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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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 …

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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, …

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Friday, December 1, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Data OER and ZTC Pathways” recording Access the “Data OER and ZTC Pathways” presentation slides The need to “map” OER/ZTC sections has resulted in the development of dashboards that can not only identify existing ZTC pathways but also inform ZTC pathway work. Such …

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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 …

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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 Access the “Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) Mapping: High- and Low-Tech Solutions” presentation slides – TBD Many OER Liaisons and local ZTC leads are working to identify and map their ZTC pathways. This webinar …

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Friday, September 15, 2023 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – Sustainability, Updating Content, and Duplication” recording Access the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – Sustainability, Updating Content, and Duplication” presentation slides California Education Code 78052 allocated to the California Community Colleges $115 million to “develop and implement …

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