ZTC and OER

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Lisa Burgert (she/her/hers) and Sara Aslagson-Sahar (she/her/hers)

This work is licensed by L.Burgert & S. Aslagson-Sahar March 9, 2022 under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Sara Aslagson-Sahar & Lisa Burgert

• she/her/hers
• Collection Development/OER Librarian
• Working with OER since 2014
• Creative Commons Certificate

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• she/her/hers
• Open Educational Resource Ambassador
• Working with OER officially since 2020
• Taught Rhetoric and Writing Studies and English at San Diego State University using OER

What is OER?

Open Educational Resources (OERs)

ANY type of educational materials

in the public domain

or introduced with an open license

The nature of these OPEN materials means anyone can legally and freely

copy, use, adapt and re-share

OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes,assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.

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A few benefits…

• Access to materials on first day of class

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• Free online, low-cost print option

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• Relevant and current content

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• Faculty control of content

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What is ZTC?

1. Zero Textbook Cost
2. Zero Textbook Class
3. Zen Teaching Cohort
4. Zuni Tribal Census
5. Zero Touch Configuration

What is ZTC?

Zero Textbook Cost

• When a class is labeled as ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) that means any required textbook can be accessed online for free, or that there isn't a required textbook assigned for the class.
• Students won't be required to purchase a textbook for the class.
• The district is required by the State to label all ZTC sections in the class schedule (SB 1359).

ZTC Icon

• Students can easily determine ZTC classes
• Adding the icon for your class

Mesa’s ZTC Pathways

• Mesa GE/CSU Transfer GE
• Majors: Associates & AA Transfer
• Communication Studies
• English
• Creative Writing CA
• Fine Art: Art History
• Geography
• Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
• Still researching more!
• sdmesa.libguides.com/ZTC

ASCCC OER / ZTC Degree Pathways

asccc-oeri.org/oer-and-ztc

OER and ZTC: the same or different?

Open Educational Resources

• Refers to work’s license
• Creative Commons license / Public Domain
• Copyright owner grants use for their work to be freely distributed, adapted, reused
• Copyright expired and material is part of the public domain
• Released before January 1, 1927

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Zero Textbook Cost

• Refers to textbook cost of course
• Library eBooks, articles, streaming videos are copyrighted
• Some faculty created materials
• Not necessarily OER

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“Deal with the racket…that is the textbook industry”

Governor Gavin Newsom

OER/ZTC Support at SDCCD

• ASCCC OER Leads
• City - Deborah Finnerty
• Mesa - Lisa Burgert
• Miramar - Angela Boyd
• SDCCE - Diana Vera-Alba
• Resources
• City - library.sdcity.edu/oer
• Mesa - sdmesa.libguides.com/OER
• Miramar - sdmiramar.libguides.com/oer
• SDCCE sdccd.instructure.com/enroll/6LBMPH
• asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-by-discipline

Why?

• Housing Insecure 62%
• Homeless 18%
• Food Insecure 47%

2019 Hope Center #Real College Survey Mesa

$1,750,000,000,000

Equity & Student Success

• In July 2018, a study from the University of Georgia was published that demonstrated that all students in OER classes saw increased grades, but that the increase was greater for students on financial aid and from traditionally underrepresented populations.
• tinyurl.com/UofGOERstudy

Questions?