Funding Categories
Category 1: Adopting, or Updating Existing OER/ZTC Material
Faculty members may replace their existing commercial textbooks and digital homeworking systems with openly licensed course materials to bring the overall cost of their course materials down to zero. Faculty who have already adopted OER or have created a ZTC course can elect to make minor changes and updates to make the content current or align their course to the CVC-OEI rubric. This includes adding some information that can either add or address diversity, equity, and inclusion within the course. Faculty are urged to research already-existing options before they consider remixing or creating new materials from scratch.
Adopting – replacing an existing, traditional textbook with an existing OER textbook.
Updating existing OER/ZTC Material – This may include updating assigned readings, PowerPoint Slides, and/or lecture material to include diversity, equity, and inclusivity content. Updating to improve course layout and content based on CVC Peer Online Course Rubric.
Maximum award is $1,000 per faculty per course.
Category 2: Revision or Remix of Existing OER Material and/or Creating New Supplement Material
Revise or remix results in new OER Material. Examples of this would include editing existing chapters, adding new materials from other sources, removing sections, and bringing together several openly licensed sources to create a new work. Creating New Supplemental Materials to augment an adopted OER also results in new OER material. Examples of this would include creating test banks, PowerPoint presentations, videos, images, lectures, lab manuals, and other supplemental materials.
Revise/Remix – This includes the work involved with revising, remixing, or creating new supplemental/ancillary materials that would be suitable for the course under consideration and adopting and using the newly created OER Material(s). The layout of the content should follow best practices as outlined by the CVC Rubric.
Maximum award is $3,000 per faculty per course.
Category 3: Creation and Development of New OER Material(s)/ZTC Materials(s)
Create substantially new OER material where it is demonstrated that quality OER resources are not currently available to meet learning objectives.
Creation and Development – This includes the work involved in writing, developing, creating open textbooks, or creating an entire course content with curated materials that is sustainable and, if applicable, accompanying supplemental materials such as test banks, PowerPoint presentations, videos, images, lectures, lab manuals, and other supplemental materials.
The maximum award is $6,000 per faculty per course.
Requires a peer-reviewer in the subject area; peer-reviewer will be paid a $500 stipend
Category 4: Creation of New OER Material (entire course text and ancillaries)
Create a new OER text that meets the course learning objectives and content as identified in the course outline of record. Category 4 funds require collaboration between faculty at CCC or within the district. Teams will submit a budget with their proposal.
Creation and Development – This includes the work involved in writing, developing, creating an open textbook, and accompanying supplemental materials such as test banks, PowerPoint presentations, videos, images, lectures, lab manuals, and other supplemental materials.
The amount eligible for OER Creation and Development is $10,000-20,000 depending on the scope of the project.
Requires a peer-reviewer in the subject area; peer-reviewer will be paid a $500 stipend
Milestones, Expectations and Payment
Milestones
Milestones for Category 1:
Milestone 1 – Attend kick-off meeting and complete the OER and Accessibility Training Course on Canvas (unless already completed)
Milestone 2 – Submit a tentative course map to the ZTC Degree Program Workgroup to review licensing and accessibility.
Milestone 3 – Create an instructor-facing Canvas Course with curated resources and publish it to the Canvas Commons.
Milestones for Categories 2-4:
Milestone 1 – Attend kick-off meeting and complete OER Training Course and Accessibility Training on Canvas (unless already completed).
Milestone 2 – Create original materials and license with an open, creative commons license. Submit to peer reviewers.
Milestone 3 – Incorporate reviewer feedback and submit to ZTC Degree Program Workgroup for an accessibility and licensing review.
Applicable projects will be submitted to POCR reviewers by the ZTC workgroup.
Expectations and Payment
The conditions of funding are:
Deliverables should be submitted to the ZTC Workgroup by the end of the Spring 2024 semester. Summer extensions can be requested for categories 2-4.
Course materials must be used for a minimum of two semesters and the course should be marked ZTC (or LTC) in the course schedule.
All content created will be housed in Canvas Shells or another open repository (e.g. LibreText, OER Commons) and shared with the district. The ZTC Workgroup can help faculty choose the best repository for their work.
New works must be shared with an open, Creative Commons license.
Payment for work is based on the successful completion of the Milestones.
Completion of Milestone 1: stipends will be issued upon completion of both courses (unless already completed). $300 for OER Training, $200 for Accessibility Training
Completion of Milestones 2-3: stipends will be issued upon successful completion of the project, determined by the ZTC Program Workgroup. Amount varies, see categories.