Wednesday, April 10, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am Register for Art and Art History Collaboration Updates As Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Grant funding continues to roll out, the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) has been facilitating the meetings of Collaboration Cohorts, designed to help colleges connect and avoid duplication of effort. Learn what’s …

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Monday, April 8, 2024 from 2:30 pm – 1:30 pm Register for Anthropology and ZTC Conversation The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative have created a ZTC Collaboration Cohort to ensure awareness of available OER, determine whether or not proposed ZTC work is duplicative, and consider collaboration. Although not part …

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Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Register for Student Participation in Local ZTC Efforts It’s important that we don’t forget to include the student voice in our ZTC efforts. In this panel discussion, students who are involved in their college’s ZTC efforts will share the work they do and provide suggestions …

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Register for Hospitality Management and OER While hospitality management programs across the California Community Colleges vary widely, the existence of C-ID descriptors for hospitality management associate degrees for transfer (ADT) provides a mechanism for identifying comparable courses across the colleges – and assists in the …

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Register for Tracking OER and ZTC Projects How is your college tracking OER and ZTC projects? Are you using a tracking tool, spreadsheet, or other way of documenting the work? In this conversation, please bring your questions or suggestions about how to organize and track …

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Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Register for Rock and Mineral Collections for ZTC Geology Lab Courses Physical geology lab courses generally include robust rock and mineral identification components, requiring an alignment between the content of the lab manual and the resources the college has available to teach the lab. How …

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Monday, March 11, 2024 from 8:00 am – 9:00 am Register for Communication Studies Projects and Cohort Work Join communication studies faculty to review available OER, find out about in-progress or recently completed OER projects, and identify gaps in the available OER. Let’s also explore common needs that may be best addressed through cross-district collaboration. …

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See dates and times below Drop in to chat about the OERI IDEA Framework. This space is for anyone using the framework to assess existing OER materials, to create new OER, or to discuss all things IDEA. Join your IDEA colleagues to ask questions, get feedback, or brainstorm. Register for Thursday, December 14, 3:00 pm …

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