Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you now have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian's 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and National Zoo.
Type of Material:
Learning Object Repository
Recommended Uses:
Lecture
Projects
Team activities
Individual activities
In class activities
Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Chrome Web Browser used
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The purpose of the website is to provide free and open images and resources to use.
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division
College Upper Division
Graduate School
Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
The prerequisites vary tremendously from none to knowing how to remix digital resources and embed images into software.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The resource is a large collection of free and open digital items for use in projects, assignments, lessons, and more.
The Smithsonian Learning Lab allows the user to create lessons.
The license for use of each items is included, so the user knows the creative commons license use.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The resource enhances student learning with the use of images and digital art.
The resource helps students make projects as well as teachers make lessons with the digital items.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The website is well organized and consistent.
The website is easy to navigate.
The website software is in good working order.
Creative Commons:
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