Textbook Affordability Subcommittee

ZTC Impact

Spring 2021 - Spring 2025

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32,077

Students participated in ZTC & OER classes since Spring 2021

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$3,027,030

Student savings

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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
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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
  • Hyla Lacefield, At-Large Representative (Digital Art and Animation)
  • 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)
  • ASCC 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
24 September
22 October
26 November
  • cancelled
28 January
25 February

25 March
  • Cancelled
22 April
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
20 May

(if needed)

For prior years' agendas, minutes, newsletters and reports, please go to the Prior Years page.

ASGC Reports

Resources

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