Open access teaching resources

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Despite psychology being one of the most popular undergraduate programs, students often report not knowing how training in psychology relates to careers. With chapters written by experts across Canada, this book explores just some of the many ways that students can apply their training in psychological science across a variety of careers and sectors.  https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/psychologycareers/

Norris, M. E. (Ed.) (2019). The Canadian Handbook for Careers in Psychological Science. Kingston, ON: eCampus Ontario. Licensed under CC BY NC 4.0. ISBN 13: 978-1-55339-625-3; EAN: 9781553396253  

This video provides ways for considering future career and training paths, especially in the context of psychology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRCl_R2T3U

Resources provided in the video (please feel free to "make a copy" and use/edit to suit your needs)

Skills reflection exercise: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NHmhbUZqPhLR0VIUciVBbicTsRliKaOuCo-9pPaqqmg/edit#gid=0

Career exploration exercise: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PEg6ktRzuARiukA-Ax7ON0EKX7iFR8JFkJV0pOLqFfQ/edit#gid=0

Considering graduate/training programs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xl7gZ20UeZYJhkYm4NzYIb1KVIPfdQ8Iq-1BFQVK9RU/edit#gid=0

This video is a conversation with Cathy Keates, Director of Career Services at Queen's University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7IrGI390CY

This is a video with Dr. Steven Smith, discussing careers related to psychology and the law https://stream.queensu.ca/Watch/Norris.Smith.PsycLaw

This is a syllabus with sample assignments for a course on the topic of careers in psychology: https://teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/syllabi/MN19careers.pdf

A document to support students who are working in groups. Please be sure to check out the tabs across the bottom,  and please feel free to "make a copy" and use/edit to suit your needs! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WZ75f49X3lVxbvI0voQ0V-Z_FDHC8m3fwlx712YQiFM/edit#gid=1482806247

A document to help students engage more deeply with course readings, and create great study notes in the process. Note that although created for Introduction to Psychology, these resources can be readily adapted to other courses.

Garner, I., Heggie, L., Lamontagne, S., Norris, M.E., Osborne, R. (2020, August). How to do Your PSYC100 Readings: Scan Text for Active Reading (STAR), Student Academic Success Services. Retrieved from https://sass.queensu.ca/psyc100/

The following is a resource to support students in IntroPSYC in making connections across units in the course. Please be sure to see all tabs at the bottom. This method can be easily adapted to other courses, and is intended as a scaffold to support students in intentionally considering connections among units: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tIzK3NxvaaceqV7OYpq5Dco-AbhFPabDaMxJTcKwgXI/edit#gid=0

This is an open resource where instructors can share about EdTech they find helpful across disciplines. It was created at the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 with generous contributions from instructors worldwide: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bxQ8rdOiC0AwOJZ1VP5t1J5-wg_Pcct27GlY0cYCV3A/edit#gid=2094189094

My very first OER (I have learned a lot since!) A resource to support a lab course in visual merchandising

Norris, M. E. (2013). Visual merchandising handbook: Translating theory to practice. West Lafayette, IN: Scholarly Publishing Services. ISBN 1-62671-007-8  https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/sps_ebooks/4/