Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm If you would like to review the recording of this Discipline conversation, please request the link at OERI@asccc.org As we strive to offer more ZTC courses and pathways, chemistry faculty often face challenges in finding open homework solutions that meet their instructional needs. Let’s have …

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Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm While all but one of the specified courses in the POLS Transfer Model Curriculum have available OER, a variety of local political science courses that are found in the Associate Degree for Transfer and/or in local degrees do not. What local courses are commonly found …

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Friday, April 4, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am California’s investment in the ZTC Degree Program is intended to not merely increase the availability of ZTC course sections, but also to “ensure the development and implementation of the greatest number of degrees for the benefit of the greatest number of students” (California Education Code …

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Friday, February 7, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “OERI and ZTC Degree Program” webinar recording Access the “OERI and ZTC Degree Program” presentation slides In light of the recent changes in the approach to the expenditure of the ZTC Degree Program funds, how will the work of the OERI change? Join …

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Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Watch the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science” recording Access the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science” presentation slides ZTC and OER have the potential to grow the political science discipline in the California community …

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Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Join us to share experiences on what it was like to prepare to apply for a ZTC grant. Learn what was most helpful to applicants and what could have been easier. Successful grant recipients will be on hand to give tips and advice to help …

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Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Watch the “OER for Biology – Needs and Usage” recording Access the “OER for Biology – Needs and Usage” presentation slides There are many openly-licensed textbooks and ancillaries available for biology faculty to adopt or adapt (Open Educational Resources and Biology) and the Zero Textbook …

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Monday, October 7, 2024 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Watch the “OER/ZTC Outreach: Discussing Initiatives Big and Small” recording Access the “OER/ZTC Outreach: Discussing Initiatives Big and Small” presentation slides Join us to learn how Moreno Valley College approached OER/ZTC outreach including the methods used and the impact on the college. In this webinar, …

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Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm California Education Code 78052 established the Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant (ZTC) program and identified COOL4Ed as the referatory that colleges will use to share the resources developed with ZTC funding. In this conversation, we will explore how COOL4Ed currently works and what resources colleges are required …

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