Psychology Sociology

I have a meeting planned with our psychology faculty to discuss OER.  They are interested in what others in their field have used.  If you teach psychology & use an OER textbook, would you be willing to share the source & your experience (+/-) with me?  
 
You and your colleagues might be interested in our Psychology Google Group.  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/coep-psych
Hi Katie, you could also check out Rajiv's great video overview: https://youtu.be/YAtFZ_A6YDg 

Abnormal Psychology/ Child Development

Does anyone know of anyone working on an OER for Abnormal Psych or Child Development?  I found one in CCCOER for Abnormal, but the psych faculty felt it was very out of date? 
Lumen Learning - Candela has a lifespan developmental psychology course which covers child development.
Cynthia Lofaso at Central Virginia Community College is my go-to PSY source; she's at lof...@cvcc.vccs.edu . 

Noba has a lot of resources that you could put together to create an Abnormal Psychology text.  For a Child Development text you could use the Lumen one that Mark referenced, and combine it with Noba resources.  I haven’t yet found complete texts for either of these courses, but I will be looking to create or update an Abnormal Psych OER in the near future. 

I am currently working with the Lifespan Development text through Lumen.  It has good information but needs a little work in formatting. 

We have a couple faculty members using a combination of open and licensed library materials for Abnormal Psych. We're using libguides as the base platform. Here's a link: http://nmc.libguides.com/psy250mccord   And here's a link to a document that lists some of the resources that we use for multiple topics.

You might also want to take a look at Dr. Caleb Lack's Abnormal Psychology: An e-text. It is in a wiki format. 

The Abnormal Psych text looks really thorough, but I'm troubled by this statement in the footer:


Contributions to http://abnormalpsych.wikispaces.com/  are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Non-Commercial 3.0 License. Portions not contributed by visitors are Copyright 2016 Tangient LLC.

There are no indications I can see in a quick scan of the text of which portions were contributed and which portions were not contributed. That makes the resource completely unusable. Someone should reach out to them and ask them to clarify what's what on their site.
Just a quick update for anyone following this discussion:

We have modified our libguide for abnormal psychology to share with the OER community. The link to use is http://nmc.libguides.com/abnormalpsych ; this version of the guide has been stripped of all licensed library materials. It's also listed in the OER Commons now.

I plan on re-writing my Abnormal and Human  Development as well as my Positive Psych using the NOBA modules.
My Positive, General, and Honors Psych are all OER ...
I use the OpenStax Psychology text for General and Positive and the OpenStax Psychology and a Research in Psychology textbook from BCCampus for my Honors Psych...
Would love to visit with you!

We helped an instructor develop materials for an abnormal psych course using a libguide. He's using a combination of his own content, open materials (NOBA is great!), links to free (but not necessarily openly licensed) content on the web, and library materials (licensed ebooks/articles). Here's a version of the guide which has been stripped of all of our library links.

We have two instructors teaching Abnormal Psych using a libguide with links to variously-licensed materials.  Feel free to copy! 
 http://nmc.libguides.com/psy250blackford/welcome

One of our adjunct instructors created an abnormal psych book using Noba’s resources: http://nobaproject.com/textbooks/new-textbook-6715f9a7-4a72-49c3-934a-9edab58fe397

My colleague in the Psychology department is looking for OER content specific to Child Psychology, preferably resources that aren’t part of a Developmental survey course.

I don't have specifically what you are looking for, but I recently searched this topic for a faculty member who was interested in Child Development and Lifespan Development, and found the below - my suggestion would be to pull out the Child Development sections in the CC BY course below and perhaps add other elements for a hybrid course?--If you can't find any others specific to Child Psychology only. Just a thought.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/540
And then a couple weeks later: 
I found this, but it is an archived version not currently updated so links may go out of date. Also, once the link to the course opens, if I click on a YouTube video,the navigation buttons disappear and I don't know how to get back. The Final Exam link also does not work. However, if you wanted to incorporate some of the content, you could easily do so as it has a CC BY license.
Lifespan Development - The Saylor Foundation:
https://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/items/3ac07923-4012-4b98-9609-a0dfabb0c655/1/

I have a psychology faculty that is looking for an OER textbook to use in place of the Abnormal Psychology by Comer textbook.

Please see this one from the U of S - https://openpress.usask.ca/abnormalpsychology/ 
 
That's funny, I was just searching on this topic. I found an open textbook: https://opentext.wsu.edu/abnormal-psych/ . It seems that you could also keyword search specific terms in https://nobaproject.com/  to build a custom textbook out of modules.

Does anyone have some leads on OERs for a Child and Family Development Program?

There are some great options available at College of the Canyons ZTC Textbooks repository for Child and Family development either in their Early Childhood Education section or the Sociology section.

Also see the ASCCC-OERI's Child Development & ECE materials

Addiction Studies

We are looking for OER materials for an online Addictions program we are creating. We have done the usual searches and am coming up empty so I am reaching out to the group to see if anyone has any other leads.

I checked with my friend and colleague Rob Morrison who is the executive director of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) and he suggested you may want to reach out to Laurie Krom kroml@umkc.edu  Laurie runs the coordinating office of the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers http://www.attcnetwork.org/about/about.aspx   
I noted they have educational resources on the site including some pre-service materials.

I need recommendations for sources that cover the topic of  drug addiction and the brain.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Maybe there is something helpful in the Noba Project? http://nobaproject.com/

I am fond of the NIH site on Drug Abuse. Lots of great information about each type of drug and the information for each is downloadable as a pdf.

I have a professor who teaches an addiction course using the eBook from the library below. It is out of print and he is good with the text, but he supplements the areas of the books that discuss diagnosing addiction according to old DSM 4 rules. He does not want the students to buy an $85 DSM 5 for one chapter, we do not have graduate programs, and getting the DSM 5 database seems too pricey for us, about $5,000/year. APA claims to be the only providers of DSM 5 for unlimited user access. I checked the CCC and they do not offer the DSM 5 as a coursepack or individual licensing, etc. Any ideas? Any others using a book for addiction disorders that makes a claim that all addiction results from a similar process (this has something to do with the new DSM 5 rules)? I tried to tell him to investigate OER for a replacement and he did not seem inclined. He is an adjunct and has already told the publisher he is not interested in rewriting the text.


While you are not going to find an openly licensed version of the DSM, it is quite easy to find information on DSM diagnostic criteria that is freely available.
Even APA provides a lot of information that is freely available.
Instead of just reviewing the criteria, students could be referred to the rationale for the latest DSM criteria in this
freely available - yet copyrighted - article - DSM-5 Criteria for Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations and Rationale.
NIDA offers a wide range of resources - and even print copies are often be available for free.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/nida-publications
The article referenced above does a good job of explaining the changes made in DSM 5 - with the most notable one being the movement away from
abuse Vs dependence. The notion that the same brain mechanisms underly all addictive behaviors is an old one.

I wonder if the faculty member could take advantage of the guidance in the Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Open Educational Resources
 in order to apply his "fair use rights" to include the relevant DSM V content in his course? Or really, just fair use in general, without it being an insert in an OER?

Michelle, and anyone else who is looking for OER on this, we have a new OER for Introduction to Addictions, https://cod.pressbooks.pub/addiction/

 Hi Alexis, A quick search of the Pressbooks Directory turns up a few results (I haven't looked at them):
https://pressbooks.directory/?q=%22addiction%22
Turned up this from College of Du Page looks promising:
https://cod.pressbooks.pub/addiction/
Which has a chapter which appears to cover DSM5 rules:
https://cod.pressbooks.pub/addiction/chapter/chapter-six/

I have a faculty member looking for an OER for Ethics and Legal Standards in Addiction Counseling.
I haven't been able to find anything, and would love to hear whether this community has suggestions.

You might find relevant content in a few OER that our research consultant, Michaela Willi Hooper, found:
Theories and Biological Basis of Addiction (CC BY-NC 4.0). See especially 1.2, 2.3, 6, 7.
Assessment & Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Foundations of Addiction Studies (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use in Drugs, Health, and Behavior (CC BY-NC-SA)

Be careful of the last one on this list.
It appears to have non-open content copied from the University of Utah with no clear permissions granted
https://psu.pb.unizin.org/bbh143/chapter/drug-delivery-methods/
I may be wrong and permission may have been granted, but it is important to make sure we don't propagate
content that may not be in compliance with its license(s).

African American Studies

I have been search for and not finding anything to help our Black Studies faculty to replace From Slavery to Freedom for U.S. History Black Perspectives. Is anyone working on OER for Black Studies?  
This is not a full textbook suggestion, but are you familiar with this resource?
https://www.zinnedproject.org/  

There are a few textbooks in the MERLOT African American topic, and some other resources that might be of interest:
Merlot African American Resources

Here’s a resource of African American Literature that may be of interest - https://aas267.commons.gc.cuny.edu/   

One of our instructor’s is adopting portions of African American History originally hosted by Lumen and now available through Libretexts

My Sociology faculty are having challenges finding adequate OER sources for SOC 1010 (intro to soc),
as well as for HST 1510/1530 (African-American History).  
Sadly, the bulk of OER History and Sociology sources provide very superficial coverage of issues of race and racial/social justice.  
Anyone know of resources that might be more comprehensive in their addressing of these issues?
Happy holidays to all, and many thanks for all of the contributions everyone makes to the greater success of our students through your suggestions and references
to resources through this listserve.

Under the major category of Humanities, MERLOT has a category of Africana or African American or Black Studies (395).
The number in paratheses indicates the number of resources. They may not all be appropriate for what your colleague wants, but I'm sure they will find something.
Material Search Results (merlot.org)
They can also use the tab near the top of the page for MERLOT's Smart Search and view resources from a lot of other libraries.

For the latter class, this might be a good option: Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - https://encompass.eku.edu/ekuopen/1/
This is perhaps more interdisciplinary than exclusively sociological but may also be relevant for your first inquiry:
What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30022--

You may find a bit in our new Commons cataloging system:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=sociology&library=&subject=&location=central&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=african&library=&subject=&location=central&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=
And OERI built a Sociology book in LibreTexts on "Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach"
https://oeri.commons.libretexts.org/book/socialsci-43241
Naturally, these are all customizable you can remix content easily from book to book to build a new customized book within LibreTexts.

A college in Oregon is using African American History by Christopher Collins, Skyline College:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PIb3jxGqk16I-PNYIFeA2l6WhlM1ilBw/view
 

Aging (Sociology)

Looking for materials and/or sample canvas shell for Sociology of Aging. here are the representative texts currently being used:
Robert N. Butler, MD (2008). The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life
 Corey M. Abramson (2015). The End Game: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years
  J. Kevin Eckert, Carder, Morgan, Frankowski, and Roth (2009). Inside Assisted Living: The Search for Home.

Here is what I know to be in use in Oregon: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=%20aging
Most are using library resources as course materials because of a lack of open content.

Caribbean Society

I am new to the list and to an OER-related position at Hostos Community College (CUNY). I am currently helping a faculty member identify open materials for a course on Caribbean Society. Topics covered include:


  *   pre-columbian/indigenous Caribbean
  *   slavery/transatlantic trade
  *   plantation economy/sugar cane
  *   food and identity
  *   Caribbean music
  *   Caribbean religions (santeria/voudou)
  *   Caribbean diasporas

In response to Vanessa at Hostos:  Here are some resources I gathered for a similar project to yours a while ago: There's already some bad links too, sorry.
Please let me know if you find other/better resources as this has been a tough subject to convert to OER at both WCC and QCC where I work. Good Luck!

BOOKS

1956 - The Negro in Brazilian literature

2001 - The Archaeology of Traditions: Agency and History Before and After Columbus 8

2008 - Poems at the edge of differences - mothering in new English  

2010 - Hispanic Americans

2010 - Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" : Reshaping Justice, Social Hierarchy, and Political Culture in Colonial Peru

2011 - Haiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon

2012 - American Creoles : The Francophone Caribbean and the American South

2012 - Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest

2013 - Latining America : Black-Brown Passages and the Coloring of Latino/a Studies

2013 - In Search of the Amazon - Brazil, the United States and the Nature of a Region

2016 – Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

2016 - We Dream Together : Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom

2017 - Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispana & this Libguide on Spanish Literature

2017 - Native Peoples of North America

2017 - Frontiers on the Caribbean

COURSES

Most MIT Open Courses should not be considered OER, since many use traditional textbooks and some do not allow institutions to copy or share material. But, the lecture notes and links can be very useful for course building, syllabus wording, images, instructional design, module organization and coming up with (or creatively borrowing) ideas for essay prompts, multiple choice exams, and other assessments:

2004 - The Conquest of America &  The Conquest of America Lecture Notes

2005 - Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature

2006 - Introduction to Latin American Studies & Lecture Notes

2005 - Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy

2005 - Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature

To demonstrate how complex MIT can be: here is a presentation, you may use but must cite it correctly based on their terms and interpretation of creative commons explained here. Does this make sense?

IMAGES & MULTIMEDIA

2016 - Making their way: Views of Grassroots Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Inter-American Foundation - Photographs by Miguel Sayago

​Search for images at the World Digital Library and New York Public library digital collection (be sure to check the box next to "public domain" as shown below.)

Cognition

Cognition/cognitive psychology is an area where I have not been able to locate an entire OER textbook.  I reach out to make sure that I am not overlooking anything.  I appreciate anything that you can share with me related to cognitive psychology.  Thank you.    
 
Searched MERLOT for  open textbooks on Cognitive:
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?fromAdvancedSearch=true&keywords=&categoryBasic=2812&partnerId=&_partnerOnly=on&materialType=13&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_audience=on&_hasPeerReviews=on&_hasEditorReviews=on&_hasComments=on&_hasRatings=on&_hasAssignments=on&_hasCollections=on&_hasCourses=on&_hasSercActivitySheets=on&_hasAwards=on&_isContentBuilder=on&_hasEtextReviews=on&_hasAccessibilityForm=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_technicalFormat=on&_mobile=on&_mobile=on&_mobile=on&_mobile=on&ccOrZero=&cost=&codeAvailable=&language=&cefr=&dateRange=0&days=7&createdSince=&createdBefore=&sort.property=overallRating

Community Mental Health

We are looking for OER texts for an introductory course in our Human Services degree.  The course is “Introduction to Community Mental Health” and covers
 “….the work of social service agencies and the roles of human services workers. The nature of helping relationships including attitudes, skills and knowledge required, value conflicts and dilemmas in the field will be explored. The organization and delivery of services offered to individuals, families and the community will be discussed. Care of specific populations such as children, the aging, and those with substance abuse, mental illness, and developmental disabilities in a multicultural society will be highlighted. This course will also explore the different methods, careers, and job opportunities in the various helping professions, and the goals of the human service program in particular”
 We’ve found “Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness” and “Instruction in Functional Assessment” as well as some introductory Psych and Soc texts. 
 Any leads in this area would be very much appreciated.


This past summer, I did a "quick scan" for potential OER for the Community Health courses in our Human Services department and collected potential resources in a Google doc, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oOuw5fqzLkF7XcfBXLvFR4hpwO5o34Y-F8VjNGy2K7I/edit?usp=sharing  . I didn't find one perfect source/text, but perhaps there might be something useful in there for leads?

Counseling

I'm inquiring on behalf of a counselor who is looking for an alternative to the Cengage textbook On Course: Strategies for creating success in college and in life by Skip Downing (2017). https://citruslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/914290441   
for our COUN 159 course: On Course to Success  

I compiled a list of OER for this type of course: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n3WAI-efWzrQfkfXLY-2nJ9P2lAXM_d78Eg4g9uQuvI
I especially recommend Dave's remix!

We’re on schedule for an expected official release of the three Blueprint for Success OER this Summer. 
As they are currently being piloted in a beta version this semester, only the HTML version is publicly available, but PDF (print and digital), XML, MOBI, EPUB formats will be available this Summer.
You can access the HTML versions here:
1.  Blueprint for Success in College and Career – https://press.rebus.community/blueprint2/
2.  Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making – https://press.rebus.community/blueprint3/
3.  Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies – https://press.rebus.community/blueprint1

Criminal Behavior Psychology

An instructor in our Psychology Department is interested in OER for her course on psychology of criminal behaviour. Does anyone know of any resources?

Behaviour, Development and Evolution https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0097
Patrick Bateson  Open Book Publishers 2017
Chapter 7. Deviance, Crime, and Social Control from Introduction to Sociology – 1st Canadian ed. BC Open Textbooks
https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter7-deviance-crime-and-social-control/
Bookboon.com Policing Cyber Crime by Petter Gottschalk           
http://bookboon.com/en/policing-cyber-crime-ebook
Terror Crime Prevention with Communities
Basia Spalek
https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/terror-crime-prevention-with-communities/
Collaborating Against Child Abuse
Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-58388-4

Death and Dying

Does anyone have a Sociology Death and Dying OER?

Here are 9 results from MERLOT:
Material Search Results (merlot.org)

Here's the rundown of the resources recommended to me/us.
1) from Manelle Wertzberger in Gettysburg: use my library's eBook collection [which will only work if you have access,
 like the other resources I mentioned in our meeting.]
2) from Jonas Lamb in Alaska:
"Here's a guide I created with a few additional OER to consider and some library ebooks that your institution may have access to as well,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y2dvOR6Od9qc_5MJHQBMJcnMDkNuWunSMSLco14Z3zw/edit?usp=sharing
3) from Alexis Carlson:
"I have a professor who created his own Death & Dying sociology course and uses content from the libraries' databases to put together everything he needs.
He is not good about sharing so the best I can do is offer you a few things he shared with me:
I love using the e-book database in this course because of the multi-disciplined offerings.  
I take a more applied approach in this course so it is useful to have access to readings in areas such as counseling, grief management, psychology,
 and other death care industries.  I assign readings from different textbooks and other ones by single authors, then we do the sociology in class.
He also uses this LibGuide with the journals listed for student research: https://irsc.libguides.com/sociology/articles "
4) from Regina Gong:
When I was still at Lansing Community College,
I worked with one of our psychology faculty to create an OER on her Death and Dying/Psychology of Death course.
It was designed as a LibGuide with links to free resources combined with her own material.  
Click on the All Topics tab to see all the sub-pages within the guide. While this may not be the exact thing you’re looking for, it might be helpful nonetheless.

Developmental Psychology

I am working with an excellent psych instructor who is looking for developmental psychology materials. Anyone out there have a good/trusted recommendation on developmental psych? 

I recently sent this one on to our psychology instructor to review: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=540 . Haven’t heard feedback yet so I can’t vouch for it but it does have a couple reviews.  
 
Here are a few more I found in MERLOT:
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89817
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1012464
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89768
These are just a few of the 137 resources on that topic in MERLOT.  I just did a search for Developmental Psychology in MERLOT and got this list:
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=developmental+Psychology&sort.property=relevance

Maricopa Millions just produced a Developmental Psychology course.  It is available on Canvas Commons (use the search tag "MMOER" and scroll down to find it).  I can get you in contact with the developers, too, if Canvas Commons isn't ideal for you.  

Diversity Studies

I have a faculty member looking for open material for a 3-credit “Intro to Diversity Studies” course; particularly resources related to or addressing:
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, race/ethnicity/white supremacy, social class, heterosexism/homophobia, transphobia, hate crimes, sexism, ableism, ageism, weightism, religious intolerance, micro-aggressions or similar.

Check out Everyday Social Justice, created by Jimena Alvarado at Portland Community College: https://sites.google.com/pcc.edu/jimena/home?authuser=0

I searched MERLOT for Diversity and there are a lot of materials the faculty member might use:
https://tinyurl.com/y25svkqh

I have a faculty member looking to replace a textbook for her class entitled Multicultural Education. A quick scan doesn't bring anything relevant up - but wanted to see if anyone had run across a title in this area before offering other ways to support their class.

I'm putting the final touches on a curated collection of free online resources (many but not all of them OER) for Intro to Humanities.  I can send you an export file in either Bb Learn or Common Cartridge.  The structure and commentary is CC-BY.
Corrie Bergeron, M.Ed., Bb MVP

Equity Literacy Project is in development on the Rebus Community platform. It may not be the spine of your course but might be a useful supporting resource. The project is aiming for a Fall 2019 release date. A description can be found here, and you can contact the team in the same thread if you're interested. 

A colleague is looking for open resources about DEI, designed for a BIPOC student audience. Topics would include dealing with structural racism, dealing with microaggressions, or navigating predominantly white institutions, from a student perspective.
Useful info we've found so far is the content relating to intersectionality in Writing for Change ( https://textbooks.whatcom.edu/WritingforChange/ ).

I have a list of open DEI resources at https://librarysubjectguides.svsu.edu/OER/socialjustice .

We got an excellent recommendation for a list of open DEI resources.
Another useful resource: Mastering the Hidden Curriculum.

I have a faculty colleague who is developing a Sociology 241: Institutional Racism as Online Learning Course,
are there any OER resources available on this topic?

This new OER textbook out of College of Marin may be helpful for that course:
A People’s History of Structural Racism in Academia: From A(dministration of Justice) to Z(oology).
There’s also a .docx version of it on CC ECHO’s resource page that is better for editing purposes.

Education Sociology

I'm looking for OER on sociology of education. So far I only found this one: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/s...of-education-2
Does anyone have more resources?

OpenStax Sociology book has “Education “chapter in it (chapter 16). In case it helps. :-)
https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e

Feminine Archetypes

Psychology: I am looking for a self scoring quiz for individuals to take concerning feminine archetypes.
I have been on the Internet for these type of quizzes and they either have a paywall associated with taking them or require one to divulge their e-mail address
 to be used by the internet organization offering the quiz. I am looking for a free self scoring quiz that people can take in the privacy of their own homes,
and then bring back to a women's meeting knowing their dominant feminine archetype(s). Can you help me find such a free self-scoring quiz?

There's a lot of shady ones out there ;-) This one I stumbled into seemed to give results (I have no idea how good the quiz is)
https://uquiz.com/quiz/6kvu4V/which-modern-feminine-archetype-are-you
But maybe more useful OER wise is the H5P Personality Quiz content type
https://h5p.org/personality-quiz
Making one would call for developing the questions and how to map the results.

Hello all! I am seeking an OER on the psychology of women for a psych professor.
I've found some sections of other textbooks that talk a bit about the topic but would love to know what others are using.

Here are some resources that likely would help you on the LibreTexts commons:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=psychology+of+gender

Gerontology/Aging

Does anyone know of OER for Gerontology/Aging?  I am looking more for texts, not just random modules. I teach Sociology of Aging and Death and Dying. Also, of interest for my program is Introduction to Gerontology and Psychology of Aging.

 An Oregon instructor is using library materials because OER weren't available for her courses: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=grn

GRIT and Growth Mindset

Does anyone have any resources pertaining to GRIT and growth mindset?
 
Angela Duckworth (the "OG") has resources on her website: https://angeladuckworth.com/  
Carol Dweck is the Growth Mindset OG. Here is her website: https://mindsetonline.com/  

Human Growth and Development

Here is a link to the book I pieced together for my Human Growth course. We teach using a topical approach https://courses.candelalearning.com/edps208/ .

For a linear approach, Lumen has the following text listed https://courses.lumenlearning.com/lifespandevelopment2/

I did a search for our child development folks and found the books below. I don’t much about them, but there might be something there that is useful.  

Yes, Jessica sounded like there were some revisions she was hoping to make and felt the book needed some revamping as well. I actually like the Lumen course a lot https://courses.lumenlearning.com/lifespandevelopment2/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalogs.lumenlearning.com%2Fcatalogs%2F1  and based my Child Growth and Development course off of their content and supplemented with noba and other content. If you want to access the course content in Canvas here is the link to enroll in the course. Once you enroll as a student I’ll switch you over to a teacher. I have not moved over to a more accessible format yet (.pdf or other) but if you utilize Canvas as your CMS I can create an export cartridge.
https://scccd.instructure.com/registerand  use the following join code: PAB7WT 
Have you accessed the ECE google group? This might have some additional information as well. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/early-childhood-education-oer-collaboration

This is a neat site overall. This page has a list of free textbooks
http://cyp-media.org/free-e-textbooks/
Educational Psychology text
http://cnx.org/contents/zmxetoTT@2.1:8cmu43n0@1/Preface
this is also customizable with any of the content here: http://cnx.org/
This seems to be mostly psychology, but some seems to relate to child development
http://nobaproject.com/browse-content
These are free to read online & to download as a pdf but a printed copy costs ~$40 – scroll down the page to see all of them
http://www.nap.edu/topic/282/education
This isn’t really child development but is a textbook resources for elementary schools. There may be something here that is helpful (or not).
http://www.ck12.org/
These are free online courses. Sometimes these can be leveraged instead of a textbook, but it can be iffy. Nonetheless, there may be something good here.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/search-results?as_q=child
There are some Spanish options here but I need to do more research on copyright
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/Pages/pdf-list.aspx
Free children’s books.  These just looked like fun J
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ These were collected for my children’s lit and curriculum class (I actually ended up using the gov doc):https://www.oercommons.org/search?f.search=early+literacy

http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/tanya-s-reunion

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/documents/readingk-3.pdf

http://doaj.org/search?source={%22query%22:{%22query_string%22:{%22query%22:%22early%20literacy%20acquisition%22,%22default_operator%22:%22AND%22}}}#.VR7PGPnF-BY

http://www.ck12.org/teacher/

From NOBA (psych): http://nobaproject.com/browse-content?query=&topics=6

From Una Daly:

The California Open Online Library (Cool4ed.org) has some OER for child growth and development (appropriate for CDEV 110 -- California Common CourseID) along with faculty reviews from California College and University Instructors. The etexts below are mostly chapters from the NOBAPROJECT and the Educational Psychology Textbook has several chapters on childhood growth and development.

http://www.oercommons.org/courses/child-healthcare-growth-and-development/view

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/growth-stages-2-middle-childhood-and-early-adolescence

I have been using a Lumen resource https://courses.lumenlearning.com/lifespandevelopment2/  this semester.  It does need some work. 

Lifespan/Human Development – http://www.clcillinois.edu/programs/psy/openeducation

I noticed that our text for Lifespan has been suggested.  
We are in the fourth edition, not second.  And in the fall it will be edition 5.  Go to the College of Lake County's website for the most recent version.  
https://www.clcillinois.edu/programs/psy/openeducation
We typically update every 2 years.

Human Sexuality

One of our Psychology instructors developed a Human Sexuality course for our initial OER Pilot Project in the fall of 2015.  She worked with the librarian, Michele Howard ( mhoward@nmc.edu ) , to find a wide variety of resources on her topics but decided to put the links into Moodle because of their rather "sensitive" nature.  We have been getting inquiries about the course so Michele has moved the resources into a LibGuide.  We licensed the LibGuide CC-BY.  Some of the individual components may have different licenses.  This isn't the Human Sexuality OER textbook

http://nmc.libguides.com/humansexoerhelp  

This is published as "private" so you need the link to get to it. It won't come up in a Google search.

This is a list of resources that our Human Sexuality instructor uses.  It includes an ebook that is in our library collection and links to other proprietary resources so it is not OER.  But it might be of use to you anyway.

I just checked the list of things culled from this list-serv and
found that the few human sexuality items listed were either not OER or not
available. I'm looking for resources for human sexuality as taught by
psych, soc, and/or anthropology. We actually have a soc-anthro course - but
I suspect that there must be a lot of overlap with the traditional psych
human sexuality.

This is definitely a gap in the OER world.  I keep hoping someone is working on it.  
The Northwestern Michigan College instructor uses a copyrighted text that we found in Ebook Central and bought a multiuser license for.  
There are some materials in the NMC Abnormal Psych LibGuide.  I'm afraid this is one of those "piece-it-together" situations.  
We need someone to get a gang of instructors together for a weekend retreat and put a solid OER Human Sexuality textbook together.   

SJC is looking to implement an online  Human Sexuality course using Blackboard, does anyone have these resources already?

Sorry for the delay in responding to this question, but a few faculty at my institution created some materials for their human sexuality course that might be useful to you.

Specifically, they created four units they felt were not adequately covered in existing Human Sexuality texts. Here's the abstract:

This brief Human Sexuality curriculum, offered as part of an undergraduate elective in the Human Services department,
encompasses four units that collectively provide a comprehensive exploration of sexuality education in the U.S., the intersection of sex and disability, contraception,
and variations in sexual behavior including kink and paraphilias.
This curriculum provides varied, current, and accessible information about these topics using resources that students can continue to access for free after the end of the semester.

Unit 1: Introduction to Human Sexuality & Sexual Education in the U.S. introduces students to the history of sex education in the United States,
facilitating reflection on personal experiences in contrast with broader research and policies.
Unit 2: Sex and Disability dives into the significance of inclusive sex education for individuals with physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
It provides in-depth resources and firsthand accounts, extending beyond typical textbook content.
Unit 3: Contraception focuses on contemporary contraceptive methods through a hands-on workshop and an on-campus scavenger hunt,
 emphasizing gender-neutral and inclusive resources.
Unit 4: Variations in Sexual Behavior: Kink and Paraphilias explores atypical sexual behaviors including paraphilias, kink,
and BDSM using diverse media to present current and accessible content.
Each unit includes detailed lesson plans adaptable to synchronous and asynchronous formats, learning objectives, assigned materials, interactive components,
and selected student feedback.
It's available in our IR: "HUSR 336: Human Sexuality Undergraduate Course, Four Units" by Emily Darrell and Rose Grace Grose

Humanities

I have a faculty member who is looking to start an Introduction to Humanities course and is looking for any OER options available. He sent me this expensive text as something like what he is looking to cover.

A faculty member here at SUNY Geneseo put together this collection of primary resources for Western Humanities I: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-geneseo-humanities1-1/
Most of the materials came from Project Gutenberg. Finding translations of the older works can be challenging, and ones in the public domain aren't always at the same standard as versions found in Fiero and other modern texts. If everyone's on board with some odd words showing up from time to time, and maybe providing links to other alternate versions of some texts, it's a great starting point. 

I've spent the summer working with a research librarian and a Humanities instructor to put together a curated collection of resources for an online Intro to Humanities course.  I'd be happy to share either the Common Course Cartridge or Blackboard Learn course export file.
Corrie Bergeron, M.Ed., Bb MVP
Instructional Designer & Learning Systems Administrator
Instructional Technologies Division
Lakeland Community College / lakelandcc.edu
440/525-7232

Inequality

I am looking for a textbook/textbooks for a Sociology course focusing on inequality in the United States. Are there any OER textbooks out there that touch on theory, theorists, and the different inequalities in the United States?

This suggestion comes at your question from a different angle, but you could explore Jimena Alvarado's site https://www.everydaysocialjustice.com/home .  

Intimate Relationships

We had an instructor take on an existing course in the middle of the semester.  The course is the "Psychology of Intimate Relationships."
Does anyone have any OER tests or assignments they're willing to share?  This would help our instructor a lot.

We (LibreTexts) host a textbook that may be suitable for you (at least in part):
https://commons.libretexts.org/book/socialsci-33823
Also, if you do a search in our SocialSci library you can identify pages from in different pysch texts that may be useful. And using our remixer, you can rapidly general a text.
e.g., https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=sex&type=wiki

Introductory Psychology

I am working closely with a psych instructor who is planning to convert her entire introductory course to open materials and then share it out to the other psych faculty across our four colleges. She's looked at the OpenStax Introductory Psych text and found the writing a bit dry and some of the chapters lacking (sorry, no offense to OpenStax). Can anyone make recommendations for other textbooks and materials? She's willing to do a mash-up of materials. 

There are several Psychology open textbooks listed through the BCcampus site as well - https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Psychology

This is what's known to be in use at Oregon's colleges: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=psy%20 . It's a mix of OpenStax and NOBA.

Introductory to Psychology / General Psychology [I am using the combo – OpenStax OER text with Lrnr – Edtech listed under supplements to use with the textbook – great combo!] https://www.lrnr.us/

I am working on an OER conversion project with the Psychology department at my College.
They want to convert their general psychology book to open.
This would result in huge savings for students since there are over 30 sections per year!
Our initial search has resulted in three different book options: (1) OpenStax, (2) Lumen, and (3) Noba.
I wanted to see if folks in this community had any other recommendations.
Are these three the best? Or are there other great textbooks that the group should consider?
We are favoring texts that have course materials like test banks, PowerPoints, etc.

A professor here did a major adaptation that included content from the Noba and I think OpenStax books, plus additional materials.
There is a test bank available as well.
https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9ee2a150-c41c-4e37-b7e1-142c67d5389d&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Psychology

You will find all those resources and more on the LibreTexts SocialSci library already typeset
 to a central standard to facilitate easy remixing so that your faculty can focus
 on evaluating/constructing content instead of addressing the mechanisms of integrating OER content from different sources:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology

Here's what's being used for intro psych courses in Oregon:
http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=psy%2020

Our psychology instructor wanted to add the resource below as well.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/psychology

Hi all, I have an instructor who is likely piloting OpenStax Psychology 2e in the fall but has asked me for two items:

Is anyone using a good published open textbook for Intro to Psych OTHER THAN OpenStax that you would recommend he consider?
Are there any "marketing" materials to promote OpenStax Psych 2e to faculty, to rival the kind of concise but informational and persuasive marketing that a commercial publisher would provide to faculty for their textbooks? This is something we will likely look to create if his pilot is successful to get other faculty (especially adjuncts) on board, but I'd love to see any models or adapt something you've used that has worked for you.

Morning! There is no shortage of texts for intro psych (I teach intro using OER and the text I use is not listed here).
And while OpenStax is widely used, there are elements of it to dislike (as is the case with any text). Below is the list of intro psych OER we provide to our faculty.
If you are making the case for OpenStax, you may want to ask them for your state's adoption data - that can be very useful. At least 87 of our 115 community colleges
have at least one faculty that has reported using the OS intro text. The use by our transfer institutions is also data that our faculty find compelling.
Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)
Psychology 2e (Spielmen, Jenkins, and Lovett, 2020) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0);
Introductory Psychology (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)  Includes: Powerpoint Slides, Test Bank, and Instructor Manual (Free registration and/or login required for all).
OpenStax is maintained (and supported) by Rice University.  Students have the option of accessing free digital versions or purchasing a print version.
CVC-OEI has imported the OpenStax text into Canvas. Additionally, Lumen Learning made an enhanced version of the digital text with embedded multiple choices available.  
There are also openly available slides, assignments, and question banks available CC-BY.
Discover Psychology 2.0: A Brief Introductory Text (Diener and Biswas-Diener) (CC-BY-NC-SA) Includes: Powerpoint Slides,
Test Bank (Free registration and/or login required), and Instructor Manual. Noba is “the dream project” of Ed and Carol Diener.  
It has modules written by some big names in psychology  including Elizabeth Loftus, Ed Diener, Susan Fiske, David Buss, and many, many others.  
There are also many links to animations and videos that are quite useful.  Students have the option of accessing free digital versions or purchasing a print version.
Introduction to Psychology: 1st Canadian Edition (Stangor & Walinga) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Includes: Powerpoint Slides and Test Bank (Free registration and/or login required
for both). Introduction to Psychology: 1st Canadian Edition was adapted by Jennifer Walinga from Charles Stangor’s textbook, Introduction to Psychology.  
The adaptation and development of ancillary materials were supported by the B.C. (British Columbia) Open Textbook Project.  
Students have the option of accessing a free digital version or purchasing a print version (although the shipping costs can be high).
A version of this book by Cummings and Sanders is also available with a glossary and slides and test bank also available after verification of instructor status.
Psychology: The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy (CC-BY 4.0) The Science of Human Potential is designed to be a concise,
cohesive introduction to psychology textbook. Psychology is described as a science studying how hereditary (nature) and experiential (nurture) variables interact
to influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviour of individuals. The remainder of the text is organized into sections entitled “Mostly Nature” (biological psychology;
sensation and perception; motivation and emotion), “Mostly Nurture” (direct learning; indirect or observational learning; cognition), and “Nature/Nurture” (human potential,
with regard to each of human development, personality, social psychology, maladaptive behaviour, and professional psychology). Includes H5P review exercises
at the end of each chapter. Readable and editable versions are available, as is a hardcopy for sale.

Marginally related is the Psychology OER Starter Kit assembled by Rajiv Jhangiani
https://rajivjhangiani.com/open-educational-resources-in-psychology-a-starter-pack/
 

Lifespan Development
We have a couple of instructors who are looking for OER textbooks to each an introductory course in developmental psychology which covers the whole life span of development.  Any suggestions?

Below is the text we adopted for our Human Growth and Development Course.
More information can be found in The Orange Grove Complete Florida Collection (course is DEP2004)
Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French—Chapter 1: Introduction to Lifespan Development
http://dept.clcillinois.edu/psy/LifespanDevelopment.pdf

One of our recent Maricopa Millions grant teams released Psychology Through the Lifespan last year, which builds upon a few previous works.  
You can find it on Canvas Commons by searching the title or get it here through Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/shop/julie-lazzara/psychology-through-the-lifespan/ebook/product-24254692.html

We have compiled and integrated several of those texts for easy remixing/customization (since a textbook is not a one-size fits all thing for every faculty member) within our SociaSci library:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development
If you want more information, feel free to hit us back.

There's a complete set of Lifespan Development OER content, as well as open supplemental materials, here: https://lumenlearning.com/courses/lifespan-development/ . Just click "View Course Content and Outcomes."

Does anyone know of some good textbooks/resources for OER courses in Lifespan Growth and Development.
We are looking for a good book with resources for our LMS (which happens to be canvas).

Here are some texts to consider with some associated resources.
You can also find some H5p activities in the libretext studio which might be helpful H5P Library | LibreStudio (libretexts.org)
Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Second Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
This age-based approach textbook was written by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French and was funded by a grant from
the College of Lake County Foundation and supported by the Business and Social Sciences Division.
Chapter narration files (Andrea Pantoja Garvey, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA) are available in Canvas Commons.
Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Downloadable and viewable at the site. Age-based approach textbook for lifespan developmental psychology course, updated summer 2020.  
Google slides (CC BY-NC-SA) developed by Fernando Romero are available.
Human Growth and Development Question Library (Cotter, Fisk and Grissett, 2018) – Galileo (CC BY-SA)
This set of questions for use with quizzes and tests was created under a Round Four ALG Textbook Transformation Grant with an accompanying
PowerPoint lecture set. The course uses the free and open Human Development sections of Boundless Psychology.
Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
Includes: PowerPoint Slides, Test Bank, and Instructor Manual (Free registration and/or login required for all).
This appears to be a complete book (although it does not appear to have a link that will facilitate download or printing).
In addition to the faculty resources (which you can request access to), there are pre-recorded lectures and study guides. Finally, there are a variety of relevant videos.
Human Development (Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020) – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses)
Instructor resources – discussion questions, video links. Test bank available upon request
Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
Students learn the stages of the human life span: prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood, late adulthood, and death/dying.
For each stage of the life span, students examine cognitive, language, emotional, social, personality, and physical development. In addition,
students explore the procedures used to conduct research about human development.
Comment: This text, based on Lifespan Psychology by Laura Overstreet, includes additional material from the Noba Project, OpenStax Psychology,
and Understanding the Whole Child by Jennifer Parks, Antoinette Ricardo, and Dawn Rymond, College of the Canyons.
Additional noteworthy contributions by the Lumen Learning team and Sarah Carte, Margaret Clark-Plaski, Daniel Dickma, Tera Jones, Julie Lazzara,
Stephanie Loalada, John R. Mather, Sonja Ann Miller, Nancee Ott, and Jessica Traylor. Modification, adaptation,
and original content authored by Julie Lazzara & Ryan Newton.

OpenStax — the OER textbook publisher based out of Rice University — is publishing a free online, peer-reviewed,
openly licensed Lifespan Development textbook in spring 2024.
This textbook will come with LMS course cartridges to integrate the text into your LMS.
Our Psychology textbook offers a chapter on lifespan development.
This text comes with free ancillary resources, including a Canvas course cartridge, test bank, and lecture slides.
Please feel free to explore the remainder of our current textbook library here: https://openstax.org/subjects.

LGBT

A sociology instructor is seeking resources for an OER textbook for an LGBT Studies course. So far all we have found is this one in the making...
https://www.purchase.edu/live/news/3294-suny-oer-text-for-intro-to-lbgtq-studies
Any other resources out there you might recommend?

This is not an open textbook per se but a set of wonderful resources put together by New America organization on how open digital materials can support LGBTQ inclusive teaching.  Kelsey Smith wrote a blog post for our Equity, Diversity, Inclusion series on this work and it may be helpful for your faculty.
https://www.cccoer.org/2018/10/09/on-equity-diversity-inclusion-and-open-education/#LGBTQ

There’s a really excellent “Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies” text published by folks at UMass Amherst that might worth looking into: openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/. A bit of context on its creation if that’s of interest: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/libraries-announce-new-open-textbook-

Jimena Alvarado has an Intro to Queer Studies course available via https://www.everydaysocialjustice.com/complete-courses/introduction-to-queer-studies

Life and Career Development

I have an instructor looking for material for Life and Career Development SLS1301:
Description:
This course is designed to facilitate the career decision-making process and equip students with the necessary job search skills in the 21st century. Students will engage in discussions, activities and take assessments that explore their personalities, interests, abilities and values in order to develop their self-awareness and make informed career decisions. Additionally, students will develop skills in job-seeking techniques, resume writing, interviewing and networking. Opportunity will be provided for students to explore career resources, diversity in the workforce, ethical concerns, and company culture.

I suggest Dave Dillon's Blueprint for Success in College and Career: https://press.rebus.community/blueprint2/

Marriage and Family

I am looking for Marriage and Family OER. I found one text and one test bank.  Anyone know of anything else?
You might find this useful, from College of the Canyons: Intimate Relationships and Family for a Sociology course.

We’re searching for OER material for a text on Marriage and Family for a sociology course.  We’re currently using the OpenStax sociology text for our intro course, so we don’t want to use that information in the Marriage and Family book.
We found a textbook at http://www.freesociologybooks.com  but they are PDF and cannot be changed.  We would like to adapt them but do not have permission from the author.
Does anybody have any other sources?

This is the book we're using at Bay:  Marriage and Family​

Our Sociology department has been using the Intimate Relationships and Family book attached. The book has been adapted from Ron Hammond and Paul Cheney from Utah Valley University.
We also have a Word file and chapters broken out into PDF, if you would like those.
Best,
Brian Weston, MPA
Director, Distance and Accelerated Learning
Co-Chair, Educational Technology Committee
Project Manager, Zero Textbook Cost grant (ECE)
Single Point of Contact, OEI
College of the Canyons
(661) 362-3102-- 

I'm looking for current materials for my OER Sociology course on  Marriage and Family.   Does anyone have any recommendations or materials?

I recently helped a faculty member with finding resources on this. Below are some OER I found. Hope this helps!
Open Textbooks and Open Access Books
Child, Family, and Community by Rebecca Laff and Wendy Ruiz, 2019, College of the Canyons, CC BY 4.0
Link: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/child-family-and-community
PDF available at: Child, Family, and Community OER book.pdf
Contemporary Families – An Equity Lens, (2nd ed) by Elizabeth B. Pearce, 2023, Linn-Benton Community College, CC BY 4.0
Link: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/families2nd2e/
Individual and Family Development, Health, and Well-being by Diana Lang and Nicholas Cone, 2022, Iowa State University, CC BY-SA 4.0
Link: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1207
Intimate Relationships and Families by Ron Hammond and Paul Cheney, 2021, Utah Valley University, CC BY 4.0
Link: https://asccc-oeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Intimate-Relationships-and-Families.pdf
Parenting and Family Diversity Issues by Diana L. Lang, 2020, Iowa State University, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Link: https://oercommons.org/courses/parenting-and-family-diversity-issues-2
Sociology of Family, adapted by Donna Giuliani for a course at Delta College, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Adapted from material originally written in 2016 by Ron Hammond, Utah Valley University.
Link: https://pressbooks.pub/rdg097v1/
Individual Modules or Chapters
Chapter 6: Family and Kinship from Society: A Global Introduction, 2nd Edition (2022) by Sean Ashley, CC BY 4.0
Chapter 14: Relationships, Marriage, and Family from Introduction to Sociology, 3rd Edition (2021), published by OpenStax, CC BY 4.0
Other Open Teaching Materials
Sociology of Family Instructor Course Pack, B.C. Open Collection:
Includes test question banks, instructor manuals, assignments, etc.
Link: https://collection.bccampus.ca/course-packs/sociology-of-family/
License: CC BY 4.0
Child Growth and Development Open Resources
Link: https://www.cool4ed.org/course-materials/17/341
License is noted in each list item; varies depending on the material
Child, Family, and Community Canvas Course Materials from MiraCosta College (ability to import directly to Canvas): CHLD 210 Child, Family, & Community
Link: https://lor.instructure.com/resources/5ec1ef4e7f0e4866a9ec6ded19ef8758
License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Multiculturalism and Diversity

Does anyone have a link to OER textbooks or links to pdf’s on topics in multiculturalism and diversity? We have scoured all the normal places but we are coming up empty.

Here is a video we used in diversity training:
Diversity: “Cracking the Codes” ( http://blog.bristolcc.edu/ctl/2015/10/29/diversity-cracking-the-codes/ )
Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity is a film that asks Americans to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity. 
Each of the stories in this playlist of 17 videos has been taken from the film Cracking the Codes. The Conversation Guide is designed to support organizations that are using this film to introduce the concept of systemic inequity to a diverse audience and deepened the conversation on race. 
And see www.crackingthecodes.org
Links to diversity, multicultural, and inclusion resources: https://www.diigo.com/user/kschnapp/diversity

Pop Culture Sociology

We are creating a Pop Culture Sociology course and we are looking for an OER.  Course Description:

Using a multi-disciplinary approach, students will explore and examine popular culture as one of the most significant cultural and social agents in contemporary society.
Learners will study the emergence of pop culture studies and a range of diverse theoretical approaches including critical studies of gender, sexuality and race.
Students will consider a variety of mediums such as music, video games, social media, art, film/television, fashion and celebrity.
Finally, learners will study and reflect on the role of popular culture in the development of individual identity and group/community identity and action

I've checked the usual locations (OpenStax, OERCommons, MERLOT, BCcampus, eCampus Ontario, OASIS, Open Textbook Library, OASIS, OpenOregon, OAPEN) but I wanted to reach out in case there is a gem in a local repository.   I think the instructor is looking for something equivalent to John Storey's textbook:
https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Theory-and-Popular-Culture-An-Introduction/Storey/p/book/9780367820602

I have taught pop culture in the US online for about a decade. I've created all my videos and put them on YouTube with CC license.  
Many of them have been informed by Storey and Cullen's pop culture teaching texts:  
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZptnQ98JwsaX31hsCi5PJeTUVL_PhX8

I also have all of my written stuff (Learning guides, assignments, syllabus, etc) with CC licenses and located here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i8Fm8adSHvHIcqNn-p5wdxCHNs-3a7gj?usp=sharing

Might be more raw material, but there is a huge amount of relevant content at Open Culture  
https://www.openculture.com/

Psychology of Happiness

Does anyone know of an OER “Psychology of Happiness” course?   If yes, I would appreciate information. 
  
Hi Donald, there is a "Science of Happiness" course from U.C. Berkeley on edX that you can enrol in for no cost and determine if there are open resources available. It is extremely well reviewed by learners and I often use it as an open(ish) digital design example.
https://www.edx.org/course/science-happiness-uc-berkeleyx-gg101x-6

There is an OER textbook for positive psychology, “Tao of Positive Psychology,” on OER commons.  If you would like the original Word file with images in it, feel free to get in touch with me directly, since I wrote the book.  It is also available at cost in print form on Amazon.com, for those students who prefer a print version. (Mark Kelland, Lansing Community College)

Social Justice Education

I’m working with an education faculty member that is trying to locate open source alternatives for Is Everyone Really Equal? By Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo. We’ve already done some initial searching through OER content websites like Merlot, and OER Commons (I also did some initial Google searching). I also located some ebook content that students can access (multiple user access).
I was wondering if anyone had other ideas for OER materials related to social justice and education?

I will have to take some time to contact the Zinn Education Project (preparing for class right now) and ask them their policy in relation to OER usage. It certainly is in the spirit of the Peoples' history movement, and I have long adopted and adapted material from Zinn and others in the project for classroom use.  I am very interested in social justice education and would like to see what comes out of this research. 
https://www.zinnedproject.org/

I'm working with an instructor teaching Group Work Skills and Social Change Skills who is interested in using OER texts with a social justice focus. Specifically, OER on facilitating group counseling and enacting social change movements within a community.

You might look through the open textbooks linked on Open Social Work here: https://opensocialwork.org/textbooks/
They are organized by topical focus, and the Practice section might be most useful. There is also a list of open access monographs, some of which are openly licensed, on the site at: https://opensocialwork.org/books/

In terms of specific titles, the following might have potential. I can't speak to the social justice aspect.
*A Toolkit for Teaching Communication Skills in Social Work (video set & teaching guide): https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewSite.htm?id=9161524
*Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama: Experiential Approaches for Group Therapists, Community Leaders, and Social Workers: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-6342-7
*Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships (chapters on work, marriage & family, conflict, talking & listening...):
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/interpersonal-communication-a-mindful-approach-to-relationships

Social Problems

I’m reviving a question from 2018 by Quill West regarding the OER text: “Social Problems: Continuity and Change”
There appears to be a few versions floating around that utilizes the material from the OER text, however, the data has now become somewhat dated
(and remains unchanged across versions) and our faculty are looking for topics and prompts that are more relevant to today’s issues and statistics
(examples: Chapter 2: Some of the data on Poverty is almost 15 years old and Chapter 5 End-of-Chapter Material encourages students to advocate for
Same-Sex Marriage which was legalized in 2015).

I will chime in for the ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) project that just built this resource in our SocialSci library titled
"Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach"
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Long_Beach_City_College/Race_and_Ethnic_Relations_in_the_U.S.%3A_An_Intersectional_Approach
There is a section that we are cultivating to this topic:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Cultural_Sociology_and_Social_Problems
But, it is still small with three texts. No doubt will grow given the issues the country is grappling with these days.
All the pages are remixable as OER should be.

Social Psychology

One of our professors has adopted the Principles of Social Psychology published by the University of Minnesota Libraries as an OER. http://open.lib.umn.edu/socialpsychology/
The professor is looking for any supporting materials, particularly any PowerPoints, that have been created to accompany this text so she doesn’t have to start from scratch. Does anyone have anything they could share?

The Rebus Community is supporting the creation of slide decks for this edition of the Principles of Social Psychology, published by BCcampus: https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/ . 
We currently have 9 out 11 decks prepared, and are looking for volunteers for help us complete the set. I believe chapters 7 and 11 are left. I've copied in Rajiv Jhangiani, the project lead, who can speak to this in more detail, and perhaps share the slide decks prepared so the instructor could adapt for the UMN edition of the text.

Does anyone have good recommendations for her in the following two areas?
Lifespan Development and Social Psychology. 

There are several copies of this OER text out there. Ours is here:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Book%3A_Human_Development_Life_Span
we are integrating this text right now that may be of use:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/applied-developmental-systems-science-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-theories-meta-theories-methods-and-interventions-but-didn-t-realize-you-needed-to-ask-an-advanced-textbook
One of our professors used the following from the Open Textbook Library in our Human Growth and Development course:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/lifespan-development-a-psychological-perspective
For all sorts of psychology content, check out Noba: https://nobaproject.com/  
The Ohio OpenEd Collaborative recently produced an Intro to Psychology course.  The modules on Social Psychology and Human Development have a lot of resources.
https://ohiolink.oercommons.org/courseware/6

Social Psychology  Info – (there are more chapters than shown on this page) https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/principles-of-social-psychology

Hi Everyone - I have a fellow faculty member looking for OER resources as she develops 2 new courses - Social Psychology and Lifespan Development.  I have found a few texts for Social Psychology but nothing specific for Lifespan Development.  Anyone have some hints as to what I should recommend for her?

I searched MERLOT for Lifespan Development and found the following:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/lifespan-development-a-psychological-perspective
http://opencourselibrary.org/econ-201/
https://cnx.org/contents/rP4p4dMS@1/Open-Course-Library-Lifespan-Psychology
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-47143-3
https://open.umich.edu/find/open-educational-resources/medical/human-growth-development-m1

Although not fully OER, here is another option for lifespan psych. As someone who has taught this course, I'm not fully confident that any of these are complete enough. But that is a completely different conversation. :-) 
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/lifespan-development-2/view

Social Work

I have a faculty member who can’t find OER textbooks for social work. I’m having trouble as well. Can anyone recommend resources for social work, if possible specifically in these fields:
-Social Work with Communities and Organization
-Introduction to Social Welfare Policy

Our instructor, Lisa Blackford, uses a LibGuide the librarians helped her put together.  Please feel free to make a copy and adapt it to your instructor's needs.
http://nmc.libguides.com/socialwork/swk121

Sociology

Are either of you aware if there is a testbank for Canvas for Intro to Sociology 2e for OpenStax?   It must be a zip file.  Thank you.
There’s a Canvas course cartridge for download on our website: https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e

Sociology of the Family

I'm wondering if anyone has done any development around Sociology of the Family. There is a Free Sociology Book: http://freesociologybooks.com/Sociology_Of_The_Family/01_Changes_and_Definitions.php  

You might check out this open text from College of the Canyon Intimate Relationships and Families for their SOC 103 course.

We have procured these for our institution.  Feel free to use them!
http://www.canyons.edu/Offices/DistanceLearning/OER/Pages/COC%20OER%20Textbooks.aspx#Sociology
[click on sociology and it should take you to the five books we’ve posted].

I am looking for upper level sociology course textbooks for the following courses:
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Sociology of Sport

This has been reported as an excellent resource (I am basis as I helped to bring this one online):
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/
The book is now available in seven different languages!  It is written for graduate and doctorial students, so it may be too advance for your needs.

Suicide Prevention

My College is having a digital Out of the Darkness Walk, suicide prevention (awareness) and fundraiser for the AFSP.

I'm not sure of the copyright status of all of these (so they may not be appropriate if your colleagues are planning to produce revisions/remixes, etc),
but there are a number of high quality suicide prevention resources available from the National Council for Behavioral Health at
https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/suicide-prevention-update . Many of the resources collected there appear to be produced by US Federal
agencies, which means that they may be in the public domain (see: https://www.copyrightlaws.com/copyright-laws-in-u-s-government-works/ ).
Good luck -- this sounds like a worthy & timely project.

Sociology

We're looking for OER texts for a sociology professor, specifically:

Marriage and Family/Relationships
Race/Ethnicity with a sociological emphasis
Society and Crime or a Criminology from a sociological perspective

She is interested in hardcopy textbooks (or texts that could be printed via LibreText) for our incarcerated student program,
ones that are not intro-level sociology texts.

Here are some key searches on our new Commons catalog system (we will formally release next month) that may help you:

https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=sociology&library=&subject=&location=campus&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=race&library=&subject=&location=campus&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=
https://commons.libretexts.org/?search=Criminology%20&library=&subject=&location=campus&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=

Naturally, you can remix/collect as you see fit.

Here's what Oregon instructors are using for courses on families: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=Famil

We're working on creating textbooks/courses that address all three of these areas with an equity lens.
More about this project: https://openoregon.org/targeted-open-pathways-for-hdfs-and-soc/

Here's a folder with background scans that were created for our project by Michaela Willi Hooper, our research consultant:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PkqceUNiuBcTD7Dcjk4nMR_DnCY73VPS
Is it essential that the texts considered be openly licensed?

My wife and I ran a prison teaching project for several years in Wisconsin, and open licenses weren’t much use to us in those contexts because prison rules
constrained prisoners (or instructors) from using the tools that might allow them to exercise the permissions granted by open licenses
(revise, remix, redistribute, retain). Furthermore, if the books need to be printed, the ‘free’ advantage of OER is similarly lost.

We had a lot of success buying print copies of copyrighted texts from traditional publishers, especially those with more a radical mission.
University presses and folks like AK Press, Haymarket, Verso, Zed Books, etc will often provide very generous discounts on print
purchases for bulk orders especially when they know the books are going to be used for prison education. If your prison allows used books to
be donated/brought in for educational purposes, you may also be able to purchase several second hand editions for less than it might cost you
to print on demand new copies even of openly licensed books.

Statistics for Psychology

I was recently approached by a professor looking for OER statistics resources geared towards Psychology. I know there are many texts out there with this specific focus, but instructor who approached me is looking for a complete course, with lecture slides, test banks, and other ancillary supports. 

I suggest checking Noba and OERCommons.org, if you have not yet done so.  

Substance Abuse

Looking for a few OER on:
Substance Abuse
For substance abuse the US Government is a great source. No, really, I find that they have tons of information that is really good background and most of it is in the public domain. I also really like http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ . It's not an open source, but it is freely available and the Mouse Party is a really cool description of the neurological effects of drugs.

Upper Division

 Here's a "faculty showcase" for an upper division Psych course that used an open etextbook but it's not the OpenStax one.  There might be some topics they can discuss. https://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/html/snapshot.php?id=78773148524364

Behavior Modification
One of our Psychology instructors will be teaching Behavior Modification, and is interested in replacing the current, expensive text with OERs.  What resources do folks have?  I didn't see anything on Larry's list.  The OpenStax Psych book has a part of one chapter on it.  I don't think that's enough depth. 

Corrie, I know that the NOBA Project has a wealth of OER psych materials – that’s all they do.  Here is a link to a resource page by Rajiv Jhangiani – if it exists in OER PSY, he no doubt knows about it.https://thatpsychprof.com/oer-for-psychology/