Biology

I have faculty on our campus adopting Open Stax Concepts in Biology -- one got in touch today to ask about more materials than what she has found either at Open Stax faculty resources or in the Open Stax hub on OER Commons. If you know of something great that's in use on your campus, will you send me the name of someone to put her in touch with? 
 
Deb, have her get in touch with Lumen about our faculty resources for Biology. We provide these free to verified faculty. Just have her click on Request Access under Faculty Resources at https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-nmbiology1/
 

One of our faculty is proposing a new Biology course and would like to utilize OER for the class materials. It isn’t a straightforward traditional class, so while I have found some resources, I thought it would be helpful to see what else might be out there that I’m not thinking about. I’ve included the course description below. I think much of her focus is to have students evaluate scientific studies using traditional standards for scientific research but also through the lens of the other factors listed below.
“In this course, undergraduate non-majors explore human health and disease by combining biological principles and scientific methodology. Content emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of science and how various factors, including socio-economic, behaviors, historic factors, genetics, and infectious organisms may influence health. An overview of preventive practices and available treatments will be presented by reviewing major scientific studies.”

There are a wealth of Biology OER resources - assignments, labs, projects on the searchable Qubes Hub:
https://qubeshub.org/publications/browse
(Anyone can use the qubes hub without joining, but anyone can join qubes and it's free.)  
But I would also ask your faculty member to consider having students build open pedagogy projects instead of just looking for OER for the course. Here is some science open pedagogy inspiration from Heather Miceli:
https://sites.google.com/g.rwu.edu/core-101-open-pedagogy-project
Heather's main page: https://sites.google.com/view/hmiceli/about-me?authuser=0

Our Biology faculty have been using the homework support platform for OpenStax Biology that is supported by Cengage. They will no longer provide support for that platform. They are looking for advice and reviews of other platforms to support the Biology sequence.

We have migrated the OpenStax biology questions into our ADAPT platform. You can see the anonymous view of that textbook questions here:
https://adapt.libretexts.org/students/courses/433/assignments/anonymous-user
We haven't converted them to autograded one, but since they are super easy multiple choice questions, that can be done quickly for you if you have a need to use these rapidly. Alternatively, we will address in a few months. What is harder it a proper solution tutorial beyond a simple answer. We have other questions in queue for integration into ADAPT.
If you would like to know more information about ADAPT, we have videos of presentations we gave at the last MiniFest or tag me back and we can chat:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83Q_gTbFatSeDprFrmhVrRYA5QaSCvpG
I would start at 55:00 to avoid the greater discussion about LibreVerse organization, motivation and general philosophy of how LibreTexts operates.

I’m working with my biology faculty on an OER lab manual for our Principles of Biology course.
While they are making great strides on the bulk of the work, they did have a couple of requests:
They’re looking for diagrams and photos to add to the text as a way to show examples.
Yes, they are taking photos of things this semester and adding them to the work, but it would also be nice to have a repository as a back-up.
Beyond WikiCommons, are there any other suggestions out there? (By the way, my colleague is adding their photos to WC, too,
so that others can use them.)
They’re also looking to include some vocabulary-building games to the lab manual, such as word searches and crossword puzzles.
The crossword builder in H5P is not accessible, so that one is out.
Does anyone know of other open-source or OER tools that are accessible?

There is a list of science image sources on the ASCCC OERI site (scroll towards the bottom)    https://asccc-oeri.org/image-sources/

In addition to the sources Suzanne shared, the Biodiversity library has a lot of great content.  
We’ve used their images a lot. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/

Happy Friday! OpenStax offers an online library of free, openly licensed, peer-reviewed biology textbooks.
OpenStax's biology textbooks — including Biology 2e and Concepts of Biology (for non-majors) —
offer a plethora of high-quality images and diagrams your biology faculty can incorporate into their course materials.
Because OpenStax's biology textbooks are available under an open license, your instructors can simply copy and paste the images
and diagrams into their course materials - all they need to do is attribute OpenStax.
 

 Anatomy & Physiology

Looking for open resources in anatomy and physiology lecture and lab materials. 

We have found the OpenStax for A & P.  
The Lumen resources are based primarily on the OS books with additional resources (like videos and self-checks) included throughout. You might also check the Noted Anatomist YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9lb3da4XAnN7v3ciTyquQ/videos . My understanding is that these will be openly licensed soon.

This one is from down under…Human Physiology:  https://library.latrobe.edu.au/ebureau/ebook.html#howtodoscience  The permission is pretty strict, but still…

I'm writing on behalf of an Anatomy & Physiology instructor who is considering switching to OER but concerned about access to high-quality images. She would also be interested in connecting with other instructors doing similar work.  So far we are aware of: 
- OpenStax textbook and its instructor guide
- Anatomy Zone: http://anatomyzone.com/
- Mt Hood lab/homework: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/anatomy-physiology-lab-homework-and-reference-materials
Any other recommendations would be appreciated!

Amy - have her look at the content on KnowledgetoWork.com which LFCC created with a DOL TAACT grant.  Free to register and save items; lots of resources that are free & open.

Thank you for sharing Anatomy Zone – that’s much better than anything I’ve been able to find for our folks.

If she’s looking for specific images (rather than a full ready-to-go set) and is willing to spend the time, the links below have some great options.
https://openi.nlm.nih.gov
This is pictures from research papers. So, a lot of them are too detailed – but with good keyword use, there are some truly amazing pictures.
For example: https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/gridquery.php?q=heart%203D&it=xg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
I’ve actually found lots of great images here for my biology classes.  Not fancy, but my favorite site.
https://search.nih.gov
This has more basic pictures that are meant for the general public.  Search and then select “images” under “more”
https://www.usa.gov/
Also a good image search

The instructor that contacted me has decided to work with the Oregon State University adaptation of the OpenStax A&P book (currently under revision at: http://library.open.oregonstate.edu/aandp/ ).
I got a TON of other suggestions, which I've listed below. Many thanks to everyone who replied!
 KnowledgetoWork.com
- Human anatomy, including structure and development and practical considerations by https://archive.org/details/humananatomyincl02pier
- PHIL (Public Health Image Library): https://phil.cdc.gov/default.aspx
- Figshare has collections of illustrations. Try a search for “anatomy illustrations?” https://figshare.com/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  
- Wellcome Collection: https://wellcomecollection.org/works?wellcomeImagesUrl=/
- Antique Anatomy: http://www.antiqueanatomy.com/galleries/  (these are PD images, so they may be too old to be useful)
- https://openi.nlm.nih.gov  This is pictures from research papers. So, a lot of them are too detailed – but with good keyword use, there are some truly amazing pictures. For example: https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/gridquery....art%203D&it=xg
- https://search.nih.gov  This has more basic pictures that are meant for the general public.  Search and then select “images” under “more”
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html  Interactive diagrams and text about human anatomy. Navigate by clicking on either table of contents or diagrams. Some diagrams are available in 3D with the ability to zoom and rotate.
- http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/demo/index.html  Interactive textbook on anatomy and neuroanatomy. Requires Shockwave plugin, so doesn’t work in Google Chrome. Traditionally copyrighted—you can send your students to look at it but can’t make your own copy.
- http://www.getbodysmart.com/  Another interactive textbook. Easier to navigate but not as comprehensive as the previous one. Includes quizzes.
- https://openstax.org/details/anatomy-and-physiology  An open anatomy textbook. Available online for free or as a print-on-demand. Instructor supplements available if you create a login. (As a side note, OpenStax books are usually very high quality!)
- https://courses.candelalearning.com/ap2xmaster/  and https://courses.candelalearning.com/ap2x2master/  A set of two open textbooks on anatomy and physiology. The first one includes self-check questions and quizzes. Comes with instructor resources if you contact Lumen Learning to verify that you are an instructor.
- https://www.boundless.com/physiology/  An open anatomy and physiology textbook in HTML format. Very easy to navigate.
- https://oli.cmu.edu/jcourse/webui/guest/join.do?section=anatomy  Interactive Anatomy & Physiology open textbook. Clearly states learning objectives, has embedded self-quizzes, and saves student progress with a free login.
- http://www.bruceforciea.com/etextchapters/etexthumananatrevmay12.pdf  Open textbook in PDF format. Not as interactive as some of the others, but has nice diagrams.
- http://www.anatomyatlases.org/  Open encyclopedias and atlases of anatomy. Most have detailed diagrams.
- http://jdc.jefferson.edu/vghd/  A very extensive set of videos of a human corpse dissection. Not streaming videos; they have to be downloaded (in .mov format).
- http://www.anatomyzone.com/  Set of videos of 3D models with narration. Requires a free login.
- http://www.anatomyarcade.com/  Anatomy review games
- http://msjensen.cbs.umn.edu/webanatomy/  Blank and labeled diagrams of molecules, bones, cells, blood vessels, the digestive system, the endocrine system, the immune system, and more
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/HAE/index.html  Photographs and self-quizzes for human anatomy, cells/tissues/organs, and neuroanatomy
- https://homes.bio.psu.edu/faculty/strauss/anatomy/biology29.htm  Self-quizzes with unlabeled diagrams.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/  Games and exercises
- https://legacy.saylor.org/bio302l/Intro/  This open anatomy course uses entirely OERs.
- http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/APlab/Table-of-Contents.html  Just diagrams. Straightforward to use, but not the most attractive web design.
- http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/Models/model%20index.htm  Labeled photographs of a plastic human anatomy model. Again, not the prettiest web design.
- http://www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/anatomy/frmst.html  Diagrams with explanatory text. More terrible web design.
- http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/books/4/  Open textbook on human osteology.
- http://eskeletons.org/boneviewer/nid/12537/region/skull/bone/cranium  Light-up diagram of a human male skeleton. Site also has skeletons of other primates for comparison.
- http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/index.html  Extremely in-depth coverage on the human eye.
- http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/BrainModelMap.htm  Side-by-side comparison of a brain scan and a brain model. Requires Javascript.
- http://www.nvcc.edu/home/rkeith/LabelingExercises/Brain/index.html  Several pages of brain scan labeling exercises
- http://www.amareway.org/holisticliving/02/neuroanatomy-tutorial-brain-anatomy-atlas/  Neuroanatomy diagrams
- https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/career-clusters/health-science/ota1004/anatomy-of-the-lungs  Interactive diagrams of the respiratory system
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/itc/hs/medical/anatomy_resources/anatomy/larynx/  Detailed interactive diagram of the larynx

I am putting this out there hoping someone might know the answer to this question. We have a Anatomy and Physiology Lab instructor who is looking for materials for an OER textbook that she wants to create. We are helping her search for 2 labs: 
1. Fetal Pig Dissection lab instructions
2. Fetal Pig Heart Dissection lab instruction
We've looked at Galileo and Lumen Learning. Does anyone know of any other resources? 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40964293@N07/sets/72157680170839174
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0192900

I have a faculty member in dire need of resources for her Anatomy and Physiology course as the bookstore has a backlog on the required text, can anyone assist? 
 
Here's what we have in MERLOT. Lots of textbooks.
https://tinyurl.com/y9qngysq

The easiest solution is A&P by OpenStax. There are supplemental resources and even more in OERCommons.

We have some anatomy materials in the UND Scholarly Commons at https://commons.und.edu   under Open Educational Resources.  
 
We have used the OpenStax A&P book for both our Intro to A&P (BIOL105) and our A&P1 and A&P2 series but we modified each chapter to fit the lower level (The OpenStax book is higher than 100 or 200 level).  I have each chapter in a Word document, modified to fit our goals and objectives.  If you want them, I'd be glad to share the files with you and you can edit anyway you want.  I have embedded a few things - links to videos and quizlets I created about each topic.  

Libretexts has the OpenStax and Boundless books as well as books on animal anatomy and other supplementary materials
https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anatomy_and_Physiology

Josh Halpern
Dissemination Team Chair
LibreTexts
jhalpern@libretexts.org 

I have an Anatomy & Physiology Instructor looking for interactive/adaptive resources that replicate the experience of Connect, from McGraw-Hill.
He said “the abundance of opportunities to provide practice, repetition, and immediate feedback is something I haven't yet seen from an OER resource yet”.

I know that at last year’s Effordability Summit at Stout there was a faculty member out of Minnesota who had designed an A&P lab for OER.
His name is Rahul Kane from Century College and his talk was called “Creating and Teaching a Completely Online Two Semester Lab Course in Anatomy and Physiology.”
Bob Butterfield may know more, but I would think you could get in touch with Dr. Kane directly via the campus website.

 believe the faculty member was using LRNR ( https://www.lrnr.us/   )  
A faculty member at UND, Dr. Ethan Snow, has designed an Anatomy Lab Manual for 2nd year anatomy courses.  It’s at https://commons.und.edu/oers/8/  .  He’s been using it for at least 2 years.  I honestly don’t know anything specific about it – I haven’t worked in medical libraries in many years, and have never taken an anatomy course – but Dr. Snow is very approachable.

One request which I haven’t had any luck finding are separate anatomy and physiology OER.  I have discussed with the instructor the beauty of OER is the ability to separate and re-create as you want but he wants me to check and see what’s already out there.  Anyone have any such resources? 
 
See the Anatomy section of our OER by Discipline Guide for resources.

I tried to indicate where appropriate that materials would need to be reviewed as far as using it under the Fair Use act. I have removed any options that may be questionable for content and below are the remaining items that are either under CC or are Open Access and for educational use. 

http://virtualmicroscopydatabase.org/   

http://www.anatomie-amsterdam.nl/sub_sites/anatomie-zenuwwerking/123_neuro/start.htm  

https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/bluelink/curricula?authuser=0  

https://anatomytool.org/TOOL2   

http://anatomyzone.com/    -- free but not open licensure – look at every item individually

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzco_RimSMKvH7sg7TWoGw/playlists    - Complete YouTube playlist for A & P all under Creative Commons

https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology    -- This is a book option where you can request access for instructors where the instructor will be vetted to gain access to the resources including PPTs and a question bank. Students will also have separate resources. 

Textbooks:
http://www.textbookequity.org/category/anatomy-physiology/  
https://openstax.org/details/anatomy-and-physiology  

lab materials for assignments:
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/anatomy-physiology-lab-homework-and-reference-materials/view  
https://act.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/index.htm  
http://anatomycorner.com/  

One of our tenacious faculty here at Skyline College has been revising and remixing an OER Human Anatomy lab manual that just came through my in box this week (it will be shared via the VRC shortly). Of note, Human Physiology lab manual is undergoing final edits & will be available for sharing soon.


Does anyone have the OpenStax Review questions for the Anatomy and Physiology text in a Canvas or Blackboard format?

Here are some ancillaries that an Oregon instructor created to go with this book:
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/anatomy-physiology-lab-homework-and-reference-materials
There is content related to this textbook in OER Commons via the OpenStax hub:
https://www.oercommons.org/groups/openstax-anatomy-and-physiology/1054/?__hub_id=27

We have been building a centralized repo of OpenStax and other questions sources in our ADAPT homework system ( https://adapt.libretexts.org  ).
I think we have converted many/most of the A&P into H5P problems on our LibreStudio ( https://studio.libretexts.org )
although I need to review to see if they are brought together as a collection yet. Both are viewable to instructors
(ADAPT needs a freely available account and studio doesn't).
We will expanded ADAPT to include QTI, the protocol for questions in (most) LMSs so we can add to our repo too.

I am making an inquiry for our Math & Natural Sciences department.
They are interested to know what OER complete free or low-cost. textbooks are available for Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II

here's what I know of that's being used in Oregon:
http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=Anatomy
You'll see that most courses have adopted the OpenStax book or the OSU version of the OpenStax book.
There are also a couple of course shells and other ancillaries that may be useful to you here.

You will find a collection of integrated and standardized Anatomy and Physiology texts/labs/materials on our LibreTexts Commons.
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=anatomy
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=Physiology
Several texts are remixes of OpenStax but several projects (look under projects tab)
involve updating the images and structure of the OpenStax books to use more realistic pics
(an issue that we have heard a lot from the community); let me know if you want us to guide you toward those resources.
Lastly, we have been building the homework to accompany these texts over the past year within the ADAPT homework platform.
We intend to release this summer, a virtual dissection addition to ADAPT to better handle the 3D aspects of the field. For a teaser check out
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1we0o72c1d88ri/Anatomy%203D%20-%20update.mp4 .

I’m helping my Biology faculty convert their Human Physiology course to OER-based resources.
Most of the OER cover both anatomy and physiology, with much of the content being covered in our Human Anatomy course.
I’ve attached the course outline of record, which includes the course objectives.
I initially found the following materials, but I’m wondering if there’s more out there.
I did a precursory search on the major sites, but this is all that I could find that could remotely line up with the course objectives for BIOL 260:
Lecture Materials
Human Physiology (Young et.al.), WikiBooks: A wiki-style textbook that contains many common topics in Physiology.
The text was created as a class project by undergraduate students, and it is not clear if the text has been reviewed by physiology educators.
PDF and printable versions are available for instructors who want stability in the material as the Wiki aspect means that anyone can edit the original material.
Lumen has Anatomy and Physiology I and II...and it looks like maybe the second part is more physio?
Physiology by Charles Asbury, Fred Rieke, Bertil Hille, Mark Bothwell, John Tuthill and Oscar Vivas (2025) on Pressbooks
Lab Materials
A Mixed Course-Based Research Approach to Human Physiology (Karri Haen Whitmer, 2021) – PressBooks:
A lab manual aimed at instructors who wish to teach physiology labs in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) format.
The lab manual is broad enough to be applicable to health science majors. iWorx is the data collection platform used.
If anyone out there has more information or other suggestions, please let me know. I’m happy to share out what’s reported.

Sima Karve at Skyline created Human Physiology for Allied Health Professionals available at LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Here is the breakdown of Physiology resources in the LibreTexts Commons: https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=Physiology 

Many of these texts are from California with the same general breakout (including the one that Ame mentioned).
I will get those other texts in our Harvesting queue so you can remix freely.

We have created a Physical Assessment OER that may be useful for your purposes. You can find it here - https://www.saskoer.ca/hsphysicalassessment/


Biological Psychology

An instructor at MPC is interested in finding OER for Biological Psychology.  Any idea?

You might direct your instructor to check out the content at NobaProject.com which is an openly licensed repository of peer reviewed psychology modules.  
They have a series of modules on the "Biology of Behavior”
https://nobaproject.com/browse-content

Here is a bio psych textbook one of our instructors created using Noba materials: http://noba.to/wskn26zh

I was wondering if anyone is using an OER textbook for Biological Psychology.

Here is our list of biological pysch texts:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Biological_Psychology
The first one labeled OERI (from the Academic Senate of the California Community College system) is probably the most expansive for general Biological Psychology.
If you need adoptors, I can try to dig them up for you.

One of the ROTEL Project's OERs is in fact an OER on Biological Psychology.
https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/biologicalpsychology/  
written by Michael J. Hove and Steven A. Martinez.
Prof. Hove is in the process of a revision that is expected to be released before September 2024.
Here is the complete ROTEL Project Pressbooks Catalog.  Hope this helps.

 That version is not the preferred version - we need to work with LibreTexts to see how to remedy that as it is still marked "draft" for a reason.
One of its authors did an extensive revision and we the OERI now recommends
PSYC 310: Biological Psychology (Keys).
The original has a few chapters that are too long - and a few that are too short.

OpenStax's free OER psychology textbook has an excellent chapter on biopsychology:
https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/3-introduction .
 

Botany

Just wondering if anyone has any leads on OER for botany.  Other than a lot of PD books on Project Gutenberg I can't seem to turn anything up.

We start building in this area a few months ago, but a lot more is needed:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany

We have an instructor that is building a Botony course from scratch because we have never had/taught one of these here.
And we are in need of Botony resources, textbooks, online learning tools, videos,

Two great botany resources I'm familiar with are Michelle Nakano's Plant Identification text: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/plantidentification/  
and Sean Bellair's Plant Anatomy & Physiology text: https://cduebooks.pressbooks.pub/plantanatomy/ .
Both have been published with open licenses that grant free permissions to remix, revise, and redistribute with appropriate attribution.
UA Cossatot has an excellent finding guide for Botany OER resources with several more links: https://libguides.cccua.edu/c.php?g=793104&p=5710965
OER Commons has a primary botany collection with some nice resources/activities: https://www.oercommons.org/curated-collections/631
LibreTexts has a botany library as well: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany

We have about seven OER resources on the LibreTexts bio library:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany
All the content on the platform is easily remixable to rapidly generate a new customized text. As also have several more that we are harvesting right now that may also be useful.

I hope this message finds you all well. Can you all help me locate an OER textbook for the following courses:
BIOL-1311 - General Botany
BIOL-1313 - General Zoology

You will find some nice texts in our corpus for botany (and with pretty pics)
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany
We have our zoology content interspersed inside the biology books although we should separate the field when we get time:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=biology

I found this site from Northern Illinois University that has sections on both botany and zoology. 

Cancer Biology

I have been working with a biology faculty member to locate an OER textbook for a Biology of Cancer course. (BIOL 108)
Per the description:
This course aims to give students a basic and big picture understanding about cancer. Topics include the genetic basis, hallmark characteristics, causes and avenues of prevention, and treatments of cancer. It is the hope that students who take this class will be better equipped to educate others on how to prevent cancer and distinguish science from myth regarding the disease.
We've been looking at some unlimited ebook options that I can purchase from EBSCO and ProQuest and supplementing with articles from our databases but curious if anyone has created an OER for this topic/course.

There is an open textbook on Head and Neck Cancers in the works from UMass Medical School.  I was told last spring that it was not yet completed -- though some of it is already publicly shared: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cancer_concepts/29/ 
I would suggest contacting the authors to see where they are with this. Might be too specialized. Then again, you might find some fantastic opportunities for collaboration!

We have a community college course called BIOL 108 Biology of Cancer and we are seeking an OER textbook for it. So far I have shared some resources but they haven't quite hit the spot. We have been using an unlimited copy of an ebook via the library but it is dated 2010 and we need something newer.
All suggestions welcome.
OER Resources
(Book) Introduction to Cancer Biology, last updated May 2019 (Bookboon)
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=442504
(Presentation)-5 activies Cell Biology and Cancer, last updated Sept. 2018 (Natl Inst. of General Medical Sci)
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81098
(Animations) Cancer Biology Animations and Videos, last updated Aug 2017 (Emory Univ)
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=776088
 
We don't have a specific OER book on Cancer, but a search on our bio library have about 715 hits for cancer topics:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=cancer&type=wiki&path=Bookshelves
There is a chapter on Cancer too in Kimball's book of 14 sections, but it may not be super current:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Book%3A_Biology_(Kimball)/12%3A_Cancer
Everything is easily remixable as OER should be.

I forgot about 550 pages (some repeats) in our medicine library:
https://med.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=cancer&type=wiki&path=Bookshelves

Dual Language Biology

I have a faculty member who is teaching a dual-language biology class. His interest is in lowering barriers,
 like language, that prevent Hispanic/Latinx students from pursuing STEM majors.
He is looking for bilingual (preferred) or Spanish language OER Biology materials - either for non-majors or majors students.
Currently he is using the OpenStax Biology OER and has been working on translations of materials himself.
Does anyone know of any bilingual or Spanish language OER Biology materials? I've found a few in OER Commons but haven't had much luck elsewhere.

A faculty member recently pointed me to a repository of OER in Spanish:

https://es.serlo.org/community/199370/lista-de-repositorios-motores-de-b%C3%BAsqueda-y-sitios-web-con-licencias-rea
I don't have the language skills to explore this, but it might be a starting point for you. 

Ecology

I am putting together a list of potential open textbook options for a community college ecology course. Here is the course description:
An introduction to the interactions between living organisms and their physical, chemical and biological environment. Several levels of ecological organization are examined. These include the study of different types of populations, communities and ecosystems. Topics include population structure and growth, species interaction, energy flow, nutrient cycling, succession, and applications to current environmental management issues.
So far I’ve found some potentially useful, remixable resources, but no single open textbook that touches on most of these topics. These include:
·         OpenStax: Biology, Unit 8 (“Ecology”)
·         MIT OpenCourseWare courses: Fundamentals of Ecology and Ecology I (lecture notes, assessments
·         Wikibooks: Applied Ecology
·         Boundless: Biology, chs. 44-47 

Below is a list I put together for our “Sustaining Life on Earth” course. This class does cover ecology and is taught by the Biology Department, but it leans a bit more towards the political than a traditional ecology course.
The following texts can all be modified, remixed, and combined:
https://openstax.org/subjects/science
              you could pull ecology from both the Bio book (majors level) and Concepts (non-majors)
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=96
http://cnx.org/contents/ApdCwdkA@2.1:_8y0huiT@3/FLOW-OF-ENERGY
              These are part of the OpenStax platform so it should be easy to build in with what you find above 
http://www.ck12.org/teacher/
              This is actually for K-12 but the HS content is very good.  I use this in my GE classes and the students really like them. In addition to the textbook there are activities, videos, etc. 
              Example of a text: http://www.ck12.org/user:bwvzdgfibgu...ental-Science/
https://legacy.saylor.org/envs504/Intro/
              This focuses more on society rather than science, but there may be some interesting things here.
The following are free but not Open (meaning you have to use their site)
http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library
              I don’t know much about this site, but it seems to have some good content. I can find out more if you like what’s here
https://www.mongabay.com/conservation-biology-for-all.html
              I’m not sure if this is adaptable or not (it might be)
Random bits:
https://osu.pb.unizin.org/sciencebites/
              This is written by students; but it might have some interesting idea
https://www.nap.edu/index.html
              these are mostly highly specialized but there are some great reads here! They all have free PDFs online (but they have to be used as is).
Sample: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10025/under-the-weather-climate-ecosystems-and-infectious-disease
And: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/4983/environmental-issues-in-pacific-northwest-forest-management#toc 
http://www.intechopen.com/search?q=sustainability
              these may be too complicated for students; but fun summer reads for you :)

I just received a phone call from an instructor (and the department head for Plant Science) who is looking for OER on forest ecology. A colleague of his teaching statistics in that department told him about OER and he wants in on this. Does anyone have anything on forest ecology?

So the two areas that the prof might want to check out are chapters from:
British Columbia in a Global Context
and
Physical Geology
…oh one more! Open Oregon’s 
Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach

A professor is interested in finding an OER text/course for a General Ecology undergraduate course that also supports field work, if possible.  A prerequisite of the course is biology.  Any leads on existing resources or projects in the works will be greatly appreciated. 
 

We have put together a list of Biology Resources for undergraduate level here: https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/3432/pages/introduction-to-oer-for-biology
The resources are divided by class type.  There is “Ecology” under the GE level; but the instructor may also want to look at the Ecology for majors further down the page.

A professor wants to put together a textbook for a microbial ecology course and we're having trouble finding enough
existing OER resources to pull from.  
Any suggestions, leads or recommendations will be appreciated.    

This might be helpful:
LibreTexts Microbial Ecology

Genetics

I’m helping a professor locate OER for a genetics course. She’s worked with a reference librarian and has found some material; however, most of it is below the academic level of her course.

 I've found that InTechOpen has some higher level scientific books, though they are often more focused than a traditional textbook - https://www.intechopen.com/books . I have a professor reviewing some texts for her Biochemistry class but none in genetics as of yet. Though I did a quick keyword search and there are titles in the collection!

I have a faculty member looking for open content for an upper-division Human Heredity course that includes basic genetics, basic DNA cell usage, and human-specific sex development, mutations and genetic disorders.
She has already looked at: OpenStax, OTL, OER Commons, and NCBI Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.

Delmar from LibreText had two suggestions:
- We (the LibreTexts) have a genetics text in the works, but Nickle & Barrette-Ng's text may work:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Genetics/Book%3A_Online_Open_Genetics_(Nickle_and_Barrette-Ng)
- Hardison's text (but has holes in the integration from the source):
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Genetics/Book%3A_Working_with_Molecular_Genetics_(Hardison)
Here is the syllabus that the faculty member created after I asked this question: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=441

Try https://www.ibiology.org/  for up to date info on Genetics and Cell Biology

Gerontology

I have a Psychology professor who is looking for OER material for an upper level course on Gerontology.  Preference would be for something like a traditional textbook, but any and all suggestions would be appreciated! 
 
A colleague in Gerontology uses our library subscriptions through Springer Publishing eBooks. She recommends checking with the library to see what they have available.

Horticulture

Looking for an open text for an introductory Horticulture course.   "...a general background in horticulture plant growth and development. Areas include the production, utilization, and marketing of fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, floriculture, landscaping, turf, and nursery."

A search of MERLOT yielded:  
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=horticulture&sort.property=relevance&_csrf=b198d01d-3570-42af-9399-4c61986359c5

Human Biology

Hi all, I have an instructor looking for Human Biology.  I’ve shown her these:
Free Anatomy Videos
Anatomy & Physiology Lab Homework and Reference Materials
Does anyone know of anything else?

We have an Anatomy manual in our OER section of our institutional repository, at https://commons.und.edu/oers/  - just go down to the Anatomy Lab Manual.

 Butte College just finished their Human Bio text (probably same C-ID #) on the LibreTexts (Bio library):
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Book%3A_Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)
This is remixable like all other content on our library if it doesn't 100% fit your purposes.

Here are a few more resources for Human Biology curated by a CA Academic Senate project: https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/3432/pages/human-biology   

Lab Books

Can anyone let me know if there is a biology lab book online that is part of open access?
Open Oregon's grantees have made some biology resources, including lab packets. The content is in OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org/groups/openoregon/425/?&f.search=biology
I’m forwarding a message from Suzanne Wakim, Biology Instructor, OER Coordinator, and much more at Butte College, CA.

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I haven’t used any of these, so I don’t know much about them. But, some options that looked good after a quick glance through:
These look like a traditional lab manual for f2f labs for a GE Introduction to Biology Course.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/biolabs1/
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/bio2labs/
These also look like a good lab manual for f2f.  But, they are pdfs so adaptation might be more challenging
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/principles-of-biology-i-lab-manual/view
Another lab manual:
https://bluecc.instructure.com/courses/446
 Our Biology department has an amazing collection of images.

Here is the link and description:  

Link to the BCC Bioscience Image Library:  www.berkshirecc.edu/biologyimages

The BCC Bioscience Image Library is a media file repository of images and video clips made available to educators and students in the biological sciences. The resources are created by faculty, staff and students of Berkshire Community College and are licensed under Creative Commons 0. This means all content is free, with no restrictions on how the material may be used, reused, adapted or modified for any purposes, without restriction under copyright or database law.

About the Images

The Biology Image Library is a growing collection of over 700 text supported microscopic and macroscopic images and videos drawn from commercially prepared slide collections and live specimens commonly used in the study of Biology, Botany, Zoology, Histology and Microbiology. 

Following the procedure of the teaching laboratory, each microscopic specimen is studied at a range of magnifications. This allows an initial low magnification observation of the overall arrangement of organs and tissues. Higher levels of magnification allow increasingly more specific examination of tissues, cells and cell structure. Whenever relevant or applicable different staining techniques and developmental stages may be demonstrated.
 
These seem to be more for a microbiology or majors course:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0z5a8s16ar8fej1/BI102%20Lab%20Packet%20OER%20ADA.docx?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypjev7afysyb8xr/BI101%20Course%20Packet%20-%20Edit%20for%20OER.docx?dl=0
 
This is a list of some neat virtual labs.  Probably not what they’re looking for but interesting nonetheless.
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/virtuallabs/biology/index.html

My intro Bio and Chem instructors are interested in OER. It’s been fairly easy to locate textbooks and some lab manuals for them to review.  However, they are also interested in a hybrid or online version of the course and were wondering if there were open licensed online lab simulations in these areas?   A Google search brings up lots of results but I’m unsure which are complete, high quality content, so any feedback on what your faculty are using (OER, low cost, or traditional access model) would be appreciated.  

HI Jessica, here are biology lab manuals created in Oregon:

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/biology-101-103-lab-manual
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zvshk86sg8sf69u/Bi%20101%20OER%20Syllabus%20and%20LabPack%20Harrer.pdf?dl=0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9VJwxDxvK5mb3c2eU1PdjRvOW8
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/biology-102a-lab-packet
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/anatomy-physiology-lab-homework-and-reference-materials

FYI. The LibreTexts has the largest collection of Living Labs (i.e., OER content you can edit) out there including both wet and dry labs
https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Laboratory_Experiments
https://bio.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Laboratory_Experiments

Our labs are wired up to take advantage of the other content on the library, which is a guiding principle of our effort - integration not fragmentation of OER content. Let me know if you want to know more about our growing collection of Labs. We have been active in this area over the summer and can guide effort along your interests.

Don’t know if you got this (it was on the listserve Saturday), but I forwarded the following to our Bio faculty member that is working on our Bio for non-majors OER lab course. Looking at what Suzanne posted, drill a bit deeper - there are some OER bio lab manuals, videos and simulations that you might find interesting. It lists a few colleges who I gather have contributed to the lab course materials.
Direct link - https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/3432/pages/intro-to-biology-with-lab
Original link shared - Biology Resources for undergraduate level: https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/3432/pages/introduction-to-oer-for-biology
If you use this original link, they are under the intro to bio with lab sublink under general ed.

A faculty member here is looking at options for an Introductory Biology Lab manual (Non-majors or Majors is fine). He is currently testing out the Lumen course integration and he seems to like it, and so I linked him to the PDF version of the lab manual.
I also sent him these:
GALILEO Principles of Biology 1 Manual
CUNY’s Biology 1 Lab manual
Georgia Highlands Foundations of Biology Lab Manual
Biology 101A Packet from Open Oregon
Are there any others that I might have missed that someone could direct me to?

There are a few lab manuals specific for GE listed on the ASCCC OERI Canvas Page.   You can also look for more specific lab manuals for other biology course types.

There are a few more resources listed on the site from California’s OERI.
We are also working to develop some resources for specific bio majors courses.  So they may want to check back in a few months for new resources. We are also building a community of biologists who teach with OER, so they are welcome to reach out to me directly with questions or suggestions.

I am looking for OER resources for some type of online Biology labs.

Here you go
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mv0EyCw2QeFIpW5P5qNR5EWdcM4pPpLPRnBDHMfaxgQ/edit?usp=sharing

Great resources!  You will find some of the same and possibly a few more for online science labs on our Moving Science Labs Online web page, under the Open Educational Resources section.

I'm in search of online Biology Labs.
We have been searching for some interactive lab option that is realistic when it comes to dissection.

 https://opentextbc.ca/virtualscienceresources/

We have harvested about 400 pages of OER labs for biology in the Learning Objects section of our Bio library:
https://bio.libretexts.org/Learning_Objects/Laboratory_Experiments
They very in terms of format and structure, but may be useful for you. They are all easily remixable as OER should be.

I have a biology faculty member who uses the OpenStax biology book and he has a home grown lab manual that is provided electronically to students for free.
He's tried allowing students to use the manual on their phones or laptops but that hasn't worked out that well.
He thinks it's best if the students either print out the manual or use a tablet to fill in the lab manual during lab time.
Both options require that the college take on the costs of printing and purchasing and refreshing tablets.
Does anyone have another creative solution for how we can provide lab manuals for students that is more sustainable?

There's a list of freely-available electronic lab notebook platforms on the bottom RH side of this page under "electronic lab notebooks":
https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/labs

I have a colleague who is trying to find OER for online Biology Labs. Has anyone found any that we could upload to our Hub?
All responses leading towards a favorable outcome would be greatly appreciated!!

We have a gaggle of biology lab manuals in out corpus
https://commons.libretexts.org/catalog?search=Biology+lab
 

Livestock

A faculty member would like to find an OER alternative to this textbook:
https://www.amazon.com/Veterinary-Medicine-textbook-diseases-two-dp-0702052469/dp/0702052469/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1634254895

Please take a look at this collection of OA and OER VetMed resources:
https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/vetmed

At the University of Arizona, we’ve been working on a Z-Degree with our new College of Veterinary Medicine. So far, we’ve been relying on unlimited-user ebooks rather than OER to do this. I can share our spreadsheets of available unlimited-user ebooks if you’re interested (some are newly available within the past few weeks).

The amount of Vet Med OER is growing. Our liaison librarian keeps a list in her Vet Med LibGuide (she used other LibGuides – especially Anita Walz’s at Virginia Tech – to populate this).

Marine Biology

An instructor is developing a new lower-division marine biology course and would like help finding an OER if it might be available. 
I searched the Open Textbook Library, OERCommons, and BC Campus. I've found these possible resources: 
- Saylor course: https://legacy.saylor.org/bio308/Intro/
- UC TV videos on Oceanography, Marine Science, Marine Bioscience: https://www.uctv.tv/search-moreresults.aspx?catSubID=39&subject=sci
- Cases from National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/results.asp?search=&subject_headings=Marine+Science+%2F+Oceanography&educational_level=&type_methods=&topical_areas=&date_posted2=&x=39&y=20
Any other suggestions?
You might find this very nice set of 3D scans useful.  They aren't OER per se, but they are freely available.
Most of my stuff is still behind OSU’s firewall . . .so far a consequence of our developing online courses for which we charge money.  Possibly our 3D scans will be of interest?  Those are open access.
https://sketchfab.com/osuecampus/collections/fw-scan-project
I realize this is an old thread, but I'm hoping someone out there has some leads on an Oceanography or Marine Biology textbook.
Instructor has already rejected what is available in Pressbooks Directory and at this time they are not willing to remix.  
Looking for something ready to go to replace Marine Biology by Castro and Huber, McGraw Hill, 11th edition, $141.

We have resources in our repo that are not in the Pressbooks directory. These are some oceanography resources:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=oceanography&library=&subject=&location=central&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&sort=title
But, we have some resources to Marine Biology, but I am not up to speed on them.
I can dig them up next week if you are interested.

Thanks for the offer!  I poked around a bit and I didn't find anything in LibreCommons for Marine Biology.
I then went to the Biology Library on LibreTexts and I found 2 items that could possibly be suitable:
Chapter on Aquatic Microbiology
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Book%3A_Microbiology_(Boundless)/16%3A_Microbial_Ecology/16.3%3A_Aquatic_Microbiology
A student's guide to Tropical Marine Biology
 https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/A_Student's_Guide_to_Tropical_Marine_Biology
It's totally possible that I am new to searching your platforms that I am still learning how to search effectively.

It's nice to see "A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology" on the libretexts platform.
I just wish that the front matter/info page there actually included the front matter information on the pressbook which credits the authors.
This book was written and edited entirely by undergraduate students (and recent alum) at Keene State College.
Anyone interested can read the book (including the introduction and author credits) on pressbooks here:  
https://tropicalmarinebio.pressbooks.com/front-matter/introduction/
You can also read the story of its origin on my site here:
https://karencang.net/open-education/an-open-pedagogy-groundswell/
The book was never intended to be complete or perfect, but a work in progress.  
It is a great accomplishment by students across semesters and an example of what open pedagogy can bring to learning.
I hope that whoever is interested in finding Marine biology OER, would perhaps instead consider creating more of it with their students.
I have updated the front matter and attributions to link to the front matter for your student authors on the LibreTexts version of your book
so that each page has a link to the "About the Authors" pages. Thanks for pointing this out; we strive to as honest and accurate in the commons content we host for the community.I realize this is an old thread, but I'm hoping someone out there has some leads on an Oceanography or Marine Biology textbook. Instructor has already rejected what is available in Pressbooks Directory and at this time they are not willing to remix.  Looking for something ready to go to replace Marine Biology by Castro and Huber, McGraw Hill, 11th edition, $141.

We have resources in our repo that are not in the Pressbooks directory. These are some oceanography resources:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=oceanography&library=&subject=&location=central&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&sort=title
But, we have some resources to Marine Biology, but I am not up to speed on them. I can dig them up next week if you are interested.

Thanks for the offer!  I poked around a bit and I didn't find anything in LibreCommons for Marine Biology. I then went to the Biology Library on LibreTexts and I found 2 items that could possibly be suitable:
Chapter on Aquatic Microbiology https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Microbiology/Book%3A_Microbiology_(Boundless)/16%3A_Microbial_Ecology/16.3%3A_Aquatic_Microbiology
A student's guide to Tropical Marine Biology https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Diablo_Valley_College/A_Student's_Guide_to_Tropical_Marine_Biology
It's totally possible that I am new to searching your platforms that I am still learning how to search effectively.

It's nice to see "A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology" on the libretexts platform.
I just wish that the front matter/info page there actually included the front matter information on the pressbook which credits the authors.
This book was written and edited entirely by undergraduate students (and recent alum) at Keene State College.
Anyone interested can read the book (including the introduction and author credits) on pressbooks here:  
https://tropicalmarinebio.pressbooks.com/front-matter/introduction/
You can also read the story of its origin on my site here: https://karencang.net/open-education/an-open-pedagogy-groundswell/
The book was never intended to be complete or perfect, but a work in progress.

 
It is a great accomplishment by students across semesters and an example of what open pedagogy can bring to learning.
I hope that whoever is interested in finding Marine biology OER, would perhaps instead consider creating more of it with their students.
I have updated the front matter and attributions to link to the front matter for your student authors on the LibreTexts version of your book so that each page has a link to the "About the Authors" pages. Thanks for pointing this out; we strive to as honest and accurate in the commons content we host for the community.

Medical Terminology and Medical Images

There is a faculty member writing a book for a Medical Terminology course. Is anyone using an OER for community health services and the technical careers? Would you please share what you are using?

Additionally, I am looking for medical images. So far, I have discovered these resources:

https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/  - biomedical search engine. cc-by-nc-sa
https://images.nigms.nih.gov/    - National Institute of General Med. cc-by-nc-sa
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gallery  - genetics NIH public domain. cc-by-nc-sa
https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/home  more from nih cc-by-nc-sa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  - easiest way to search, mostly public domain, cc-0
http://lane.stanford.edu/bioimagesearch.html  - color coded usage rights

This one was developed in our College of Medicine:
Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals - https://openpress.usask.ca/undergradimaging/

Microbiology

There is a microbiology from OpenStax.

There are a few open texts related to earth science including this one from Ck-12 that might be useful - http://www.schools.utah.gov/CURR/science/OER/EarthScienceRS.aspx

We've put together a list of links to BIO material:

http://www.canyons.edu/Offices/DistanceLearning/OER/Pages/BiologicalScienceResources.aspx

Thanks,

James Glapa-Grossklag
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning
Director, CCC Distance Education Captioning & Transcription Grant
College of the Canyons
T: 661.362.3632
E: james.glapa-grossklag@canyons.edu

Are there any OER collections of photomicrographs that could be used for a virtual Clinical Micro lab?

I have a couple of faculty using this site which has a good slide bank that’s useful. http://www.magscope.com/slidebank/slidebank1.asp
Also, this gentleman’s slides https://www.flickr.com/photos/155301208@N08
I found the most information in searching CC images using histology and then the tissue type.  You can also find a lot of slides at Openi, the biomedical image site.  https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/ 
As they are federally funded, the images are CC licensed, though most are CC-BY-ND-NC.

Microbiology, as most of you know, is skills-intensive and requires students to handle lab equipment, make solutions, and manipulate compound light microscopes. Are there best practices and innovative solutions out there that you can share?  

Hi Juville, here's what I know is being used in Oregon, including a lab manual: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=microb

Faculty member is looking to update some materials for his Microbiology class.  
This is an Introduction to Microbiology and he is looking for any OER materials that could serve as lab simulations, case studies, etc.  
I am wondering if you have any ideas that may be of help.  He has looked at OpenStax.

I've collected a number of virtual labs, pre-lab videos etc. here:
https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/labs  
Not all are open access, but all are clearly labeled. Topics include arts in addition to STEM.
(Suggestions for additions are welcome from librarians and other educators.)
Another resource is BC Campus' Virtual Lab and Science Resource Directory:
https://opentextbc.ca/virtualscienceresources/

I have a faculty member who would is teaching an online Microbiology course that includes labs.
They are currently using a McGrawHill textbook will an access code and would like to switch to OpenStax’s Microbiology book.
Their concern falls with the lab portion of the course and is looking for lab resources and/or lab manuals to draw from. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 BCCampus has a really nice guide to openly-licensed or free virtual labs at:  https://opentextbc.ca/virtualscienceresources
(I'm also BCCing a contact there in case there is a more recent version)
There are also an increasing number of lab notebooks/lab manuals in the Open Textbook Library.
The top two in this list might be of interest: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks?term=Microbiology%3A+A+Laboratory+Experience&commit=Go

Lindsay from OpenStax here! We recommend taking a look at the OER Commons Hub for OpenStax Microbiology.
Instructors post resources they've created or found for OpenStax Microbiology, including labs and lab manuals.
We also recommend taking a look at OpenStax's technology partners.
OpenStax partners with 26 learning technology organizations to offer education technology - including labs and lab manuals - alongside Microbiology.
These are low-cost technology options, typically ranging from $0 - $40.

Here’s a Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab Manual from the Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/lab-manual-for-fundamentals-of-microbiology

In addition to the excellent suggestions already shared, there is an Oregon lab manual that is relevant: Microbiology Laboratory Manual.

We have a number of Microbiology resources, including OpenStax, on our platform at LibreTexts:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=microbiology
We are also building our library of open assessments and questions for our ADAPT homework system which, unlike traditional publisher platforms,
has been priced for sustainability and not profit.

A faculty member here at Fanshawe released this Introductory Bacteriology Lab Manual

 

Nutrition

Looking for OER book in Nutrition (biology based, not health based), along with a food tracker that has reporting options. 

One text I’ve been able to find is “An Introduction to Nutrition V1.0”  
It seems as though this text was distributed under a CC license at one point, but was picked up by a publisher .
The text is available at the link below:
https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/an-introduction-to-nutrition/
I haven’t spent too much time reviewing this text, however, many of the URLs are out of date and/or not working anymore.

I just did a search for one of our culinary faculty who wanted a nutrition book from a culinary standpoint.  All I could find were these biology ones:
https://courses.candelalearning.com/nutritionxmaster/
https://med.libretexts.org/LibreTexts/American_River_College/General_Nutrition_Textbook_(not_Plant-Based)-_reference_for_NUTRI_303_(Hagenburger)
https://drive.google.com/a/nmc.edu/folderview?ddrp=1&id=0ByOHn1XKLsxbNWM2MGE3M2UtOTc4MC00N2RlLTgxY2UtYjY1NzExYTU3Y2I3#
These are all openly licensed so you would be able to take chapters from them and put them together any way you like.

Photosynthesis

Can anyone recommend a quality site for  teaching photosynthesis?

Here are a couple I've used for our Plant Biology course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78utcLQrJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgYPeeABoUs   (A They Might Be Giants song)

Radiology

I am working with faculty looking for OER for forensic radiology, but have come up empty.  Has anyone come across material that might be relevant (course info below).

We (LibreTexts) have a few resources on our Health library that can be of potential use:
https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Allied_Health
And if you do a search through the library you can find specific pages that may suit your interests (vs. searching at the book level)
https://med.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=radiology&type=wiki
Lastly (and we haven't harvested this in our OER corpus yet), is this website that I have been impressed with over the past few years.
https://radiopaedia.org/
I think there are some forensic issues in that resource.

Respirratory Care

I have a faculty member in Respiratory Care that would like to replace  Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care.  
Our College just had a RCP Bachelor's Degree approved!

Breathe Easy: RT Student Resource for Mechanical Ventilation might be of interest.

Sonography

I am currently looking for a sectional anatomy OER book or materials.
This is for the sonography dept. They said they look at anatomy in regions instead of systems and they would like to see ultrasound, MRI, etc.
type of images alongside gross anatomy info. something along these lines:

 Thank you so much as always you guys are the best!
Here is what I found and what the instructor wanted to go with, plus some extra resources that were shared with me!

OPENLY LICENSED
https://sectional-anatomy.org/  - the instructor really liked this one too!
http://people.vcu.edu/~rfkeith/XSA/CerebrumDiencephalonLimbic/index.html 
http://people.vcu.edu/~rfkeith/XSA/ThoraxLabeling/index.html#
http://people.vcu.edu/~rfkeith/XSA/AbdomenLabeling/index.html#
http://people.vcu.edu/~rfkeith/XSA/PelvisLabeling/index.html#
https://wisc.pb.unizin.org/virtualhumananatomylabmanual/front-matter/introduction/
https://pressbooks.pub/undergradimaging/
https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology

OPEN ACCESS
https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10778

UNSURE OF LICENSE
http://people.vcu.edu/~rfkeith/XSA.html  - currently asking the author for permission.
Will update if there is any word from them. - this is also the one the instructor wanted to use.

NOT OER (but still a really good source that can be linked out 😊)
https://www.anatomyatlases.org/HumanAnatomy/CrossSectionAtlas.shtml

EXTRA RESOURCES SHARED TO ME (Thanks Elaine!)

THESE ARE ALL CC LICENSED
https://med.libretexts.org/Learning_Objects/Laboratories/Human_Anatomy_Lab_Manual
https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/anatomy-and-physiology-i-lab-manual
http://network.bepress.com/medicine-and-health-sciences/anatomy/
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/open-textbooks/1/
https://uta.pressbooks.pub/anatomylab/
https://www.clinicalanatomy.ca/


NOT SURE ABOUT PERMISSIONS ON THESE:
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/body/
https://www.ncccval.com/
 

Virtual Simulation Labs

My College of Science and Mathematics is looking to move more of our courses online with a zero textbook cost. 

I'm not sure whether this is what you're looking for, but some Oregon instructors have shared labs designed for students without access to any special equipment:
https://www.oercommons.org/groups/open-oregon-educational-resources/425/?&f.search=lab