ZTC means "Zero Textbook Cost." It is a means of creating student equity, and it refers to a course that uses materials that cost nothing to students. It can include:
OER means "Open Educational Resource" and refers to textbooks, books, course shells in Canvas Commons, and other open-access materials (see also creative commons). It is one of the easiest methods to achieve a Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), but it's not the only method.
A Florida Virtual Campus report underscores these possible benefits by reporting via survey data the negative impacts of on students when the use of commercially published textbooks is the only choice available to students.
According to the report:
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If you are using a non-textbook for your class, like a classic piece of literature or a popular work of fiction or non-fiction, we may have it the Norco College Library's eBook collection. Quite often these books are available to multiple users at the same time.
We can also help you find articles, ebooks, and other resources in our library database that can be linked within your Canvas course pages.
If something you'd like is not in our collection, we may be able to purchase an eBook copy so the item can be accessed & used by multiple students at no cost in our library databases. Fill out our materials request form and let us know what class it's for in the notes, and we can see if it's available to purchase for our ebook collection.
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Fill out our survey for Winter and Spring 2022, and we can add you to the ZTC course list we provide to our students!
Easy to Search OER Sites: