Open Educational Resources and the Spanish Transfer Model Curriculum

Indicated resources listed below are samples. Find a complete curated collection of OER (including descriptions and other comments) for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and Spanish.  Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Spanish TMC. While all local Associate Degrees for Transfer will consist of some version of the Core Courses, the TMC introduces flexibility with respect to “List A”, as well as the options colleges provide to students who need courses to substitute for units they placed out of. If you are using OER to teach courses in your local Spanish ADT that are not listed at Open Educational Resources and Spanish or on this page,  please let us know what OER you are using.

“Core” Courses

Local departmental placement evaluation determines the course level where individual students begin the core courses. Credit or placement equivalent to two years of college level Spanish are required. If a student places out of any course and is not awarded units for that course, the student will have to take additional units to compensate for the course/units needed to reach at least 18 total units in the major (per Title 5 regulations). Course substitutions are made at the discretion of the local college and may or may not be delineated in the local degree. Suggested substitutions include courses in List A. Additional suggested substitutions have also been provided below.

Elementary Spanish I (C-ID SPAN 100) and Elementary Spanish II (C-ID SPAN 110)

• Yo puedo: segundos pasos (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
• Yo puedo: para empezar (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre I (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Meléndez-Ballesteros) (CC BY)
• Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)
• ¡Cultivemos! 1 and ¡Cultivemos! 2 (CSU Pueblo) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Nuestra comunidad latina (Amores and Rodríguez, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Spanish II (Celis, 2019) (License not specified)
• Spanish 3 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
• Spanish 2 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
• Spanish 1 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
• ¡Chévere! Introductory Spanish I and II (Small, Escudero, Montoya, and Ed Beck., 2021, State University of New York, College at Oneonta) (CC-BY)
• Beginning Spanish, ¡Empecemos por aquí! Ceciliano and Notman, 2022, Portland State University) (CC-BY-NC)
• Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture (Dean, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• ¡Naveguemos juntos! (2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• Libro Libre (Huebener) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Introductory Spanish II (Lumen) (Licenses vary)
• Introductory Spanish I (Lumen) (Licenses vary)
• Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I (Stone et al, 2018) (CC BY 3.0)
• Elementary Spanish I (Serrano, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• ¡Bienvenidos! Spanish Language Textbook (Farmer et al., 2020) (CC BY 4.0)

Intermediate Spanish I (C-ID SPAN 200) or Spanish for Heritage Speakers I (C-ID SPAN 220)

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar high school classes.

  

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  This is a complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. Acceso is made up of eight units, beginning with the United States and then tracing the diachronic route of the Spanish language from Spain through the Americas, ending in the Southern Cone. There is also a Vocabulario section, an online glossary, and additional Gramática section with grammar explanations.

  

• Entrada Libre: Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Manual (Ballesteros et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual as well as the Entrada Libre H5P activities library or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their course management system. Each of the 24 units includes a reading with examples of the grammar points used in context, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities for practice using H5P as a formative assessment. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.

  

• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) (Licenses vary)

  This collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons (.pdf format) is composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.

  

• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)

  The Tarea Libre 2 project is a comprehensive and accessible OER question bank consisting of 800 interactive activities created in LibreTexts ADAPT for intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. This resource includes a variety of formative and summative assessments that address diverse skills. Each module offers multiple levels of engagement, enabling instructors to create tailored homework assignments for varying skill levels. Students can practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills effectively through these activities.

  

• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  El objetivo principal del libro es resumir las reglas básicas de gramática que se aprenden en los primeros años del estudio formal del español, y luego ofrecer un análisis más avanzado de algunas áreas gramaticales en las que los hablantes de español intermedio/avanzado necesitan enfocarse en más detalle.
  El libro está organizado en cuatro secciones: i) Las partes del discurso; ii) La oración simple; iii) El sistema de objetos; y iv) Las oraciones coordinadas y complejas.  En las primeras tres secciones, cada capítulo está organizado en dos partes: Gramática básica y Gramática avanzada del tema indicado.  En la parte de Gramática básica, se presenta la gramática del tema consistente con un currículo de los cursos introductorios e intermedios de español en un contexto académico (i.e. la universidad). En la parte de Gramática avanzada, se presenta una perspectiva más avanzada de la gramática de español, consistente con un curso  de gramática avanzada en un programa académico de lengua. Access the Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español resource site.

  

• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio de los temas presentados. Este libro es una combinación y adaptación, u OER remix, de varios textos abiertos con mis propias aportaciones.

  

• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)

  This OER textbook for heritage language learners of Spanish centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. H5P activities are embedded in the lessons.  It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.

  

• Palabras propias: La historia cultural del mundo hispanohablante a través de textos primarios.

  Authors: Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Oscar Cardoner Sebio y Sean Gullickson.  University of Kansas. (CC BY-NC) It contains 15 modules on topics ranging from Alfonso el Sabio to Diego Maradona. The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

  • A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
  • The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
  • A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.

  

• Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)

  PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
  3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
  Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
  Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
  Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

  

• Problem-Based Units for Advanced Students of Spanish (Thompson) (CC BY-NC)

  A set of four problem-based learning (PBL) units presenting students with compelling, real-world problems to solve collaboratively in small groups.  The purpose of these PBL units is to provide advanced students of Spanish (generally 3rd and 4th-year college students) a series of problems from Spanish culture and society.  Each unit introduces a problem that students must solve collaboratively in small teams according to a process.  The units are: 1. ¿Mezquita o Catedral?, 2. ¿Arte o tortura?, 3. ¿Protección o racismo?, and 4. ¿Independencia o sedición?

  

• Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio – LibreTexts (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  It contains 6 modules each with grammar lessons, explanations, H5P activities, and additional activities in Google docs.

  • Módulo Uno: identidades y relaciones humanas
  • Módulo Dos: Dale sabor a la vida
  • Módulo Tres: Nuestro entorno
  • Módulo Cuatro: Un mundo sin fronteras
  • Módulo Cinco: Vivir a toda prisa
  • Módulo Seis: La salud y el bienestar

  

• Spanish 1050 Intermediate Spanish (Fountain and Deifell) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

  This is an online textbook with 5 units:

  • Unidad 1: La comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos: imágenes y estereotipos
  • Unidad 2: Tradiciones e historias: música, fiestas y leyendas hispanas
  • Unidad 3: El arte y el cine en España y América Latina
  • Unidad 4: España y América Latina en el mundo actual
  • Unidad 5: Selecciones literarias

  

Intermediate Spanish II (C-ID SPAN 210) or Spanish for Heritage Speakers II (C-ID SPAN 230)

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar high school classes.

  

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  This is a complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. Acceso is made up of eight units, beginning with the United States and then tracing the diachronic route of the Spanish language from Spain through the Americas, ending in the Southern Cone. There is also a Vocabulario section, an online glossary, and additional Gramática section with grammar explanations.

  

• Entrada Libre: Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Manual (Ballesteros et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual as well as the Entrada Libre H5P activities library or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their course management system. Each of the 24 units includes a reading with examples of the grammar points used in context, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities for practice using H5P as a formative assessment. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.

  

• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) (Licenses vary)

  This collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons (.pdf format) is composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.

  

• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)

  The Tarea Libre 2 project is a comprehensive and accessible OER question bank consisting of 800 interactive activities created in LibreTexts ADAPT for intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. This resource includes a variety of formative and summative assessments that address diverse skills. Each module offers multiple levels of engagement, enabling instructors to create tailored homework assignments for varying skill levels. Students can practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills effectively through these activities.

  

• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  El objetivo principal del libro es resumir las reglas básicas de gramática que se aprenden en los primeros años del estudio formal del español, y luego ofrecer un análisis más avanzado de algunas áreas gramaticales en las que los hablantes de español intermedio/avanzado necesitan enfocarse en más detalle.
  El libro está organizado en cuatro secciones: i) Las partes del discurso; ii) La oración simple; iii) El sistema de objetos; y iv) Las oraciones coordinadas y complejas.  En las primeras tres secciones, cada capítulo está organizado en dos partes: Gramática básica y Gramática avanzada del tema indicado.  En la parte de Gramática básica, se presenta la gramática del tema consistente con un currículo de los cursos introductorios e intermedios de español en un contexto académico (i.e. la universidad). En la parte de Gramática avanzada, se presenta una perspectiva más avanzada de la gramática de español, consistente con un curso  de gramática avanzada en un programa académico de lengua. Access the Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español resource site.

  

• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio de los temas presentados. Este libro es una combinación y adaptación, u OER remix, de varios textos abiertos con mis propias aportaciones.

  

• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)

  This OER textbook for heritage language learners of Spanish centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. H5P activities are embedded in the lessons.  It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.

  

• Palabras propias: La historia cultural del mundo hispanohablante a través de textos primarios.

  Authors: Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Oscar Cardoner Sebio y Sean Gullickson.  University of Kansas. (CC BY-NC) It contains 15 modules on topics ranging from Alfonso el Sabio to Diego Maradona. The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

  • A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
  • The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
  • A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.

  

• Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)

  PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
  3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
  Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
  Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
  Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

  

• Problem-Based Units for Advanced Students of Spanish (Thompson) (CC BY-NC)

  A set of four problem-based learning (PBL) units presenting students with compelling, real-world problems to solve collaboratively in small groups.  The purpose of these PBL units is to provide advanced students of Spanish (generally 3rd and 4th-year college students) a series of problems from Spanish culture and society.  Each unit introduces a problem that students must solve collaboratively in small teams according to a process.  The units are: 1. ¿Mezquita o Catedral?, 2. ¿Arte o tortura?, 3. ¿Protección o racismo?, and 4. ¿Independencia o sedición?

  

• Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio – LibreTexts (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  It contains 6 modules each with grammar lessons, explanations, H5P activities, and additional activities in Google docs.

  • Módulo Uno: identidades y relaciones humanas
  • Módulo Dos: Dale sabor a la vida
  • Módulo Tres: Nuestro entorno
  • Módulo Cuatro: Un mundo sin fronteras
  • Módulo Cinco: Vivir a toda prisa
  • Módulo Seis: La salud y el bienestar

  

• Spanish 1050 Intermediate Spanish (Fountain and Deifell) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

  This is an online textbook with 5 units:

  • Unidad 1: La comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos: imágenes y estereotipos
  • Unidad 2: Tradiciones e historias: música, fiestas y leyendas hispanas
  • Unidad 3: El arte y el cine en España y América Latina
  • Unidad 4: España y América Latina en el mundo actual
  • Unidad 5: Selecciones literarias

  

Culture

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0) A complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas.  

Grammar Review

• Entrada Libre (Ballesteros, Lee, Crisosto, and Moon, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)  Entrada Libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level.
• Spanish Grammar Manual (Yepes, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA) This is a bilingual grammar manual for advanced students. It can be used for general review and reference in courses from second-year Spanish (B2) up.
• Redes 2: Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, 2021); Redes 2: Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)  This OER was developed by Ines Warnock from Portland State University.  
• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) Licenses vary. 
• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020); Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

For Heritage Speakers

• OER Spanish Heritage Speakers (Casas, 2021); OER Spanish Heritage Speakers (Casas, 2021) – LibreTexts. (Linn-Benton Community College, CC BY-NC-SA) 

List A – Select one from the following:

Spanish Composition

• Introducción a la escritura: Genre-Based Writing for Intermediate Spanish Students (Zapata, 2021) (CC BY-SA 4.0) This is a course for intermediate low/intermediate mid L2 Spanish students grounded in the tenets of the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design and Genre-Based Instruction.

Elementary or Intermediate Conversational Spanish

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0) This is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class. 

Introduction to Spanish/Hispanic/Latin-American Literature

• Antología abierta de literatura hispana (Ward, 2019); Antología abierta de literatura hispana (Ward, 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)  This anthology focuses on canonical authors and an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized.  Each text includes an introduction and annotations created by students.  Some of the authors include: Don Juan Manuel, Cristóbal Colón, Hernán Cortés, Sor Juana, Gustavo Bécquer, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Rubén Darío, and many others.
• Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español (Sander, 2017); Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español (Sanders, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
  This is an introductory textbook on nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes.  It is designed for intermediate Spanish students at the university level.  It includes poetry, drama in verse, and short story.
• Recorridos (Arnold and Potter, 2017) (CC BY) This textbook is designed to facilitate the teaching and understanding of Cervantes’s seminal work, Don Quijote, with historical information, narrative techniques, lists of characters, themes and keywords. 

Latin American/Spanish History

• LACLI (Latin American, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources)  “LACLI is a collective effort to create a warehouse of online free e-resources with Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian full content.”

Hispanic/Latino Culture and Civilization

• Palabras propias (Rabinovich, Pineda, Muñoz, González, Sebio, and Gullickson, 2021) (CC BY-NC 4.0) 

Any course articulated as major preparation for the Spanish major

No resources identified.

OER for Suggested Course Substitutions

Courses with C-ID Descriptor:

Intercultural Communication (C-ID COMM 150)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Communication Studies page

• Communications 256: Intercultural Communication (College of the Canyons, Stokes Rice) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Exploring Intercultural Communication (Grothe) in LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Intercultural Communication for the Community College (Krumrey-Fulks, 2019, PressBooks)
• Intercultural Communication Version 2 (Rice, College of the Canyons, 2019) (CC BY 4.0)
• Language and Culture in Context: A Primer on Intercultural Communication (Godwin-Jones)
• Intercultural Communication (Ahrndt, University of Missouri – St. Louis, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Speaking of Culture (Weil – Rebus) (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Courses

• COMM311: Intercultural Communication (Saylor) (CC BY 3.0)
• Communicating Across Cultures (MIT Open Courseware) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Anthropology page

• Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition (American Anthropological Association, 2020) (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
• Cultural Anthropology – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (New Prairie Press, 2018) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Introduction to Anthropology (Jennifer Hasty, David G. Lewis, & Marjorie M. Snipes, 2022, OpenStax) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Anthropology: Holistic and Applied Research on Being Human (Palmiotto A, Homsey-Messer L, Ford B, Poole A, Adams A, Allard F, Chadwick W, 2022) (CC BY-SA)

Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

No resources identified

Introduction to Human Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Geography page

• Introduction to Human Geography (Dastrup) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Introduction to Human Geography: A Disciplinary Approach (Graves, 2020) (CC BY-NC)

Introduction to Gender (C-ID SOCI 140)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Sociology page

• Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (Kang, Lessard, & Heston, 2017) (CC BY 4.0)
• Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version (Bureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State) (Public Domain)
• Introduction to Women’s Studies (College of the Canyons, 2017) (CC BY 4.0)
• Gendered Lives: Global Issues- Milne Open Textbooks (Fernandez and Nelson, 2021) (CC BY)
• The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: an introduction- Morgan and Rodriguez (Humboldt State University Press) (CC BY-SA)

Introduction to Sociology (C-ID SOCI 110)

• Introduction to Sociology 3e (OpenStax) (CC BY)
• Sociology (Barkan) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Sociology (Boundless) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
• Introduction to Sociology (Hammond and Cheney) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Introduction to Sociology (College of the Canyons) – PDF (CC BY 4.0)
• Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World (Saylor Academy, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (C-ID SOCI 150)

• Immigrant and Refugee Families (Ballard et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
• Minority Studies (Dunn) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach (2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life (Kennedy, 2018) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Courses without a C-ID Descriptor

Introduction to Ethnic Studies

• Introduction to Ethnic Studies (ASCCC OERI, Fischer, Espinoza-Kulick, Acevedo, Hodges, Leal, and Cheshire) (CC BY-NC)
• Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project (University of Washington, 2021) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Latinxs and Black Lives Matter: Latinx Talk Mini-Reader #1 (Amador and Delgadillo, 2021) (CC BY-NC-ND)

Chicano/a or U.S. Latino Studies

• Introduction to Teaching (Bonds) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (Stephens et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Visualizing the Impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
• ECE Principles and Practices Prek-4 (Angelaccio) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Early Childhood Education (Barresi) (CC BY)
• Information Systems for Business and Beyond (Bourgeois) (CC BY)
• Trends in Open Educational Resources (OER) Awareness and Adoption: National and California-Specific Trends
• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems – South
• Collaborating for Computer Science Success: Adopting/Adapting a Shared Open Educational Resource (OER) Canvas Course Shell
• Deaf Culture OER (Nakaji, 2024) (CC BY)
• OERL Conversation: XB Implementation Community of Practice
• Introduction to Statistics for Psychology (Beyer, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Statistics Through an Equity Lens (Anthony, 2023) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Applied Statistics for Psychology Students by Gordon Sarty (Univ of Saskatchewan, 2022) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Recentering Psych Statistics (Bikos, 2024) – Open Textbook Library (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences (Cote, Gordon, Randell, Schmitt and Marvin, 2023) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Elementary Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences (Oja, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA/CC BY-SA)
• Open Ethnic Studies Pedagogies
• ASCCC 2025 Academic Academy
• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (OpenStax) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Child, Family and Community (Laff and Ruiz) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Growth and Development – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A New Open Educational Resource (OER) Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish
• Biotechnology: Something New and Something Needed
• Math Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• OERL Conversation: XB12 Implementation Community of Practice
• Beyond Homework: How to Use MyOpenMath for Science Labs
• Kinesiology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Identifying Needs
• Easier Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resource (OER) Materials – With and Without Generative AI
• Boost Engagement with Discuss-It: Interactive Asynchronous Conversations in ADAPT
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
• Lifespan Development (Beyer et al., 2024) – OpenStax (CC BY)
• Looking at Art History Through an Equity Lens
• Physics and Open Educational Resources (OER): Overview and Update
• Introduction to Computer Information Systems (Thomas) – Canvas Course (CC BY-NC-SA)
• 111.04 Open Educational Resources and Publication Date 
• 105.03 Encouraging Transparency and Eliminating Automatic Billing Practices in Course Material Access
• 105.02 Encouraging Funding for Printing Lab Manuals to Achieve Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Status
• American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• Increasing Diversity in Philosophy Open Educational Resource (OER) Materials
• OERLs and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Coordination: Setting Boundaries and Priorities
• Put the Comm in Community: Ensuring the Interconnection of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (IDEA) and Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Removing Ableist Language from your Vocabulary
• Introduction to Python Programming (OpenStax) (CC BY)
• Sociology Open Educational Resources (OER) – How to Start?
• Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Resolutions – What, When, Why, and How?
• Leveraging Open Educational Resources (OER) in Business
• Child Family Community: The Socialization of Diverse Children (ASCCC OERI, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• [Cancelled] The Status of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the California Community Colleges (CCCs)
• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems
• Classifier Curriculum (Nakaji) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and Hospitality OER
• Introduction to Education (Beasley and Haulmark, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
• Education 30: Introduction to Education (Perez) (CC BY-SA)
• Foundations of Education (SUNY Oneonta) (CC BY)
• Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science
• Anthropology Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree
• Introduction to Earth Science (C-ID: GEOL 121) (Coalinga College) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• New Directions in Chicanx and Latinx Studies (ASCCC OERI, González, Espinoza-Kulick, Moreno, Arévalo, and Alvarez) (CC BY-NC)
• New Directions in Chicanx and Latinx Studies Workbook (ASCCC OERI, Espinoza-Kulick, Arévalo, and González)
• Math in Society (Lippman) (CC BY-SA)
• MATH 011: Math Concepts for Elementary School Teachers – Number Systems
• Math for Educators (MATH 010A and 010B CID120) (Coalinga) (CC BY-NC)
• Bridging Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Source: Advancing Computer Science Education
• OERL Conversation: XB12 Implementation Community of Practice
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Summer Pilot Program – An Overview and Update of the IDEA Assessment Process
• Catching up on Open Educational Resources (OER) in Economics
• Physical Science for Educators (CID: PHYS 14) (Mona, Kumari, Evans, Henry, Ford, and Ford) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Infant and Toddler Care and Development Revised Edition (Taintor and LaMarr, 2024) (Mixed license) – LibreTexts
• An Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology (Sheppard, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Exciting Geology Open Educational Resources (OER) Textbooks in Development
• The Way Forward in Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Essentials of Linguistics, 2nd Edition (Anderson et al., 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Languages and Worldview (Allard-Kropp, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Introduction to Global Studies (OERI) (CC BY-NC)
• Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemistry Open Educational Resources (OER): Exchanging Ideas, Experiences, and Best Practices
• Phyiscal Geology Laboratory (Johnson) (CC BY-SA)
• A Guide to Newswriting, Third Edition (Cuslidge-Staiano, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Broccoli and Chocolate: A Beginner’s Guide to Journalism News Writing (Hiro, 2024) (CC BY-SA)
• Learning from Arguments: An Introduction to Philosophy (Korman, 2022) (CC BY-NC)
• A Conversation About Applying for Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Acceleration and Other Grants
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Biology – Needs and Usage
• Making Journalism Degree Textbooks Cheaper
• What’s New in Early Childhood Education (ECE)/Child Development and Open Educational Resources (OER)?
• Open Educational Resources (OER)/Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Outreach: Discussing Initiatives Big and Small
• OER Liaison Kickoff – Fall 2024
• Course Cost Transparency in the California Community Colleges – The Past, The Present, and the Future
• Types of Resources in COOL4Ed
• Criminal Law (Cartwright, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• All Are Welcome: An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
• Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC (Westcott and Anderson)
• Children, Families, Schools, and Communities [Revised Edition] – (Giovannini) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update
• Making Open Educational Resources (OER) Magic with Student Workers
• Integrated and Open Interpreter Education. (Maroney et al.) LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
• Let’s Chat! American Sign Language (ASL) Conversation Activities (The Pathways Project) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• MELMIRA by Melissa Elmira Yingst (Copyrighted, free access online)
• Linguistics of American Sign Language, 5th Ed.: An Introduction. E-Textbook via Project Muse (Gallaudet University, all rights reserved, requires institutional access).
• Fingerspelling – A Mindful Approach (Johnston) LibreTexts (CC-BY 4.0)
• The Lifeprint Library (Dr. William G. Vicars) (All rights reserved, free access to all articles)
• Deaf Awareness Resources (National Deaf Center) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
• Lifeprint.com: “ASL University” (Dr. William G. Vicars) (All rights reserved, free access to all materials)
• Lifeprint.com: “ASL University” (Dr. William G. Vicars) (All rights reserved, free access to all materials)
• Lifeprint.com: “ASL University” (Dr. William G. Vicars) (All rights reserved, free access to all materials)
• One Fact ASL on YouTube (Tammy Carpenter) (All rights reserved, free videos)
• Garrett Bose on YouTube (Garrett Bose) (All rights reserved, free videos)
• Signing Black in America documentary (The Language & Life Project at NC State University) (All rights reserved, free access)
• Black American Sign Language. Wikpedia. (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
• American Sign Language. Wikpedia. (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
• RMDSCO on YouTube (Jeni Jackerson and team) (All rights reserved, free videos)
• ASL THAT on YouTube (Joseph Wheeler) (All rights reserved, free videos)
• Lifeprint.com: “ASL University” (Dr. William G. Vicars) (All rights reserved, free access to all materials)
• Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Student Learning
• Cal OER 2024
• Artificial Intelligence in Hospitality: A Future Not Far (Roy, 2020) (CC BY)
• American Sign Language Video-Based Curriculum Collection
• ADAPT Level 4 – Creating and Using Question Banks in ADAPT
• Succeeding at Your Internship: A Handbook Written for and with Students (Mruk and Moor, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
• NASW Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers, 2021) – English Version (Unknown License)
• Social Work & Social Welfare: Modern Practice in a Diverse World, 2nd Edition (Cullen and Cullen, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
• Introduction to Social Work at Ferris State University (Ferris State University, 2017) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Human Services (Pearce, 2020) – Linn-Benton Community College (CC BY)
• Introduction to Social Work: A Look Across the Profession (Langford and Keaton, 2022) – Mavs Open Press (CC BY-NC)
• ADAPT Level 3 – Using ADAPT in Canvas
• Physical Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
• California Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
• ADAPT Level 2 – Creating in ADAPT
• ADAPT Level 1 – Accessing ADAPT and Finding Existing Assessments
• Microbiology ADAPT Ancillaries (Liu et al, 2024) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration, Embedded Content, and Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Guidelines
• Microbiology Canvas Ancillaries (Liu, 2022) (CC BY 4.0) 
• Fundamentals of Business Law (Randall et al., 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Introduction to Remixing in LibreTexts Workshop
• ASL 1 ZTC Curriculum (in Canvas Commons)
• Child Growth and Development (Zaar) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Criminal Court Processes & Procedures (Raber) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Microbiology for Earth Scientists (Kirk) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Microbiology (Kaiser) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Mathematics for Computer Science (Lehman, Thomson Leighton, and Meyer, 2015) (CC BY-SA)
• Introduction to Business (OpenStax)
• How Can We Best Assign Diverse Contemporary Literature and Nonfiction Books in Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Classes? A discussion for English faculty
• Administration of Justice Open Educational Resources (OER) Introduction and Brainstorming Session
• Astronomy and Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Math OER Office Hours
• American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• A Deep Dive into Open Educational Resources (OER) Options for Digital Journalism and Public Relations
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
• Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Homework Hackathon 2: Let’s have fun with ADAPT
• Moving Math and Statistics Courses to Open Educational Resources (OER)/ Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
• Sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) Within and Across Ethnic Studies Disciplines
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Assessment Process
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for English: How Students Can Annotate the Text Together
• Updates on Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) and Future Projects
• Open Educational Resources (OER) in Economics: Filling the Gaps
• A Guide to Analyzing Arguments in an Academic Setting (UMass Dartmouth, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing (Tracy, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
• Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing (Carly-Miles et al, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
• Rhetoric – What, Why, and How? (Skyline College English, 2023) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
• The ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI): Resources and Services to Support Your Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathway Development
• Continuing the Path to Zero in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER): Tarea Libre 2
• Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Teach Statistics – A Focus on the How and Why
• MyOpenMath (MOM) for STEM Courses Office Hour
• Teaching Data Science with Open Source Stack 
• Classical Mechanics (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
• Electricity and Magnetism (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
• Counseling and OER Office Hour
• Getting Spanish Homework to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) with LibreTexts ADAPT
• Modern World History: New Perspectives (OERI Project, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
• World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook (Rankin and Weise, 2022) (CC-BY 4.0)
• World History Project: Origins to the Present (Bob Bain and Trevor Getz, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
• Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Funding: The Next Phases and ZTC Funding Q&A
• Incorporating Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) in the Creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)
• OERL Conversation: Back to Our Roots – Chatting About Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Fourth Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• The Carnap Book (Leach-Krouse and Ehrlich, 2024) (CC BY)
• Open Educational Resources (OER) Faculty Community of Practice
• Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Beyond Traditional Spanish Homework: Adding Project Based Learning to your Open Educational Practices
• What Open Educational Resources (OER) Does Philosophy Need?
• OERL Conversation: All Things Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
• History: Creating Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathways
• Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Art and Art History Collaboration Update
• Chemistry and Open Educational Resources (OER): Barrier(s), Challenges, and Resources
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Statistics: Math, Psychology, Sociology, Oh My!
• Understanding Global Politics (Bloor, 2022) – E-International Relations (CC BY-NC)
• International Relations Theory (McGlinchey, Walters and Scheinpflug, 2022) – E-International Relations Publishing (CC BY-NC)
• Political Philosophy Reader An Open Educational Resource (Levin, 2019) – N.G.E. Far Press (CC BY-SA)
• Anthropology and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Conversation
• Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Communications 256: Intercultural Communication (College of the Canyons, Stokes Rice) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy Author (Mepes, 2019) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to California Government and Politics (Reti) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Funding the Development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Navigating Your Local Context
• Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science Cohort: What Can I Expect?
• Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology
• Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)

• Chicano/a or U.S. Latino History and Literature – No resources identified
• Contemporary Latin-American Film – No resources identified.
• Modern Latin America – No resources identified.
• History of Mexico – No resources identified.

This page last updated on August 28th, 2024