Textbook Affordability Subcommittee

ZTC Impact

Spring 2021 - Spring 2026

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44,376

Students participated in ZTC & OER classes since Spring 2021

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$4,651,630

Estimated student savings

(Spring 2021-Summer 2025: LTC = $50, ZTC = $100
Fall 2025 onwards: LTC = $75, ZTC = $150)

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199

ZTC & LTC class sections offered by 90 unique faculty, Spring 2026

(That's 49.38% of our sections!)

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 Course Conversion Program site for more information and applications.

ZTC Course Conversion 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

  • Diana Tedone-Goldstone, Librarian; Tri-Chair
  • Sarah Harmon, OER/ZTC Program Manager; Tri-Chair
  • Anniqua Rana, Dean of Academic Services and Learning Technologies; Tri-Chair
  • Tania Isidra, Academic Senate OER Liaison
  • Jenni McGuire, Distance Education Team representative (faculty)
  • Amira Alkeswani, Faculty At-Large Representative
  • Marina Noel, Faculty At-Large Representative
  • John Perez, Faculty At-Large Representative
  • Tessa Noriega, Library Support Specialist
  • Jai Kumar, Bookstore Manager
  • Chialin Hsieh, Vice President of Instruction (ex-oficio)
  • ASCC Representative (vacant)

Meeting Agendas and Minutes

The committee meets on the 4th Monday of the month, 2:30-3:30 pm. Meetings are on Zoom.

Date Documents and Materials
28 September
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
26 October
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
23 November
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
25 January
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
22 February
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)

22 March
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
26 April
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)

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

ASGC Reports

  • Report for 8 October 2026
  • Report for 12 November 2026
  • Report for 10 December 2026
  • Report for 11 February 2027
  • Report for 11 March 2027
  • Report for 8 April 2027
  • Report for 13 May 2027

Resources

In the links below you'll find a recording of the presentation via Panopto. All SMCCCD employees have access to the recordings. All recordings are captioned with the slide deck embedded into the recording. If you have questions, please contact Cañada ZTC.

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