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OER/ZTC

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Focus on the Learner

    To center our work in learner-centered practices, we’ll start by examining our syllabi and learn about preparing a learner-centered syllabus or creating a liquid syllabus to promote active-learning and student success.

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    Backward Design

      To begin exploring how to redesign our courses with no-cost materials, we look at the course planning process of backward design, working back from creating learning goals or outcomes to choosing the learning materials.

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      Coming Into Joy

        Continuing our exploration of pedagogical practices that support open education, we have a reading on culturally and historically responsive teaching and learning.

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        What’s the Why behind Your ZTC course?

          As we continue on our journey of redesigning our courses, we come together to share the ‘why’ behind our choice to redesign with no-cost materials and think about how we will be transparent with our students.