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Requests for funding

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Create

Apply for a $10,000 stipend to create and adopt an Open Educational Resource (OER)

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Update

Apply for a $7,500 stipend to update and adopt an Open Educational Resource (OER).

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Adopt

Apply for a $5,000.00 stipend to revise a course in order to switch from a traditional commercial textbook to an Open Educational Resource (OER)

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Continue to Adopt

Apply for a $2,500 stipend to continue utilizing an Open Educational Resource (OER) in a course section

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OER at Hartnell

New ZTC funding opportunities

Courses that need Open Educational Resources adopted:

BUS 194 Human Relations in Business
Required for First Line Supervisor CT
3 units
BUS 42 Electronic Spreadsheets
Required for First Line Supervisor CT
3 Units
BUS 650 Introduction to PC Applications 
Required for Workforce and Academic Readiness CT
Noncredit
BUS 690 Career Management
Required for Workforce and Academic Readiness CT
Noncredit
BUS 699 Introduction to Online Learning 
Required for Workforce and Academic Readiness CT
Noncredit
COM 4 Intercultural Communication 
Required for COM ADT
3 units
COM 8 Interpersonal Communication
Required for COM ADT
3 units

ZTC Pathways 

These are course pathways to credentials-either a Degree or Certificate-that are made up of courses that have Zero Textbook Cost:

Below is the Zero Textbook Cost Pathway to the Early Childhood Education AS-T

The following required major courses are Zero Textbook Cost (25 units):

  • ECE 1 Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (3 units)
  • ECE 2 Child, Family, School, and Community Relations (3 units)
  • ECE 4 Introduction to Curriculum (3 units)
  • ECE 6 Child Growth and Development (3 units)
  • ECE 10 Observation and Assessment (3 units)
  • ECE 12 Practicum: Field Teaching Experience (4 units)
  • ECE 19 Health, Safety, and Nutrition (3 units)
  • ECE 53 Teaching in a Diverse Society (3 units)

The following required general education courses are Zero Textbook Cost:

  • Area A1. Oral Communication (3 units required)
  • COM 1 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 units)
  • COM 3 Survey of Human Communication (3 units)
  • COM 5 Professional and Leadership Communication
  • Area A2. English Composition (3 or 4 units required)
  • ENG 1A College Composition and Reading (3 units)
  • ENG 1AX Intensive College Composition and Reading
  • Area A3. Critical Thinking and Composition (3 units required)
  • COM 2 Argumentation and Debate (3 units)
  • ENG 2 Critical Thinking and Writing (3 units)
  • Area B1. Physical Science (3 units required)
  • AST 1 Introduction to Astronomy (3 units)
  • Area B2. Life Sciences (3 units required)
  • BIO 10 General Biology (3 units)
  • BIO 42 Human Biology (3 units)
  • BIO 48 Environmental Science (3 units)
  • Area B3. Lab Activity (1 unit required)
  • ASTL Astronomy Lab (1 unit)
  • Area B4. Mathematical Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning (3 units required)
  • MAT 13 Elementary Statistics (4 units)
  • Area C1. Arts and Humanities (select at least one course from C1 and one course from C2 (minimum 9 units required)
  • C1 MUS 8 American Popular Music (3 units)
  • C1 MUS 42 Human Biology (3 units)
  • C2 HIS 17A US History A (3 units)
  • C2 HIS 17B US History B (3 units)
  • C2 HIS 40 History of Women in the US (3 units)Area C1. 
  • Area D1. Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 units required)
  • BUS 32 Introduction to Business (3 units)
  • ECE 2 Child, Family, School and Community Relations (3 units)
  • ECE 53 Teaching in a Diverse Society (3 units)
  • EDU 1 Introduction to Education in a Changing World (3 units)
  • SJS 20 Introduction to Social Justice (3 units)
  • Area E1 CSU. Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development (3 units required)
  • COU 1 Student Success Seminar (3 units)
  • ECE 6 Child Growth and Development (3 units)
  • Area F1 CSU Ethnic Studies (3 units required)
  • ETH 1 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3 units)
  • ETH 21 Introduction to African-American Studies (3 units)
  • ETH 56 Ethnic Studies Cinema (3 units)

Join the Canvas Shell

Contact Lisa Storm at lstorm@hartnell.edu for the URL to join the Canvas shell for creating and adopting OER.

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