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The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.

This open textbook is being utilized in numerous sections of a General Education course for undergraduate students by various faculty members at Cal State LA. The open textbook provides a solid overview of fundamental nutrition concepts, in addition to engaging stories about historical and cultural events that shaped nutrition understanding. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to provide a no-cost comprehensive resource for first-generation college students. The textbook is augmented with information from recent news articles, websites and videos as some information about dietary guidelines is obsolete or links no longer work. Most students access the open textbook online through a link in their course resources published on Canvas.