{"id":4,"date":"2025-08-07T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/?p=4"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:24:48","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Educate. Analyze. Curate.<\/h1>\r\n<em>T<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 14pt\">eaching and Learning with Objects <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">is an open educational resource (OER) that includes the documentation and lesson plans for working with objects in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandart.org\/learn-with-us\/education-art-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Art Collection<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandart.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThese materials on digitization, research, and teaching with the objects from EAC are made possible through the collaboration between the <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.csuohio.edu\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Department<\/a> at Cleveland State University and the Education Art Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This OER is intended to bring the EAC into the 21st century, creating sustainable and accessible resources for all and supporting educa<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">tors who teach with objects.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_89\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Two student engage with beaded vest from the Education Art Collection\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"wp-image-89 size-large\" style=\"font-size: 18.6667px\" \/> Research Assistant Dawn Culp in HIS 312 Colonial America course at Cleveland State University, October 23, 2025. Credit: Tony Carter, Office of the Dean, CSU College of Arts &amp; Sciences.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>Education Art Collection Mission Statement\r\n\r\nThe Education Art Collection is a resource for all CMA audiences activated by programming designed to spark wonder, foster connection, and ignite curiosity through close encounters with artworks.<\/blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h1>Educate. Analyze. Curate.<\/h1>\n<p><em>T<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 14pt\">eaching and Learning with Objects <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">is an open educational resource (OER) that includes the documentation and lesson plans for working with objects in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandart.org\/learn-with-us\/education-art-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Art Collection<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandart.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These materials on digitization, research, and teaching with the objects from EAC are made possible through the collaboration between the <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandsciences.csuohio.edu\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Department<\/a> at Cleveland State University and the Education Art Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This OER is intended to bring the EAC into the 21st century, creating sustainable and accessible resources for all and supporting educa<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">tors who teach with objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Two student engage with beaded vest from the Education Art Collection\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"wp-image-89 size-large\" style=\"font-size: 18.6667px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-2048x1370.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/08\/1TF1546-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research Assistant Dawn Culp in HIS 312 Colonial America course at Cleveland State University, October 23, 2025. 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