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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Friday, September 20, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update” recording Access the “Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update” presentation slides A year ago, colleges were determining how to use the funds they received from …
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On behalf of the Cal OER Organizing Committee, we invite you to save the date for the fourth annual Cal OER Conference, held virtually on August 7 – 8, 2024. This event is open to everyone, so we hope you will attend and consider presenting. The theme for the 2024 conference is Responsive Pedagogy: Extending Local Innovation to Advance Global Impact. Cal OER …
Friday, May 10, 2024 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am Watch the “Moving Math and Statistics Course to OER/ZTC” recording Access the “Moving Math and Statistics Course to OER/ZTC” presentation slides Join us in this webinar to go over the mathematics OER and ZTC options that are out there for textbooks and homework systems. We …
Friday, May 3, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch “The ASCCC OERI: Resources and Services to Support Your ZTC Pathway Development” recording Access “The ASCCC OERI: Resources and Services to Support Your ZTC Pathway Development” presentation slides Establishing a ZTC pathway in a sustainable way can only be accomplished when faculty make the …
Friday, April 26, 2024 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Watch the “ZTC Funding: The Next Phases and ZTC Funding Q and A” recording Access the “ZTC Funding: The Next Phases and ZTC Funding Q and A” slides As the 2023 – 2024 academic year is about to conclude, two new ZTC funding phases are …
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Register for All Things ZTC Designed for OERLs who are also involved in ZTC work at their colleges, this conversation with colleagues provides an opportunity to share ideas for current work and/or future ZTC plans.
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 …
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 …