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The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.

This open textbook is being utilized in an art education course for undergraduate or graduate students by Dr. Sangmin Lee at California State Univeristy, Chico. The open textbook provides opportunities to learn how to integrate culturally responsiveness through their readings, art lesson designs, and workshops. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was support pre-service art educators to have equitable access for promoting their culturally responsive mindset without financial barriers. Most student access the open textbook in Zero-Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) which are freely accessible through Meriam Library and Canvas.