Seventeenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

With many educators looking for course materials that are more representative of the diverse student demographics that they teach and that offer a more multicultural perspective to the study of the Arts, this session will introduce educators to open-source materials that can be used to design, create, and augment existing music course materials to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The session will include information on copyright and public domain and will introduce educators to several online open-source sites that serve as repositories for open-source items. The session draws on Creative Commons licensing that allows content creators to designate their original creations as open-source items for shared use. Educators will walk through the design, creation, implementation, and materials adoption process for OER materials and OER textbooks and will conclude with a Q&A session for participants to ask questions about open-source items.