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Open Education Resources (OER)

What's OER?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are open-licensed, educational materials that are freely available for use, sharing, and modification.  The term OER (Open Educational Resources) was first defined by UNESCO in 2002 as 鈥渁ny type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license鈥� and can 鈥渞ange from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.鈥�  This means that OER can include textbooks, teaching materials (like presentation slides), assignments, tests, quiz banks, videos, course shells, and other materials used in education. 

These resources are usually online and free to access, although there may be a cost for printing the materials that can be found online or in your course's Canvas shell.  

What's ZTC?

ZTC stands for "Zero Textbook Cost," and identifies sections in which there is no cost for a textbook or homework materials. 

There may still be a cost for course supplies, such as goggles, calculators (which can be checked out from Library for free:  Find out more in the or go to the front desk), art supplies, or other required course materials that are not textbooks or homework systems.  

ZTC Wheel with 6 circles of types of free learning materials around the ZTC icon.

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Student Resources

Information about OER and ZTC for students.
  • Which sections are ZTC?
    To find what sections have free textbooks, search for:
    • (Zero Textbook Cost) and the crossed out money sign icon in the

    money sign with line through it

  • Where's my OER?

    Once you've decided on a course section that is ZTC, you can get access to the material in a variety of ways:

    • Contact the professor or wait until the first day of class
    • Find the resource on the on the
    • Find your course section on the Bookstore's page, which is called "Course Materials at No Cost" under the Textbook banner  on the
    • Check out the on LibreTexts for books written by TC faculty and hosted on LIbreTexts

蜜桃影视 is an open-access institution, which means that we accept every application.  Do you still need to apply to go to 蜜桃影视?  Start at the TC Admissions page of steps.

Do you still need to register?  Learn how to register for classes at 蜜桃影视 at our Registration page.

OER by TC Faculty

Prof.s Oja and Raber holding their OER textbooks

CC-BY-SA-NC Nelson Media Group

Faculty at 蜜桃影视 have created OER for you!

Research on OER

If you're interested in learning more about the impact of OER, check out the information on the Research on OER page.  

Faculty Resources

Faculty should go to the Faculty Resources page for opportunities, resources, and information for learning about, finding, curating, and/or evaluating OER.