Find your fit – Open Educational Resources (OER) Activity

A response to the Find Your Fit Activity
created by Charlotte de Araujo (@cdearauj)

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I used general repositories to search for potential OER.  After reviewing the various resources, I selected the following OERs to support my learners’ understanding related to introductory concepts in genomics.  I liked that the resources complemented the lecture and textbook readings. In particular I found Merlot and MIT Open Courseware relevant for my courses.  I would include them to provide a different way to present the content:

Merlot:

https://www.whfreeman.com/BrainHoney/Resource/6716/SitebuilderUploads/Hillis2e/Student%20Resources/Animated%20Tutorials/pol2e_at_1201_Sequencing_the_Genome/pol2e_at_1201_Sequencing_the_Genome.html

This video could be used to supplement content related to genome sequencing for a genomics course or an introductory to biology course.

MIT Open Courseware 

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-342-personal-genomics-and-medicine-whats-in-your-genome-spring-2014/assignments/

This assignment could be used as a template for a genomics course or alternatively an introductory to biology course.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-03-genetics-fall-2004/lecture-notes/

In particular, lecture 19, has some images explaining introductory genomics concepts, which I would like to reference for future course offerings.