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 28, 2024 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Access the “ZTC, OER, and Political Science” slides The ZTC Acceleration Grant Collaboration Cohorts established by the ASCCC OERI will increase the use of OER by ensuring an awareness of openly-licensed texts and ancillaries as well as, hopefully, lead to the development new resources. This …
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Watch the “ZTC Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions” recording Watch the “ZTC Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions” presentation slides Labs are commonly reported to be one of the most challenging types of courses to get to ZTC. While openly-licensed lab manuals may be …
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am Watch the “OER for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology” recording Access the “OER for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology” presentation slides An analysis of zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) data obtained from California Community Colleges (CCC) reveals that the biology courses that commonly are needed for allied health pathways are …
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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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Friday, February 2, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “ZTC Collaboration Cohorts” webinar recording Access the “ZTC Collaboration Cohorts” presentation slides In anticipation of the November 15 deadline for submission of ZTC Acceleration Grant applications, the Chancellor’s Office began discussing the need to establish a process to bring college representatives together to …
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Watch the “Budget Basics for OER Liaisons” recording Access the “Budget Basics for OER Liaisons” presentation slides If you’ve struggled to understand object codes and budget transfers, or wondered what “allowable expenses” means, this is the webinar for you. Merritt College OER Liaison, Ngheim Thai, …
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Watch the “Communicating Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) to Students and Colleagues” recording Join us as a panel of OER Liaisons discuss their colleges’ successes and challenges in helping colleagues and students understand ZTC and LTC. Our panelists will address such …
Friday, October 6, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Accelerating and Implementing Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways” recording Access the “Accelerating and Implementing Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways” presentation slides How many colleges applied for ZTC Acceleration Grants by September 15 and how many intend to apply by November 15? What pathways were funded – and …
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Watch the “Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) Mapping: High- and Low-Tech Solutions” recording Many OER Liaisons and local ZTC leads are working to identify and map their ZTC pathways. This webinar will showcase three different approaches to mapping pathways from four different colleges. From Airtable to …
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