Adapting and Implementing an OER Textbook in BIOL200

Project Title	Adapting and Implementing an OER Textbook in BIOL200
Principal Investigator	Vivienne Lam
Co-Applicants	-Lauren Dalton, Senior Instructor, Oregon State University -Robin Young, Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia – Okanagan, -Liane Chen, Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Botany and Zoology -Ashley Welsh, Faculty Liaison, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, -Will Engle, Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, -Erin Fields, Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Digital Programs & Services, -Sylvia Heredia (Communications Coordinator, Dept. of Zoology -Erica Jeffery, Science Education Specialist, -Christine Goedhart, Science Educational Specialist
Faculty	Science
Funding Year	2025
Project Summary	BIOL 200 (Introduction to Cell Biology) is a high-enrolment, multi-section 2nd year fundamental biology course that is required for many students in the Life Sciences stream (e.g. Neuroscience, CAPs, Microbiology & Immunology, Biochemistry, etc.). This project has two major goals: first, we aim to update/align our existing BIOL200 course materials with thosefrom an available OER textbook, Fundamentals of Cell Biology (which is available at https://open.oregonstate.education/cellbiology/). Doing so would allow us to replace the current reference textbook and current Canvas-embedded notes, and help to avoid increasing textbook costs. This OER textbook is written by previous instructors of BIOL200 at UBC-V, and thus the OER textbook aligns well with our course objectives. The second goal is to make new materials that can be integrated into this OER textbook. In collaboration with the OER textbook’s authors, we plan to make new interactive H5P videos and images for the OER textbook, and a new problem bank resource for instructors.
Grant type	OER Affordability Grant
Funded Amount	$22,375