OER for marine biology?

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, 

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?

Thanks in advance, 

Amy

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[Corrie Bergeron]

You might find this very nice set of 3D scans useful.  They aren't OER per se, but they are freely available.

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From: Sidlauskas, Brian <Brian.Si...@oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:42 PM
To: Corrie Bergeron
Subject: Re: OER for marine biology?

 

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

FW Scan Project - A 3D model collection by osuecampus (@osuecampus) sketchfab.com FW Scan Project - A 3D model collection by osuecampus (@osuecampus)

 

 

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From: Corrie Bergeron <CBer...@lakelandcc.edu>
Date: Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:22 AM
To: "Sidlauskas, Brian" <Brian.Si...@oregonstate.edu>
Subject: Fw: OER for marine biology?

 

Might you have anything to add?

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[Meredith Tummeti]

Hi All,

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.

I appreciate any tips!

Meredith Tummeti

Faculty Librarian - Kirk Library

Centralia College

[Delmar Larsen]

Meredith:

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.

These may help.

Delmar

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[Meredith Tummeti]

Hi Delmar,

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.

Thank you for your assistance, I appreciate it!

Meredith

[Karen Cangialosi]

Thank you Meredith for sharing these resources.

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. 

Thanks,
Karen

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[Delmar Larsen]

Dear Karen:

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.

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