{"id":57,"date":"2017-06-20T19:54:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-rockland-coursesupport\/chapter\/biology\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T18:42:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:42:55","slug":"biology","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-rockland-coursesupport\/chapter\/biology\/","title":{"raw":"Biology","rendered":"Biology"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\nThank you for joining in the effort to use, expand, and share OER Biology\u00a0materials! We hope the following resources and ideas will help you in your own efforts to adopt or adapt OER for your courses.\n<h2><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2100\/2017\/06\/20195412\/5678872701_d4a6401a05_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three small seated figurines posed as if in conversation. Two sit on a sugar cube on the left, one on a sugar cube on the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Let's Talk!<\/h2>\nWe invite you to share in the collaboration and wisdom-sharing of the OER community.\u00a0Slack is a free, easy-to-use tool for communication and collaboration. It offers channels for group conversations on specific topics, including\u00a0<strong>Science-Natural <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Biological-Sciences<\/strong>.\n\nYou can also send direct messages to individuals or groups. Use it from any computer or mobile device.\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/info.lumenlearning.com\/join-slack\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to request to join the Lumen community Slack<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n<hr \/><h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Lumen Courses<\/h3>\nLumen offers several template courses that can serve as starting points for your own development. You can mix, match, and adapt anything from the courses below quite easily.\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h4>Biology Courses<\/h4>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/bio1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology I (WM Collection)<\/a>: This course covers the first half of Introductory Biology, including cell biology, inheritance, and evolution. It\u00a0is available both as a Candela course or a Waymaker course.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biology1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology I<\/a>: This course covers the first half of Introductory Biology, including cell biology, inheritance, and evolution. It\u00a0was developed by faculty at VCCS\u00a0and\u00a0includes\u00a0quizzes,\u00a0discussions, assignments, exams, labs, and powerpoint lectures.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biology2xmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology II<\/a>: This course covers the second half of Introductory Biology, including different types of organisms,\u00a0body systems, and ecology.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h4>Biology Labs<\/h4>\n<ul><li>Biology I Labs are currently under development.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/bio2labs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology II Labs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<h2>ATD\u00a0Information<\/h2>\nThis section provides support for faculty and course developers involved with the <a href=\"http:\/\/achievingthedream.org\/resources\/initiatives\/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative\" target=\"_blank\">Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative<\/a>.\n\nCurrently 17\u00a0institutions have included biology\u00a0courses in their course plans.\n<h3>Collaboration Meetings<\/h3>\nLumen is hosting Collaboration meetings to help bring faculty together as they work on developing their courses. The next meeting for Biological Sciences\u00a0will be on Tuesday, January 31\u00a0at 8:30\u00a0a.m. (PT)\/11:30 a.m. (ET). Meetings are hosted in Uber Conference. The meeting can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uberconference.com\/vallerie\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.uberconference.com\/vallerie<\/a>, or you can call in at\u00a01-503-994-6403. No PIN is needed to join the call.","rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you for joining in the effort to use, expand, and share OER Biology\u00a0materials! We hope the following resources and ideas will help you in your own efforts to adopt or adapt OER for your courses.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-30\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2100\/2017\/06\/20195412\/5678872701_d4a6401a05_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three small seated figurines posed as if in conversation. Two sit on a sugar cube on the left, one on a sugar cube on the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Let&#8217;s Talk!<\/h2>\n<p>We invite you to share in the collaboration and wisdom-sharing of the OER community.\u00a0Slack is a free, easy-to-use tool for communication and collaboration. It offers channels for group conversations on specific topics, including\u00a0<strong>Science-Natural <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Biological-Sciences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also send direct messages to individuals or groups. Use it from any computer or mobile device.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/info.lumenlearning.com\/join-slack\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to request to join the Lumen community Slack<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Lumen Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Lumen offers several template courses that can serve as starting points for your own development. You can mix, match, and adapt anything from the courses below quite easily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h4>Biology Courses<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/bio1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology I (WM Collection)<\/a>: This course covers the first half of Introductory Biology, including cell biology, inheritance, and evolution. It\u00a0is available both as a Candela course or a Waymaker course.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biology1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology I<\/a>: This course covers the first half of Introductory Biology, including cell biology, inheritance, and evolution. It\u00a0was developed by faculty at VCCS\u00a0and\u00a0includes\u00a0quizzes,\u00a0discussions, assignments, exams, labs, and powerpoint lectures.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biology2xmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology II<\/a>: This course covers the second half of Introductory Biology, including different types of organisms,\u00a0body systems, and ecology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Biology Labs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Biology I Labs are currently under development.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/bio2labs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biology II Labs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ATD\u00a0Information<\/h2>\n<p>This section provides support for faculty and course developers involved with the <a href=\"http:\/\/achievingthedream.org\/resources\/initiatives\/open-educational-resources-oer-degree-initiative\" target=\"_blank\">Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently 17\u00a0institutions have included biology\u00a0courses in their course plans.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration Meetings<\/h3>\n<p>Lumen is hosting Collaboration meetings to help bring faculty together as they work on developing their courses. 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