ASCCC OERI August 2022 Newsletter

Keynote Recordings of Cal OER August 3-5, 2022 Now Available

The 2022 Cal OER Conference was held virtually August 3 – 5, 2022. For the second year, the conference brought OER college and university practitioners from across the state (and country) to share information and strategies to advance the use of OER in higher education. The keynote presentations and the higher education system updates are now available on the Cal OER YouTube channel.

Student Voices

The OERI is pleased to announce the availability of the ASCCC OERI Student Impact Toolkit. The Toolkit was developed by a team of OER Liaisons and is intended to facilitate the gathering and sharing of student perspectives related to both OER and ZTC.

Access OERI Toolkit: Measuring Student Impact: Capturing Student Voices in OER/ZTC to download the Toolkit, learn about the project, and access openly-licensed videos of students discussing their OER and ZTC experiences.

A huge thanks to the OERI Area B Regional Lead, Heather Dodge, for leading this project and to David Betancourt (Cerritos College), Kristine Clancy (Golden West College), Jim Julius (MiraCosta College), Angelina Loyola (Evergreen Valley College), Mary McMillan (El Camino College), Cristina Moon (Chabot College), Cynthia Sheaks-McGowan (Moorpark College), Lindsey Shively (Diablo Valley College), and Amanda Taintor (Reedley College) for their work.

A special thanks to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office for allowing the OERI to use images of students from their collection on the website. If you have openly licensed images of our students – or openly licensed images that would be of use to faculty OER authors – please share them with us for inclusion in the ASCCC OERI Flickr collection.

New OER Available

ASCCC OER RFP III Projects

The OERI is pleased to announce the following products funded in our third request for proposals (RFP) are complete and available for adoption. All products funded by the ASCCC OERI can be found on the ASCCC OERI Supported Resources page on our website.

Discipline	Target Course or Courses	Project Title
Anthropology	Anthropology elective courses focusing on magic, witchcraft, and religion	Updated version of “Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic Witchcraft, and Religion” with new subchapters.
Art/Art History	C-ID ARTH 110	Introduction to Art History I: An OER Textbook for Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages
Art/Art History	C-ID ARTH 120	A World Perspective of Art History: 1400 CE to the 21st Century
Child Development	C-ID CDEV 110	Child Family Community: The Socialization of Diverse Children
CTE – Various	CTE health and safety courses	Workplace Safety for US Workers-A Practical Guide For Understanding Health and Safety Programs for Skilled Labor Professionals Textbook and Workplace Safety for US Workers - Workbook
Early Childhood Education	Infant/Toddler Development and Infant/Toddler Care and Education	Infant and Toddler Care and Development
English	C-ID ENGL 100 and 105	Updated version of How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College including a new teacher’s guide
ESL	Comprehensive ESL course – one-level below transfer	Reading, Writing, Research, and Reasoning: An Advanced ESL Text
Film, Television, and Electronic Media	C-ID FTVE 130 and 150	Video Production Guide – An OER Resource for Beginning Single Camera Production and Beginning Motion Picture Production
French	1st and 2nd semester French	Elementary French I and II: Comprehensive OER for First-Year French in LibreTexts with H5P Ancillaries Unit 1-6; Elementary French I and II: Comprehensive OER for First-Year French in LibreTexts with H5P Ancillaries Unit 7-12
Library	Library Services	Foundations of Library Services Textbook
Physics	Astronomy and physics C-ID PHYS 105, 110, 205, 210, and 215	Online Question Banks and My Open Math Course Templates for Introductory Astronomy and Additional Online Questions and Features for Lower-Division Physics Courses – aligned to OpenStax texts. Access My Open Math resources for astronomy and physics at the bottom of the OERI’s OER and Physics page.
Political Science	C-ID POLS 130	Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

Biology Images

The ASCCC OERI Flickr account is currently populated with over 500 openly licensed images. The anatomy and botany projects that were previously funded by the OERI involved the creation of hundreds of images. These images are essential for biology, and there were large gaps for these relatively specialized fields. The OERI is looking to add additional openly licensed images to the OERI Flickr account.

California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources (CC ECHO)

CC ECHO is implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [DEI] framework for OER to design 20 high impact courses. Consortium members include West Hills College Lemoore, College of Marin, Allan Hancock College, and College of the Canyons, all of which are Hispanic Serving Institutions. The following projects are now available for your consideration:

Our Lives: An Ethnic Studies Primer
A People's History of Structural Racism in Academia From A(dministration of Justice) to Z(oology)

We encourage you to visit the CC ECHO website to learn more about this project that was funded the U.S. Department of Education Open Textbooks Pilot Program.

OERI Facilitated Projects

The ASCCC OERI’s 1^st “facilitated projects” are in their final stages of review, revision, and refinement. Biopsychology and Interpersonal Communication: Context and Connection were developed by faculty teams recruited by the OERI. Both draft texts are now available in LibreTexts for consideration by faculty. Faculty feedback is desired – please share with appropriate faculty.

Creative Commons Training

The licenses that are used to identify resources as “open” are provided by Creative Commons, a nonprofit that also provides training on the appropriate use of the licenses. The ASCCC OERI is in conversation with a nonprofit organization that would like to provide an opportunity for a small group of faculty to earn the Creative Commons Certificate. At present, a week-long Creative Commons “boot camp” is likely to be held in January. If you are interested, be sure that you are enrolled in the OERI Canvas course as it will be used to distribute information as it becomes available.

OERI Seeking Discipline Leads

The ASCCC OERI is recruiting faculty to support our OER advocacy efforts by serving as Discipline Leads during the 2022-2023 academic year. Each Discipline Lead will serve as a resource for their discipline colleagues and will typically host at least one virtual event each term. Additional tasks of each Discipline Lead will be determined by the status of OER in the discipline. Discipline Leads receive a stipend of $500 at the end of each term upon completion of their specified tasks.

We are currently recruiting Discipline Leads for the following disciplines:

Communication Studies
Computer Science
Counseling
Education
Ethnic Studies
Film, Television, and Electronic Media
Geography
Journalism
Math
Music
Social Justice Studies

Interested faculty should see ASCCC OERI – Seeking Faculty for OER Work for more information and application instructions.

Open for Antiracism – Webinar and Opportunity

The OERI is pleased to offer a special webinar at the end of August on the Open for Antiracism program, often referred to as OFAR. The OFAR program, encompassing OER, open pedagogy, and antiracism, provides faculty with knowledge to use open to transform the classroom and guides them in the development of a plan to make it happen.

Open for Antiracism: Supporting Educators to Use Open Education for Antiracist Teaching

Wednesday, August 31, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Launched in 2020, the Open for Antiracism (OFAR) program engages and supports California Community College faculty in transforming their classrooms to be antiracist by leveraging OER and open pedagogy. Participating teams of faculty will join a community of practice learning about antiracist pedagogy in the fall through an asynchronous facilitated online course. Spring semester will be dedicated to implementing those new practices in the classroom with coaching and peer support. Entering its third year, OFAR will continue to emphasize institutional impact along with support for student leadership. Join us to hear about research results from past years and how you can apply for the program.
Register for Open for Antiracism: Supporting Educators to Use Open Education for Antiracist Teaching

OERI Events – September OERI Friday Forums

The OERI Friday Forums will be held from 10:30 am – 11:30 am on the 1^st and 3^rd Fridays of the month, provided there are no scheduling conflicts (e.g., a holiday). Due to Labor Day, September’s OERI Friday Forums will be on the 2^nd and 3^rd Fridays. These webinars are archived. The ASCCC OERI will provide automated captioning for all webinars. If you would like to request live human closed-captioning for any of our offerings, please contact us by e-mail at least 10 business days in advance.

OERI Friday Forums are intended for a diverse audience. Please share with your colleagues. We hope you will all join us!

The ZTC Program – An Overview

Friday, September 9, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
In July, the Chancellor’s Office released a memo outlining the phasing of disseminating $115 million for ZTC. What will be required in Phase 1? And what can we expect in Phase 2? In this webinar, a representative from the Chancellor’s Office will provide an overview of the ZTC Program and answer your questions.
Register for The ZTC Program – An Overview

ZTC Via OER – What do the data say?

Friday, September 16, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
OER is one way to alleviate textbook costs for students – but is it the best way? Other than the benefit of being free, are there data to demonstrate increased student success when ZTC is achieved by using OER? Colleagues from across the state will share their research findings with respect to this question.
Register for ZTC Via OER – What do the data say?

CCCCO Events – XB 12 and the ZTC Program

As announced in the July 29, 2022 “Zero Textbook Cost Program – Overview and Guidance” memo that was distributed via email, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) will be holding webinars and office hours to provide information regarding the new instructional materials cost section-level data element (XB 12) and the ZTC Program. As the OERI receives new information about the data element and the program, it will be shared on our OER and ZTC page.

XB 12: Instructional Materials Cost Informational Meeting

Tuesday, August 16, 1:30 pm
On August 16, 2022, at 1:30 pm, join us for an overview of the new data element and its implementation schedule.
Register for the XB 12: Instructional Materials Cost Informational Meeting

ZTC Phase 1 and Phase 2 Grants Overview Meeting

Tuesday, August 30, 1:30 pm
On August 30, at 1:30 pm, the Chancellor’s Office will provide an overview the initial rounds of grant funding for the ZTC program.
Register for the ZTC Phase 1 and Phase 2 Grants Overview Meeting

ZTC Program Weekly Office Hours

Fridays, 9:00 am – 10:00 am beginning August 26
Beginning Friday, August 26, 9:00 am – 10:00 am, the Chancellor’s Office will hold weekly office hours for ZTC Program questions.
Access the ZTC Program Weekly Office Hours