ZTC Acceleration Grant Collaboration Cohort Information

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ZTC Collaboration Cohort Process and Procedures

Background

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The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) is facilitating the ZTC Acceleration Grant Collaboration Cohorts. Although this process was introduced to prevent the duplication of effort, it also provides a means to ensure the awareness of available open educational resources (OER) and other sustainable means of achieving ZTC status, share OER development plans, and identify opportunities for collaboration. Participation in a Collaboration Cohort is not a commitment to collaborate, but rather an indication of a willingness to share and learn. The outcome of the process would only be a collaboration if representatives from some or all of the participating colleges agree on a project that would benefit from collaboration. Ideally, the cohort process will decrease the work necessary to achieve a ZTC pathway for all who are involved. At the conclusion of the cohort process, the OERI will provide a report to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) that will document the work of the cohort, verify the absence of duplicative plans, and/or delineate how duplication will be prevented or minimized. A flowchart depicting an overview of the Collaboration Cohort process is available.

The Collaboration Cohort process is intended to address the following components of California Education Code §78052:

  • The chancellor’s office shall ensure that a grant does not result in the development or implementation of duplicate degrees for a subject matter to avoid duplication of effort and ensure the development and implementation of the greatest number of degrees for the benefit of the greatest number of students. (Note: this does not mean that working on the same degree is prohibited, but that “duplication of effort” is avoided. In other words, a process is needed to verify that the same work is not happening at multiple colleges.)
  • As a condition of receiving funding appropriated in the annual Budget Act to develop and implement degrees, a community college district shall
    • prioritize the development and implementation of a degree from an existing associate degree for transfer and, to the extent possible, prioritize the adaptation of existing open educational resources through existing open educational resources initiatives, or elsewhere, before creating new content.
    • develop degrees with consideration for sustainability after grant funding is exhausted, including how content is updated and presented.
    • Ensure compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 104-197) and the federal Copyright Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-553).
    • Develop and implement a degree that other community college districts can use or adapt, and post each degree, and the contents of the degree, on the online clearinghouse of information established pursuant to Item 6870-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2016, or a successor internet website.
    • All open educational resources used as learning materials for a degree developed pursuant to this section shall be added to the California Digital Open Source Library established in Section 66408.

Current Status of Collaboration Cohorts

If you are a contact for your college and have not received information on your collaboration cohort, please contact us at oeri@asccc.org.

Interested in seeing what resources others are using? Visit the Collaboration Cohort Reported OER Usage page.

Collaboration Cohort Data Collection

This page last updated October 4, 2024.