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SPEAKER: Zero-cost
textbook initiatives

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are happening across
California Community Colleges

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and through the state
legislature in important ways

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to promote student
success and retention.

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Chaffey College is leading these
initiatives with the Textbook

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Transformation Project.

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This video is meant to introduce
the campus to what the Textbook

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Transformation Project
has been working on

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so far, future goals,
the student impact,

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and how to get involved in
this important initiative.

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But to start, what do
these terms even mean?

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ZTC stands for
Zero Textbook Cost.

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The term ZTC is a
course designation

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showcasing that a course
uses materials that

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are completely free to users.

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OER stands for Open
Educational Resources.

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OER material falls under
the ZTC umbrella term

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and is a course
designation showcasing

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that a course utilizes
materials that

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are free but also open access.

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LCT refers to Low Cost Textbook.

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A course is
designated as LCT when

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it uses materials that have
a combined total cost that

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is $50 or less.

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That includes books,
homework, websites, software,

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lab manuals--

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all of it, under $50 total.

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Courses can also have
the designation of NTR

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meaning No Textbook Required.

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This is used when courses
do not have an assigned

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textbook or any other
bound educational resources

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associated with it.

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NTR material also falls
under the ZTC umbrella term.

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The traditional
textbook model is

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one a course uses
materials that amount

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to a total cost above $50.

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As research has shown, the
traditional textbook model

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creates barriers to
access for students

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that result in inequitable
educational experiences

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and decreases student success.

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So why is this
beneficial to students?

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Courses that utilize
ZTC materials

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have been proven to benefit
students success in learning

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outcomes, accessibility
to materials,

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retention in higher education,
and higher engagement in course

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material.

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Student voices have propelled
the zero textbook cost

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initiatives across the state.

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Students thrive in
classes that use zero

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and low-cost textbooks, stating
it alleviates complications,

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helps them stay organized,
and maximizes their time

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and efficiency.

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Students of color are
more likely to take

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on majors that seem out of
reach because of program

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costs within STEM
fields, and women

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are more likely to
enter the workforce

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at faster rates due to earning
higher degrees through ZTC

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degree pathways.

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This is why Chaffey is committed
to the Textbook Transformation

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Project.

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The Textbook
Transformation Project team

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has identified key
high-impact courses

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across seven departments, and
from three academic and career

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communities for
its first cohort.

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Over the course of the fall
2021 semester, focus groups

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were held with
full-time faculties

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from each of the
seven departments

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to evaluate course materials
needs and impressions

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on ZTC material.

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In addition, an anonymous
survey was sent out

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to the entire department
to better understand

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how to facilitate zero or
low-cost textual options

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for these key courses.

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This semester, Spring
of 2022, a [? FOSO ?]

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will be disseminated
looking for TTP

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coaches to serve
as the discipline

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experts in these seven
departments to pilot the zero

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and low-cost materials in
those specific courses.

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There will be a
spring a ZTC challenge

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to in collaboration with DE.

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In addition, we'll be
creating a ZTC certification

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that faculty can participate
in across the disciplines.

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Soon after piloting material
in these seven courses,

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we will transition to
cohort two and so on,

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continuing to work
alongside discipline experts

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to identify and utilize
course materials that

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fit within the zero
or low-cost model.

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The Textbook Transformation
Project has two ultimate goals.

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The first, to create
ZTC degree pathways

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where students can walk
away with a Chaffey degree

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with little to no
course material costs.

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The second is to create what we
are calling TTP super courses,

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courses that utilize zero
and low-cost textbooks

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to advocate for the
success, retention,

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and generational achievement
of students of color

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and all students, select
and create accessible course

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materials, are focused
on student impact

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and present a diverse
representation of voices,

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build in equity-based
assessment tools

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by integrating ACEs and
ILOs, build material that

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meets the universal design
of learning to facilitate

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student-centered approach,
and have materials that

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are transitional
between face-to-face,

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distance education, hybrid,
and everything in between.

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So how can you get involved?

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Well, you can start by
learning more about OER and ZTC

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and even low-cost textbooks
options through the Spring DE

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challenge.

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Once the certification
modules are up and running,

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get ZTC certified.

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You can apply to
become a TTP coach.

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When we come to your departments
either in this cohort

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or future cohorts, participate
in our focus groups.

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Complete the anonymous
surveys, and help us out.

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Each of your voices and
discipline expertise

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is vital to the success
of this project.

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We want to remind you that your
participation in this project

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is completely optional
and up to each of you.

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Retaining academic
freedom is extremely

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important to all of us.

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However, with all of the
data showing all of the ways

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that this helps
students, the question

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is not why you should do
this, but why shouldn't you

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be doing this?

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Advocacy is an action.

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The choices are yours.

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