The Intermediate Nutrition Textbook is targeted toward intermediate-level, nutrition course and contains links to articles, videos, and animations in Web Link boxes. These can be clicked to open the link, and urls for these resources are also provided at the end of the section or subsection. The textbook is CC BY NC SA.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Creative Commons License BY NC SA
Recommended Uses:
Course textbook
Nutrition reference
Homework readings
Individual readings
Self paced learning
Student use
Teacher use
Technical Requirements:
Internet access; used Chrome web browser and had no problems
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After active engagement with this Intermediate Nutrition Textbook, the learner will
1. Describe nutrition science, digestion, and metabolism topics.
2. Describe common digestive problems.
Target Student Population:
College Upper Division
Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Introductory nutrition is helpful but not absolutly required
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Nutrition content is valid with scholarly source citations and references.
This open textbook is brilliant. It provides a thorough and engaging overview of nutrition, metabolism, and digestion, and even includes information about scientific inquiry in nutrition.
The nutrition content is complete and appropriate
Has knowledge queries in the chapters so learners can check their understanding of the content.
The open Nutrition textbook is appropriate and well written.
Students can use it to reinforce concepts, and faculty can use it or parts of it for additional resources in courses. It is also amazing that it is open to all.
Concerns:
The common digestive disease problems are light on content. While Wikipedia is an incredible resource, it is slightly concerning that it is a primary reference throughout. College students need to learn how to access and use published peer-reviewed resources, and it may be good to include more evidence-based references to model this for students.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The text is interesting to the eyes. It includes Figures, images, links, resources, text and knowledge queries.
The text increases the potential for student learning by increasing the level of engagement. The knowledge queries are fabulous ways for learners to check their understanding. Bravo!
The open book contains great graphics to help the learner conceptualize the information. For example, the metabolic pathway figures are excellent.
Concerns:
The use of learning objectives at the start of each chapter would improve the communication of the teaching/learning goals.
Some of the resources within the open text were not found. For example, in the alcohol metabolism section, just before the query, the text refers to an animation. This animation was not located.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The textbook is easy to navigate and repeats a logical pattern.
The software is robust and the site is in working order.
The textbook is so interesting and easy to use that is is fun to explore!
Includes readability and citation features!! Great.
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