It's About Time: Open Educational Resources and the Arts

Authors

Ian McDermott, CUNY La Guardia Community CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Abstract

The price of textbooks and other learning materials hinder students’ ability to pursue higher education. Open educational resources (OER) provide one answer to this problem. Though well established in STEM disciplines, OER are less common in art history and other arts courses. The College Art Association (CAA) and the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) hosted panels on OER at their 2019 annual conferences. This article summarizes those panels and analyzes the speakers’ experiences within the context of OER initiatives in higher education.

Comments

This article was originally published in Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, vol. 39 (spring 2020) at doi:10.1086/709796