High quality figures for an OER course in chemistry on Libretexts
Presenter: Karsten Theis
Preparing for teaching remotely, I had the task of turning 300 existing slides that contained copyrighted figures into an open educational resource. The goal was to find figures with a Creative Commons license that would be as good or better than the ones I had been using. I will describe ways of searching for existing figures with appropriate license, ways that work for domains other than chemistry as well. In the second part of the talk, I will share techniques of making high-quality figures from scratch, specifically in the chemistry/biochemistry domain.
Learning Outcomes:
- Search for existing figures with appropriate license for remixing
- Create custom figures for the chemistry/biochemistry domain
Providing no-cost, sustainable learning materials for organic chemistry students
Presented by: Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech, Christine Whitlock, Shainaz Landge, Isaac Graves, Alex Whitlock, Karelle Aiken, Rafael Quirino, Abid Shaikh, and Hans Schanz
This session will describe the conversion in all sections of Organic Chemistry I & II from a traditional hard-copy textbook to a free, open-source textbook. All students have access to the book through the university’s learning management system. Assessment of student and faculty satisfaction, as well as representative student performance and retention, will be provided.
Learning Outcomes: Learning outcomes for the project include (1) the adoption of a no-cost OER textbook, (2) the alignment of the OER resource and supplementary materials with the course objectives, and (3) the assessment of developed materials to measure their effectiveness in student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, student performance, and student retention.
This is a link to an online textbook for Organic Chemistry that was created on the LibGuides platform as a website. Note: SPSCC Library has LibGuides (aka research guides) available for faculty use.
