OER Report.Middlesex.Life Sciences

• Richards, Patricia

	Middlesex Community College Report on Open Education Resources for Life Sciences (38 KB)
	Massasoit CC Review Process (210 KB)

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Date:

2016-06

Primary Material Type:

Learning Object Repository

Other Material Types:

Other

Institution:

Middlesex Community College - MA

Funding Source:

TAACCCT Round 4

Subjects:

Open Education Resources - Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Introduction to Chemistry

Industry / Occupation

Industry Partner:

The Middlesex Community College Life Sciences Advisory Board provides input to faculty on the skills required of graduates in the workplace. This information is used to develop the overall program and outcomes. Specific course outcomes are mapped to the program outcomes and faculty identify learning materials to assist students in mastering these outcomes. Learning materials include open education resources. Industry members on the Life Sciences Advisory Board include representatives from Keurig Green Mountain; Lantheus Medical Imaging; Genzyme; Shire; Agenus, Inc.; Biogen Idec; Mat Tek Corporation; TEI Biosciences; WuXi App Tec; and Novartis.

Industry Sector:

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services -- Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

Occupation:

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations -- Biological Technicians (19-4021)

Education / Instructional Information

Instructional Program:

Science Technologies/Technicians (41)

Credit Type:

• Credit

Credential Type:

• Certificate
• Associate Degree

Educational Level of Materials:

• 1st year Community College or equivalent
• 2nd Year Community College or equivalent

Time Required:

Some of the identified resources may be used during one class period, while others may be used over several class periods.

Language:

English (United States)

Interactivity Type:

Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.

Quality Rubric:

Other

Quality Note:

This is a report on a variety of open education resources that were evaluated to determine their feasibility for use in community college life sciences classes. The Achieve Vetting Rubric [http://www.achieve.org/files/AchieveOERRubrics_1.pdf] was used to evaluate resources.

Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:

• Using an approved rubric to conduct the evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report

Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:

• None

Course Note:

Life Sciences - Biotechnology Program

Accessibility

Formal Accessibility Policy:

https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/humanresources/downloads/paarn.pdf

Accessibility Statement:

https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/humanresources/downloads/paarn.pdf

Accessibility Features:

• Text Access - Text to Speech
• Text Adjust - Compatible
• Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
• Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
• Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
• Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
• Reading Order - Digital resource layout
• Structural Markup - Lists
• Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
• Language - Markup
• Non Flickering Content
• STEM Content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) Markup
• STEM - Notation markup
• Interactive - Keyboard

Copyright / Licensing

Primary License:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.