Team-Teaching Art Appreciation Online Withouta Traditional Textbook

ABSTRACT

At Florida Gulf Coast University, Art Appreciation is a high-enrollment, general education course taught through Canvas, the learning management system. Instead of a traditional print textbook, the course is taught with a text developed by the Art faculty using open-access resources, self-generated images and media, and library resources. This article explores national trends in online course design, as impacted by evolving fair-use standards and increased availability of open-access resources, and provides a case study of the course. It also includes recommendations for librarians, professors, and course designers using open-access resources and subscription-based resources.

KEYWORDS:

• art librarians
• canvas
• course designers
• embedded librarian service
• librarian and faculty collaboration
• librarians teaching courses
• open-access resources
• open educational resources
• textbooks
• visual resources
• YouTube