James Glapa-Grossklag is the Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (California, USA). He directs the statewide CCC DECT grant and co-coordinated Technical Assistance for the CCC Zero Textbook Cost grant program. James is past Board President of the Open Education Consortium; the Community College Consortium for OER; and DET/CHE. He has served as an OER trainer for the US State Department and is an invited keynote at national conferences. He earned faculty tenure in history, and has taught online, hybrid, and f2f.