PSY 110 Introductory Psychology

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Book PowerPoint Slides? Test Bank? Instructor Manual? Notes Used by CA CC?

OpenStax (click here Links to an external site.)

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OpenStax is maintained (and supported) by Rice University.  Students have the option of accessing free digital versions or purchasing a print version. OEI has imported the OpenStax text into Canvas. This can be downloaded from Commons. Preview the OEI's OpenStax Psychology resource.

Additionally, lumen learning (click here Links to an external site.) offers an enhanced version of the digital text with embedded multiple choices.

YES

21 out of 26 (81%) OER users reported using this resource 

Discover Psychology 2.0 - A Brief Introductory Text (NOBA)

(click here Links to an external site. or here Links to an external site.)

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Yes Yes* Yes

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.  Students have the option of accessing free digital versions or purchasing a print version. 

YES

2 out of 26 (8%) OER users reported using this resource

Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition (click here Links to an external site.)

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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 versions or purchasing a print version (although the shipping costs can be high) .

No OER users reported using this resource

Psychology: An Introduction 

(click here Links to an external site.)

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The book is an online textbook that was originally written in 2007 and then updated in 2017-2018.  

It does not appear to have been peer reviewed.

No OER users reported using this resource

Psychology: A Friendly Approach

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Friendly Approach

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T.L. Brink is a social scientist and author of fifteen books, two dozen encyclopedia articles, and hundreds of journal articles, reviews and conference presentations.  He has posted a few textbooks with resources that include PowerPoints, games, videos, and quizzes.  One thing to note is that all of the resources are easily available to students.

YES

2 out of 26 (8%) OER users reported using this resource

 

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** There are a variety of resources (including PowerPoints) to accompany the textbook here  Links to an external site.

Use of OER for this course was robust, with OpenStax being the clear favorite. Additional information is needed to determine the reasons for the robust adoption of this resource.

OpenStax (used by 21/26 OER users, over 80%)

Noba (used by 2)