CCBC has been steadily growing from a grass roots group of faculty and faculty librarians interested in and using OER to a full-fledged community on campus. At CCBC we have an OER/Textbook Affordability Committee that works to promote, advocate, and coordinator OER and Open Education efforts. The committee is comprised of at least one member from each school, including Deans, as well as, other departments on campus: instructional design, bookstore, business services, and marketing and communications. 
The Committee has had some major accomplishments over the last couple of years:
OER/Affordable Textbook Grant Program. Through funding from Barnes & Noble each year we have $10,000 to give away for projects that look to adopt, adapt, create, or sustain OER and affordable textbooks. Efforts from this program have saved students over $500,000 on textbooks. Look for the CFP in April!
Course Marking Initiative. The committee has worked with Enrollment Services staff to highlight courses using Free or Low-Cost (less than $45) course materials. This information appears in the Notes section for course using these materials.
UN Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship Program. This year CCBC will be joining with Montgomery College in Maryland, Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia to create renewable assignments based on the 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations. Faculty chosen for this award-winning fellowship program will be partnered with faculty from the three other institutions to create 3 renewable assignments. For more information click here:
Please contact Jamie Witman (jwitman@ccbcmd.edu) or Cynthia Roberts-Whitelock (croberts@ccbcmd.ed) if you have any questions.
Read this article from a CCBC student that was published in the CCBC Connection. This article doesn't talk about OER and open textbooks specifically but it does mention the rising costs of textbooks and the impact it has on students.
OER/Afforable Textbook Grant Winners
Recipients for the 2018-2019 OER/Alternative Textbook Grant Program:
Evon Ford, Eric Cotton- CHEM
Nancy Zimmeran - MNGT
Ted McCadden - HUSC
Sarah Barnhardt, Danielle Aldawood, Sara Osman, Alyssa Simms-Clark - ESOL
Lisa Boone - HUSC
Jennifer Pemberton - HUSC
Recipients for the 2019-2020 OER/Alternative Textbook Grant Program:
Pauline Hamilton, Erica DiCara - CHEM
Fernando G. Paniagua, Melissa Hanks - CSIT
Ted McCadden - HUSC
Sarah Barnhardt, Danielle Aldawood, Sara Osman, Jess Farrar - ESOL
Lisa Boone - HUSC
Donna Mandl, Jill Burke - LGST
Recipients for the 2020-2021 OER/Alternative Textbook Grant Program:
Jay Trucker, Lauren Pollak - ENGL
Irby Hunter - HIIT
Krish Palaniswamy, Kathy Baranoski - MATH
Encarni Trueba, Mani Kurian, Victor Madike, Chris DeStefano - BIOL
Marguerite Falcon, Elizabeth Smith, Tara Meyer - HUSC
Sonya Smith, Mark Williams - MNGT
Please contact Cynthia Roberts, croberts@ccbcmd.edu or Jamie Witman, jwitman@ccbcmd.edu if you have questions about this program or the application process for next year.
Courses using OER @ CCBC
