ZTC是什么意思？
By now many of you have probably heard about OER, or open educational resources. You may have even taken a ZTC, or zero textbook cost, course here at Grossmont大学, which means you didn't have to pay for a textbook for the course. If you'd like to know more about what OER and ZTC mean for your education, you've come to the right place!
更多关于ZTC
ZTCstands for "zero textbook cost" and is applied to courses in which your instructor
uses open educational resources (OER), or other freely available resources instead
of traditional textbooks or other expensive learning materials. The California State
government even passed a州法案建立ZTC课程指导方针。
这些准则说明：
- 所有指定的ZTC课程教材都是可选的，不是必须的。
- All assigned textbooks for a course must be identified as Open Educational Resources (OER) which means there is no cost for students to use them.
- Any assigned textbooks, including course readers, are available online for free (i.e. through library databases),和学生不需要购买实体书。
- 实验材料或所需的供应是不considered a textbook cost. If a course meets the requirements noted above, but requires a fee for materials then the section仍然有资格作为ZTC根据国家指导方针。 （注意:一个实验室手册is considered a textbook and must be available to students at no cost in order for the course to be considered ZTC).
- 课程是不considered ZTC if students need to pay fees to access a software platform to do coursework or homework.
ZTC标志
The image below is the logo used to indicate ZTC. When you see this logo in a class
schedule, it indicates that the class has no associated textbook costs!
ZTC和你的图书馆
Courses can also be considered ZTC if your instructor uses resources available from the Grossmont大学 library instead of traditional textbooks. 图书馆 resources, including books, eBooks, articles, newspapers and more, are always free for students to use. If your instructor assigns a resource from the library for your course and you need help finding it, you can always visit the reference desk and ask a librarian for help. Help is also available through在线聊天，或致电619-644-7361。