Nutrition - TCC OER Subject Guide: OER starting points
This guide compiles starting points for OER and freely available resources for interdisciplinary Nutrition courses and topics. This OER subject guide was created for TCC faculty and staff and reflects TCC courses and curriculum. The purpose of this guide is to help faculty and staff more easily find and review OER in their areas so that they can make decisions about quality, accuracy, relevancy, and potential use.
OER starting points for Nutrition, by course area/topic and material type
Human nutrition
Canvas course shells:
- NUTR& 101 Human Nutrition (WACTC OER course)To view: First, log into your TCC Canvas faculty account, then click on the Canvas Commons link/icon in the global navigation menu, and then finally click this link to view this Canvas course content. OER Canvas course shared by Bates Technical College instructor, 2020. Includes modules, assignments, and discussions. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license.
Textbooks, courses, and readers:
- Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application (OER textbook)Alice Callahan, et al., Open Oregon, Version 2.0, 2023. Designed for an introductory nutrition course and "topics covered include basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, body weight and health, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals." Organized into 11 units + glossary. Online (Pressbooks), PDF, and EPUB formats. CC BY NC (Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial) license. Eligible for Print on Demand.
- Human Nutrition (OER textbook)Developed by faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program, 2020 ed. "This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and [...] covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan. Organized into 18 chapters. Online, digital PDF, print PDF, and editable OpenDocument formats. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license. Eligible for Print on Demand.
- Principles of Nutrition (OER textbook)Georgia Highlands College faculty, 2nd ed., 2018. Organized into 20 chapters. Editable Word version, and PDF versions for full text and individual chapters available. CC BY SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - ShareAlike) license. Eligible for Print on Demand.
- Human Nutrition Flexbook (Kansas State Univ.)Openly licensed textbook by Kansas State University instructors, most recently updates in 2019. Organized into 13 chapters in Google Drive folders. Used at Clatsop Community College and Tillamook Bay Community College in Oregon. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license.
- Intermediate Nutrition (OER textbook)Brian Lindshield, Kansas State University, 2021. "This text is used for FNDH 400 at Kansas Statue University, which is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, nutrition course." Organized into 13 chapters. Online, PDF, print book files, and LMS course formats. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license. Eligible for Print on Demand.
Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):
- Food and Nutrition - USDAFood and nutrition topics on the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture site. Pages on Dietary Health, Food Security, Food Loss and Waste, and more. Public domain unless otherwise marked.
- FoodData Central - USDA"USDA’s comprehensive source of food composition data with multiple distinct data types." Public domain.
- Food & Nutrition Research (open journal)Open access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Swedish Nutrition Foundation. "The purpose of Food & Nutrition Research is to publish original research studies directly relevant to human nutrition. Food & Nutrition Research encompasses the full spectrum of nutritional science, including public health nutrition, nutritional epidemiology and clinical nutrition." PDF, HTML, EPUB, and XML formats. All articles under a CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.
- Food and Nutrition Policy (OER ancillary materials)Developed by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2006. "The purpose of this course is to familiarize and engage the student in the steps and dynamics of policy making processes that address nutrition problems and issues." Most useful parts of the course may be the Lecture Materials and Readings. Archived version of course; ancillary materials may still be useful for course development purposes. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license.
Food and sustainability
Textbooks, courses, and readers:
- Food and the Future Environment (OER course)Developed by Penn State instructors, this course "is an introductory-level science course that emphasizes the challenges facing food systems in the 21st century, and issues of sustainability for agriculture and other food production activities, as well as the challenges posed by food insecurity and modern diets to human health and well-being." Although this OER course was designed for a graduate level program, there might be some sections, case studies, and/or examples useful for this level. Online with print option available for each page. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license. Eligible for Print on Demand if materials are compiled into a print-ready format.
Nutrition in health care
To browse additional OER and library resources on nutrition in health care, please explore the Nursing OER subject guide, linked below and then click on the "Nutrition in health care" sub-tab:
Nutrition, wellness, and fitness
To browse additional OER and library resources on nutrition, wellness, and fitness, please explore the Physical Education OER subject guide, linked below and then click on the "Health, wellness, and nutrition" sub-tab:
Culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy
The Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Pedagogy OER Subject Guide, linked below, provides a starting point for OER professional development and curricular materials relating to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion; trauma-informed practices; and culturally responsive, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy and practices. This guide includes concepts and keywords; TCC OEDI resources; introductory and more in-depth professional development resources (toolkits, guides, etc.); curriculum resources (activities, assignments, etc.); OER and EDI rubrics; instructional design; accessibility; as well as EDI-focused OER in different disciplines across the curriculum, including Health and STEM.
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