Textbook Affordability Subcommittee
ZTC Impact
Spring 2021 - Spring 2024
19,409
Students participated in ZTC & OER classes since Spring 2021
$1,820,600
Student savings
166
ZTC & LTC class sections offered by 74 unique faculty, Spring 2024
How to Get Involved
Are you interested in receiving support and help in switching your course materials to OER...including a financial award for doing this work? If so, please go to the ZTC Adopter Program site for more information and applications.
ZTC Adopter Program
Goals and Responsibilities
- In a given term, 75% of courses/sections would be OER-converted (ZCT, Low-Cost, No-Textbook[1]);
- Develop a repository of permanent campus-wide resources;
- Develop partnerships with transfer institutions/programs (through Curriculum);
- Create a program of incentives for all instructors to put their materials in the public domain, including adoption of low-cost materials and ZCT.
[1] ZCT = Zero Cost Textbook (including all other materials); Low-Cost = all materials cost less than $40; No-Text = there are no course materials (e.g. textbooks, articles, lab kits) for this course
- Evangelize and educate on the use of OER, including new advances in OER (e.g. OpenStax, LibreTexts);
- Encourage adoption of OER and sharing of materials across disciplines;
- Work with faculty to include OER in the COR for their courses, ensuring the rigor is appropriate for the course;
- Distribute the resources across the campus community;
- Work with OER partners at CSM/SKY;
- Report out to ASGC and other participatory governance bodies.
Membership
- Sarah Harmon, Academic Senate OER Liaison and OER/ZTC Coordinator
- Nada Nekrep, Online Instruction Coordinator
- Diana Tedone-Goldstone, Librarian
- Tessa Noriega, Library Support Specialist
- Jai Kumar, Bookstore Manager
- Anniqua Rana, Dean of Academic Services and Learning Technologies
- Chialin Hsieh, Vice President of Instruction (ex-oficio)
- Science and Technology Division Representative (vacant)
- Counseling Division Representative (vacant)
- Kinesiology, Athletics, and Dance Division Representative (vacant)
- ASCC Representative (vacant)
- Business, Workforce and Design Division Representative (vacant)
- Humanities and Social Sciences Division Representative (vacant)
Meeting Agendas and Minutes
The committee meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month, 1-2 pm. Meetings are on Zoom.
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For prior years' agendas, minutes, newsletters and reports, please go to the Prior Years page.
ASGC Reports
- Report for 12 September 2024
- Report for 10 October 2024
- Report for 14 November 2024
- Report for 12 December 2024
- Report for 13 February 2025
- Report for 13 March 2025
- Report for 10 April 2025
- Report for 8 May 2025
Resources
- Cañada College ZTC website
- SMCCCD ZTC/LTC Enrollment Dashboard
- Cañada Faculty Adoptions, listed by discipline, course, and instructor.
- FAQ for all things OER, ZTC, and more
- List of OER Resources, pulled from various listservs and connected to courses taught at Cañada
- Textbook Adoption Process, including how you can report that you are using OER in your course
Want to know more? Contact us!
- Information on Open Educational Resources and Z-Degrees: Sarah Harmon ([email protected])
- Finding ZTC resources: Diana Tedone-Goldstone ([email protected])
- Textbook Adoption: Jai Kumar ([email protected])
- Incorporating your course materials into your Canvas course shell: Allison Hughes ([email protected])