Additional Offerings
Beyond what’s already hosted inside the Lumen platform, many OER collections contain useful material for Biology courses. If you have suggestions to add here, please share on the Lumen Community Slack Channel.
| Name | Source | Notes | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Biology | OLI | A biology for non-majors course. You have to log-in to view this course, but getting an account is free. | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Modern Biology | OLI | A biology for majors course. You have to log-in to view this course, but getting an account is free. | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Elsevier’s Open Journal Archive | Elsevier | Various journals have at least some content that is CC-licensed. See individual journal pages for more details. | |
| Medicines by Design | NIH | “Discusses the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future.” | PD |
| CourseSource | Course Source | Modular learning materials with assessment strategies aligned with SLOs. | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Cell Images | Cell Image Library | Check this page for licensing; it varies across the site. | |
| Create Anatomical Models | Life Science DB | This page allows you to create specific models based on the course’s needs. The site isn’t incredibly intuitive, but there are a lot of youtube instruction videos (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJLH1PqH_hg). | CC BY-SA |
| RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) | Rio Journal | An open journal. “Our scope encompasses all areas of academic research, including science, technology, humanities, and the social sciences.” | CC BY |
| Paleos | Paleos | This site covers cosmic evolution and life (as well as geologic time) | CC BY |
