%0 Conference Paper %A Harris, Beth %A Zucker, Steven %C Barcelona %D 2010 %G en %K textbooks %K teaching methods %K sustainability %K Smarthistory %K Open Educational Resources %K learning %K Khan Foundation %K instruction %K humanities %K conversation %K art history %K art %T Conversation is the key : A short history of smarthistory.org %U http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/bitstream/10609/5081/6/Zucker_editat.pdf %X Smarthistory.org is a proven, sustainable model for open educational resources in the Humanities. We discuss lessons learned during its agile development. Smarthistory.org is a free, creative-commons licensed, multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement or substitute for the traditional art history textbook. It uses conversation instead of the impersonal voice of the typical textbook in-order to reveal disagreement, emotion, and the experience of looking. The listener remains engaged with both the content and the interaction of the speakers. These conversations model close looking and a willingness to encounter and engage the unfamiliar. Smarthistory takes the inherent dialogic and multimedia nature of the web and uses it as a pedagogical method. This extendable Humanities framework uses an open-source content management system making Smarthistory inexpensive to create, and easy to manage and update. Its chronological timeline/chapter-based format integrates new contributions into a single historical framework, a structure applicable across the Humanities. %8 09/2010 %> https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/Zucker_editat.pdf