The purpose of this guide is to familiarize faculty members with Zero Textbook Cost classes (ZTC) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in support of the California statewide effort to reduce barriers of college access & success due to textbook affordability challenges.
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For further information about this effort, please contact Mary McMillan, Chair, OER/ZTC Advisory Committee
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In the 2023-2024 academic year, El Camino College continued to increase the number of offered Zero Textbook Cost class sections reducing the costs of instructional materials for students using a variety of innovative methods including the use of Open Educational Resources (OER), other openly available digital instructional materials, ECC college or library purchased/licensed content, along with other methods.
2023-2024
WELL DONE EL CAMINO!
During the academic year 2021-2022, El Camino joined OER Liaisons from ten community colleges across California that participated in the OERI Student Impact Video and Survey Project supported by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC). The team of 10 colleges created campus-based videos highlighting student experiences with textbook costs and ZTC/OER classes.
In Spring 2022, ECC students enrolled in Zero-Textbook Cost class sections were surveyed to assess the financial and educational impact of commercial textbooks and students’ experiences of OER and ZTC texts.