Biology

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Biology is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Connie Rye, Jean DeSaix, Jung Choi, Robert Wise, Vladimir Jurukovski

Math in Society

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Math in Society is a free, open textbook. This book is a survey of mathematical topics, most non-algebraic, appropriate for a college-level topics course for liberal arts majors. The text is designed so that most chapters are independent, allowing the instructor to choose a selection of topics to be covered. Emphasis is placed on the applicability of the mathematics. Material for each topic is covered in the main text, with additional depth available through exploration exercises appropriate for in-class, group, or individual investigation. Lab and Homework Site available through Lumens OHM but requires an access code.

Material Type: Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Textbook

Author: David Lipmann

Food, Health & Race: Reduced Inequalities

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Learning Outcomes: ◦ Biology: Identify the structure and functions of macro-molecules important to living things ◦ Sociology: Identify components of culture and understand how structural inequalities impact individuals ◦ Biology: Analyze and interpret experimental results to reinforce biological principles ◦ Sociology: students will understand how social factors contribute to disparate health outcomes ◦ Biology: Apply basic mechanisms of heredity to predict inheritance of traits. ◦ Sociology: Students will gain a practical understanding of race as a social construct.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Authors: Dr. Katya Salmi, Dr. Vedham Karpakakunjaram

Improving Representation and Diversity in OER Materials

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From OpenStax, a review framework and set of prose guidelines for development of diversity and representation in OERs. While the entire conception and approach of a textbook should consider all populations, even a well informed and well-meaning author or editor can misstate or misconceive diversity/representation issues. For example, even a member of a certain group can use an archaic term to define that group. To focus on the practical, OpenStax has worked with experts to identify specific areas of course materials that reflect inclusivity or a lack thereof. They have evaluated their existing textbooks on these elements, and the community has agreed that the resulting changes have been effective and positive.

Material Type: Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Rice University

The OER Starter Kit – Simple Book Publishing

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This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. [Version 1.1. Revised September 5th, 2019.]

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Abbey Elder

Online Equity Rubric

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The Peralta Equity Rubric is a research-based course (re)design evaluation instrument to help teachers make online course experiences more equitable for all students. The rubric’s criteria include: addressing students’ access to technology and different types of support (both academic and non-academic); increasing the visibility of the instructor’s commitment to inclusion; addressing common forms of bias (e.g., implicit bias, image and representation bias, interaction bias); helping students make connections (e.g., between course topics and their lives; with the other students); and following universal design for learning principles. The Peralta Equity Team periodically reviews and revises the rubric to address feedback and updates to equity-related research. The site includes 3 related resources: 1) the Peralta Equity Rubric, 2) a brief companion document, “Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric,” and 3) a bibliography of research used for the Peralta Equity Rubric

Material Type: Reading, Rubric

Author: Peralta Community College District