Textbook Affordability Subcommittee
ZTC Impact
Spring 2021 - Spring 2025
32,077
Students participated in ZTC & OER classes since Spring 2021
$3,027,030
Student savings
188
ZTC & LTC class sections offered by 85 unique faculty, Spring 2025
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
- Carlos Luna, Academic Senate OER Liaison and Librarian; Tri-Chair
- Sarah Harmon, OER/ZTC Program Manager; Tri-Chair
- Anniqua Rana, Dean of Academic Services and Learning Technologies; Tri-Chair
- Nada Nekrep, Online Instruction Coordinator
- Tessa Noriega, Library Support Specialist
- Jai Kumar, Bookstore Manager
- Chialin Hsieh, Vice President of Instruction (ex-oficio)
- ASCC Representative (vacant)
- At-Large Representative (vacant)
- At-Large Representative (vacant)
- At-Large Representative (vacant)
Meeting Agendas and Minutes
The committee meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month, 1-2 pm. Meetings are on Zoom.
| Date | Documents and Materials |
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| 23 September |
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| 28 October |
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| 25 November |
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| 27 January |
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24 March |
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| 27 April |
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For prior years' agendas, minutes, newsletters and reports, please go to the Prior Years page.
ASGC Reports
- Report for 11 September 2025 (not submitted)
- Report for 9 October 2025
- Report for 13 November 2025
- Report for 11 December 2025
- Report for 12 February 2026
- Report for 12 March 2026
- Report for 9 April 2026
- Report for 14 May 2026
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-Pathways: Sarah Harmon (harmons@smccd.edu)
- Finding ZTC resources: Diana Tedone-Goldstone (tedoned@smccd.edu) or Carlos Luna (lunac@smccd.edu)
- Textbook Adoption: Jai Kumar (kumar@smccd.edu)
- Incorporating your course materials into your Canvas course shell: Allison Hughes (hughesa@smccd.edu)