Innovative Practices
Author: Claire Nickerson (Fort Hays State University)
In 2018, the Fort Hays State University (FHSU) Open Educational Resource (OER) Committee proposed a Z-Course Program to track and incentivize the use of zero-cost course materials. It included a course-marking initiative, the implementation of a small cost-share fee to students to fund the program and incentivize departments to offer Z-courses, and a Z-Course Grant Program for faculty who wanted to convert their courses. The proposal was approved in 2020 and implemented beginning in 2021. Since then, the course-marking and fee implementation have been streamlined, and the committee is working on qualitative assessment.
Keywords: OER, Z-Course, Course Marking, Course Designation, Grant Program
How to Cite: Nickerson, C. (2025) “Implementing a Z-Course Program at Fort Hays State University”, Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. 3(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/joerhe.17969
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