LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Arts and Education

Arts and Education OERs

Where to start tips...

Remember to keep a note of all your searches because OERs can be from multiple places
Begin your search with this OER website:

MERLOT

3. Did you find a suitable resource? (If not, search the OER sites below or look for DRM-Free resources via the A-Z Databases)

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4. If found, evaluate the source

5. Check license restrictions and apply where necessary

6. Adapt and don't forget to attribute the author (if applicable)

Other Recommended Platforms

Future Learn - Performing Arts
Find specific courses on screenwriting, theater performance and film studies.
Lumen Learning - Art History
Online open textbook covering prehistoric to 20th-century art across the world.
MIT Open Courseware - Music, and Theater Arts
MIT Open Courseware offers an extensive series of online courses, such as play writing and philosophy in film. Course format generally includes lecture videos, interactive concept quizzes (solution key), problem sets, terms and definitions, suggested topics and links, and exams (with solution key).
Project Gutenberg
Offers over 53,000 free eBooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. This page lists highlights selected art books and books about artists, including practical methods and specialties, as well as general works on art and art history, plus visitor guides to art expos, galleries, and museums.
Scootle
Portal to the National Digital Learning Resources Network that contains over 20,000 digital resources that are free for use in all Australian schools. The resources are made available to teachers through State and Territory portals or Scootle. Tertiary academics and pre-service teachers can now access resources through the Scootle portal. You must register.
Shakespeare's Hamlet: Text, Performance and Culture
Experts from the Shakespeare Institute guide an exploration of the most famous play ever staged.
JSTOR Open Access Books and Journals
Direct link to teaching and education material in JSTOR.
Teaching Commons
Find OER "from leading colleges and universities" in disciplines including Education from UMass Amherst. The Teaching Commons brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.
Writing Commons
A free, comprehensive, peer-reviewed, award-winning Open Text for students and faculty in college-level courses that require writing and research.

Communication and Creative Arts

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Education

Suggested textbooks:

Early Childhood Education

"ABC Count Us In" by Carol McLean-Carr, Australian Broadcasting Corporation is in the Public Domain, CC0. (Merlot)
"Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin, College at Brockport is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Open textbook Library / 2016 / Peer reviewed)

Education

Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom" by Martine Courant Rife Shaun Slattery and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Open Textbook Library / 2011 / Peer reviewed)
"Flipped Through Design Subtitle: “Flipping the Classroom” Through Instructional Design " by Jacob Bane is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Press Books).
"Instruction in Functional Assessment" by Marcie Desrochers and Moira Fallon is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Open Textbook Library / 2014 / Peer reviewed).
Learning at not-school: A review of study, theory and advocacy for education in nonformal settings by Julian Sefton-Green. Copyright MIT Press 2012.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9351.001.0001
"Learning Environments Design Reading Series " by Evrim Baran is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Press Books)
"Teaching in a Digital Age Subtitle: Guidelines for designing teaching and learning" by A.W. (Tony) Bates is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. (BC Campus).
"The Changing Story: digital stories that participate in transforming teaching & learning" by Linda Buturian, University of Minnesota is licensed under CC BY 4.0. (2016 / Peer reviewed / Open Textbook Library).
Introduction to Curriculum by College of the Canyons, Jennifer Paris, Kristin Beeve, and Clint Springer, and is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 international license
MIT Press Education Collection

Education: TESOL and LOTE

"Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners" by Della Jean Abrahams, Portland State University Library is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (Peer reviewed / Open Textbook Library / 2017)
"WAC and Second-Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices" by Terry Myers Zawacki, George Mason University is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (2014 / Open Textbook Library / Peer Reviewed)
"Chinese Rhetoric and Writing: An Introduction for Language Teachers" by Andy Kirkpatrick, Griffith University and Zhichang Xu, Monash University is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Open Textbook Library / Peer reviewed / 2012 / Australian)

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Arts and Education OERs

Where to start tips...

Other Recommended Platforms

Communication and Creative Arts

Suggested textbooks:

Design

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Literature and Writing

Performance: Dance and Drama

Professional Communication

Screen

Visual Art and Photography

Education

Suggested textbooks:

Early Childhood Education

Education

Education: TESOL and LOTE