The Science Photo Library is a for-profit organization that sells images. This particular site contains the photography from Dennis Kunkel, a microscopist, known for unique photography taken with light and electron microscopes.
There are 5,000 light microscopy and electron microscopy images of Algae, Arachnids, Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi, Insects, Invertebrates, Medical, Plants, Protozoa, Vertebrates, and Viruses. Every image is available for sale and a license fee is required for use.
Type of Material:
Reference Material, Images
Recommended Uses:
This material is not recommended for use. It is copyrighted and a license fee is required for use.
Technical Requirements:
Java website
Tested on Safari, Opera, and Chrome on OSX
Identify Major Learning Goals:
There are no learning goals with this material. They are high quality images being sold by a for-profit company. Each image contains a title describing the item in the picture, but no further information is provided beyond that.
Target Student Population:
Not for students; this is potentially for faculty writing for-profit books or resources.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The images are very high quality
Concerns:
All the images are copyrighted and require a license fee to use or can be purchased
The images can only be seen in a small frame, larger frames (or the videos) prominently display a watermark across the entire image
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
These materials could provide very high quality materials for students
They are electron microscopy images. Unless students are working with an EM, they are not super useful for everyday use.
They would be useful for artwork around a laboratory.
Concerns:
The copyright makes this resource ineffective for most educational settings
images that show the same concepts but have a much more user-friendly licensing can be found.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Clear images
Great color
Interesting images
Concerns:
This is not OER. It is copyrighted, for sale materials that can not be used unless purchased or a user license fee is paid
Other Issues and Comments:
Neither free nor open.
Creative Commons:
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