Please consider submitting a proposal for this CAA 2019 panel, organized by the CAA Education Committee, which has ARLIS NA representation. August 6 is the deadline for submissions.
Using OERs for Teaching and Research
Chair: K Andrea Rusnock - I.U.S.B.
Chair: Rebecca Jeffrey Easby
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Sponsored by CAA’s Education Committee, this session will look at current issues in the development, integration, and ongoing debate on the use of OERs (Open Education Resources)
in the teachingof studio art, design, and art history. As more institutions consider the move toward OERs, Zero (or Reduced) Textbook Cost course policies, and funding initiatives that encourage faculty to develop open access content, instructors must ask
new questions about
how reliance on these materials might affect both their teaching practice and student learning in their classes. We seek presentations that will provide a broad overview of this topic
from diverse
perspectives including administrators, content-providers, librarians, students, and faculty in art and art history who have experience with OERs.
Questions might include: What are the advantages and concerns surrounding the use of OERs? What materials (online textbooks, MOOCs, archival resources) exist and are being used? How
are they accessed or vetted for quality and academic rigour? How should faculty development of OERs be compensated and positioned alongside institutional expectations for scholarly
activity and publication? What evidence exists about their effectiveness, and their promise of greater accessibility to meet students’ needs? How might their use require or suggest changes
in pedagogies of art, art history, and other related subjects? How might changes in net neutrality impact use of OERs in higher education? Our goal for this session is to increase
awareness,
stimulate discussion, and explore the implications of the growing body of OERs available for teaching and research in visual arts education.
Ian McDermott
Instruction Librarian
Library Department
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
718-482-5430