Krista Lambert

Instructional Designer, CTLI

Intro to Psychology Open Textbook

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One of the benefits of open licenses is the ability for others to take an OER and adapt it to make it more inclusive. But what does that mean? What is involved in that process? Where do you begin? In this session, we share our reflections on a 10-month collaborative, multi-institutional project to adapt an Introduction to Psychology open textbook through the lenses of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We will share our process, successes, and insights we gained through this project. We will talk about collaboration, roles, how students contributed to the adaptation, and our one-day sprint to get all the content into Pressbooks. 

screenshot of Intro to Psychology open text book

AUTHORING TOOL(S) USED

Pressbooks

WHY WAS THIS PROJECT NEEDED?

To ensure that the content used in Intro to Psych is up to date and relevant for learners today.

HOW DOES THIS DEMONSTRATE INNOVATION?

Collaborative, multi-institutional project, the inclusion of student contributors and the use of a sprint format to complete some of the work.

PROBLEMS OR CHALLENGES FACED?

So many – how do you decide which content to include? Should you start from an existing book or start from scratch? Scope creep!

LESSONS LEARNED

Team building, respect and good foundations for collaboration are so important for a successful project.

PROJECT LINK

Open textbook Introduction to Psychology.

 

About Krista Lambert
Krista joined JIBC in 2009 – starting in Fire, then working on the JI website 2.0, then headed back to Fire and then landed in CTLI where she is now an instructional designer. She graduated in 2015 from the SFU MEd in Ed Tech and Learning Design and her BA is from KPU. Starting in 2018, she was away from the team for 4 years on secondment to BCcampus to work on open education projects.