CBE—Life Sciences EducationVol. 18, No. 3 ArticleFree AccessImplementation of Open Textbooks in Community and Technical College Biology Courses: The Good, the Bad, and the DataKristyn E. Vander Waal Mills, Mark Gucinski, and Kimberly Vander WaalKristyn E. Vander Waal Mills*Address correspondence to: Kristyn VanderWaal Mills (E-mail Address: [email protected]).Department of Biology, Saint Paul College, St. Paul, MN 55102Search for more papers by this author, Mark GucinskiDepartment of Biology, Saint Cloud Technical and Community College, St. Cloud, MN 56303Search for more papers by this author, and Kimberly Vander WaalDepartment of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108Search for more papers by this authorJeff Schinske, Monitoring EditorPublished Online:30 Aug 2019https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-01-0022AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextSupplemental MaterialView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleSupplemental Materialcombinedsupmats.pdf (447 KB)FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byBroadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belongingMiranda M. Chen Musgrove, Melissa E. Ko, Jeffrey N. Schinske, and Lisa A. CorwinBrian Sato, Monitoring Editor12 January 2024 | CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 23, No. 1Student perceptions of open educational resource textbooks and their impact on perceptions of the instructor, learning, and out-of-classroom communication27 October 2023 | Journal of Education for Business, Vol. 99, No. 2Supporting Instruction in Cell Biology Using No-Cost Open Educational ResourcesThe American Biology Teacher, Vol. 85, No. 9Engaging with CC Bio INSITES: Experiences of Barriers, Supports, and Belonging in Community College Faculty Participating in Biology Education ResearchMiranda M. Chen Musgrove, Savannah Nied, Alyssa Cooley, Jeffrey N. Schinske, and Lisa A. CorwinTessa C. Andrews, Monitoring Editor17 May 2022 | CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 21, No. 2Preparing for Class: Actions and Resources of Introductory Biology StudentsJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol. 22, No. 3Data‐rich textbook figures promote core competencies: Comparison of two textbooks9 January 2021 | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Vol. 49, No. 3 Vol. 18, No. 3 September 01, 2019 Supplemental MaterialsMetrics Downloads & Citations Downloads: 921Citations: 6 History Submitted: 25 January 2019 Revised: 25 June 2019 Accepted: 27 June 2019 Information© 2019 K. E. VanderWaal Mills et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2019 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).This work was funded in part through an Open Education Resource Grant through MinnState.PDF download