the DICOM viewer Horos) and exported as .jpeg files. Images were subsequently labelled individually in PowerPoint by the GRAD Companion team and exported again as .jpeg files. The resulting collection includes a full-body scrollable set of human Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) datasets.

The SPATIAL Project

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Author(s): Cailin Mellberg and Matthew Retallack
Resource type: Image files
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2026-04-30

The SPATIAL Project is an anatomical database which has utilised The Visible Human female data set, Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, to reconstruct cross-sectional planes of an elderly female to support visual-spatial learning of the human body and its relationships. The provision of cadaveric sectional resources on an open-access platform provides freedom for download, reuse and modification of these files for non-commercial educational purposes to address equity and access and to meet the learning needs of future healthcare professionals. The image sets are divided into Scout for visualisation of the whole body followed by the regions of the Head, Neck, Chest, Abdomen, Hip and Lower Limb. File types for each region include jpeg, pdf, video and DICOM files.

OER Building Futures: Residential Construction Career Collection

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Author(s): Nateque Mahmood, Abid Hasan, Glenn Costin, Ankitha Vijaykumar
Resource type: Video collection
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2026-02-11

The Australian construction industry holds a remarkable diversity of roles and specialisations, especially so when compared internationally. Each role plays a crucial part in the seamless execution of construction projects. This project complements Series 1 of the Construction Career Collection providing insight into the variety of rewarding and dynamic opportunities in the residential construction industry. Developed with the aim of showcasing the diversity of roles within the construction industry, this collection of videos includes roles such as Construction Manager, Operations Support Manager, Pre-site Manager, Building Estimator, Sales Manager, Electrical Design Consultant, Interior Designer, Sales Technical Support Draftsperson, and Studio M Associate. The Australian context of the videos supports Australian students to explore roles in construction.

OER Building Futures: Construction Career Collection

The Australian construction industry holds a remarkable diversity of roles and specialisations, especially when compared internationally. Each role plays a crucial part in the seamless execution of construction projects. The purpose of this project was to develop a range of videos that provide an insight into the variety of rewarding and dynamic opportunities within the field. This collection of videos includes roles such as graduate project coordinator, site supervisor, health and safety advisor, project coordinator, senior project engineer, senior site manager, social procurement manager and construction director. The Australian context of the videos supports Australian students to explore roles in construction.

Corporate Insolvency Law in Australia

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Author(s): Paulina Fishman
Resource type: Powerpoint
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2024-02-01

This extensive set of lecture slides provides a detailed introduction to corporate insolvency law in Australia. Chapters include: corporate insolvency and external administration; arrangements and compromises; controllers, including receivers; administration and DOCAs; restructuring and restructuring plans; winding up generally and deregistration; court-ordered winding up and provisional liquidation; voluntary winding up and winding up by ASIC; recovering property or compensation; duties, their breach and offences.

Soil Testing Videos

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Author(s): Saba Gharehdash
Resource type: Video collection
Publisher: Deakin University
Publication date: 2023-10-06

This collection of five instructional videos demonstrates key soil testing and specimen preparation techniques used in geotechnical engineering, including California Bearing Ratio (CBR), triaxial, and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) testing. Created by Saba Gharehdash (Deakin University), the videos provide step-by-step guidance to support student learning and laboratory practice.