VIVA Open Course Planning Template

The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) Open Course Grants are awarded to educational professionals in the state of Virginia who wish to adopt, adapt, or create open or no-cost course materials that will greatly reduce the cost of those materials for students in courses in any discipline. Grantees are invited to remix this course planning template to design and share their OER project plans, course information and syllabus, and reflection.

Material Type: Syllabus

Authors: Megan Simmons, Sophie Rondeau, Stephanie Westcott, Genya O'Gara

Fish, Fishing, and Conservation

Fish, Fishing, and Conservation is a 389-page, peer-reviewed open textbook intended for undergraduate students who are exploring majors in Fish & Wildlife. It is also relevant to a general audience or for use in courses which explore social and ethical aspects of fish, fishing and conservation. People, places, and approaches to fishing are as varied as the diverse fish fauna that exist on the planet. As conservation planners recognize the value of substantial engagement of stakeholders in decision making and ineffectiveness of rigid top-down management approaches, Fish, Fishing, and Conservation asserts that all peoples must play a role in conservation. Through case studies, engaging narrative and graphics, and exercises, the text explores major motivations for fishing and non-fishing related values, responsible fisheries practices, the rights of all people to decide how to manage and conserve fish, their habitats, and how they are utilized in the context of overfishing as a pressing global problem for which appropriate solutions are not easily found nor implemented. Introductory chapters examine fish, fishing, and why fish matter and examine the role of values in driving conservation initiatives. Fish and their unique sensory capabilities are described along with a review of recent studies to examine issues of pain, sentience, and learning in fishes living in a foreign, underwater world. The text incorporates these new findings in conservation and management leading readers to evaluate and adopt suitable approaches to ethical reasoning which consider the welfare needs of wild and cultured fishes. Later chapters focus on the role of gender in fishing, conservation organizations, recreational fishing, and a focus on specific fisheries that reveal the principles of conservation and management as they play out in major controversies. Additionally, the textbook contains audio recordings of professional profiles by Virginia Tech students. These are linked at the beginning of each end-of-chapter Professional Profile. Audio recordings are also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06SnqAigflPXUgGNIHZxAX?si=Sljj3q9NRyOcclbmEE3npA Please let us know if you are reviewing or adopting this book https://bit.ly/fishandconservation_interest Table of Contents 1. Fish, Fishing, and Why They Matter 2. Values Drive Fish Conservation 3. Sensory Capabilities of Fish 4. Ethical Reasoning and Conservation Planning 5. Pain, Sentience, and Animal Welfare 6. Public Aquariums and Their Role in Education, Science, and Conservation 7. Gender and Fishing 8. Angling and Conservation of Living Fishy Dinosaurs 9. Fly Fishing’s Legacy for Conservation 10. Recreational Fishing and Keep Fish Wet 11. Integrating Fishers in the Management of Arapaima 12. Conserving Tunas: The Most Commercially Valuable Fish on Earth 13. Groupers and Spawning Aggregations 14. Menhaden and Forage Fish Management 15. Takeaways for Successful Fish Conservation

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Donald J. Orth

American Government

 American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected Module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of American government and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. American Government includes updated information on the 2016 presidential election.Senior Contributing AuthorsGlen Krutz (Content Lead), University of OklahomaSylvie Waskiewicz, PhD (Lead Editor)

Material Type: Full Course

Anthropology Mini Lectures: A collective resource for online teaching in the time of COVID19

This is a collection of mini lectures created by anthropologists and those in conversation with anthropology as supplimental material to assist college and university instructors who were made to shift their courses online because of COVID19.For more information, see here.To contribute, please create an OER author account and send your name and OER registered email to AnthropologyTeaching@gmail.com.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lecture, Lesson Plan, Reading, Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Zoe Wool

Guide to Byzantine Art

The “Beginner’s guide” introduces foundational concepts, such as the chronology of Byzantine history, sacred imagery, and wearable objects. Subsequent sections are arranged chronologically, covering the Early Byzantine period (c. 330–700), the Iconoclastic Controversy (c. 700s–843), the Middle Byzantine period (843–1204), the Latin Empire (c. 1204–1261), and the Late Byzantine period (c. 1261–1453) and beyond. These sections include thematic essays on Byzantine art and architecture, essays that focus on key works (subtitled artworks in focus or architecture in focus), and essays that explore Byzantium’s relationships with other cultures (subtitled cross-cultural perspectives). Finally, we have included questions for study or discussion to encourage teachers, students, and other readers to engage with videos and other content on the Smarthistory website which could not be included in this book format but which we believe richly compliments what is presented here.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Anne McClanan, Evan Freeman

Smarthistory: Prehistoric Art

Mankind has been making art for at least 100,000 years. From painted rock to carved bone, tiny sculptures to monumental stele, prehistoric art gives clues to human creativity.

Material Type: Reading

Gothic Art

The Gothic style brought both divine light and soaring height to medieval churches.

Material Type: Lesson

The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Known for its durability, a fresco painting is created in "sections" on freshly laid wet plaster, allowing the painter to comprehensively portray the subject and execute designs with ease. As both the paint and plaster dry, they become completely fused. Highly popular during the late-thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries, fresco painting was almost a lost art by the time this book was first published in 1846. This volume, by a recognized authority in the field, was highly influential in reintroducing fresco painting to public attention. In addition to translating descriptions of painting methods used by such masters as Alberti, Cennini, Vasari, Borghini, Pozzo, and Pacheco, the author also interprets passages from rare manuscripts on the causes of fresco destruction and how to retouch, repair, and clean these works of art. Curators and art historians will find this classic reference work of immense importance and interest.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Mary Merrifield

Byzantine Art: Justinian and His Attendants

This art history video discussion examines "Justinian and His Attendants," 6th century, San Vitale, Ravenna.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture

Authors: Beth Harris, Steven Zucker

Colosseum

This art history video discussion looks at the Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium), c. 70-80 C.E., Rome.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture

Authors: Beth Harris, Julia Avra Ugoretz, Steven Zucker, Valentina Follo

Edo: Art in Japan, 1615-1868

This program surveys two centuries of art and culture in the city now known as Tokyo. Ceramics, screens, textiles, prints, paintings, and armor are among the materials discussed.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Textbook

The Elements of Art

The goal of this unit is to introduce students to the basic elements of art (color, line, shape, form, and texture) and to show students how artists use these elements in different ways in their work. In the unit, students will answer questions as they look carefully at paintings and sculpture to identify the elements and analyze how they are used by different artists.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Unit of Study

Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Egyptian art.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Etruscan art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Greek Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Ancient Greek art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Ancient Roman art

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for the Ancient Roman art.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker

Guide to Italian art in the 1300s

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Italian art in the 1300s. Table of Contents Part I. A Beginner's Guide Part II. Florence Part III. Siena Part IV. Pisa, Pistoia, Rome

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steve Zucker

Guide to Italian art in the 1300s

This book contains all of Smarthistory’s content for Italian art in the 1300s.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Authors: Beth Harris, Ruth Ezra, Steven Zucker