Tennessee State University

Led by Tennessee State University and supported by MERLOT and SkillsCommons at the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation, this endeavor supports initiatives to advance open educational resources (OER) across 40 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This effort will provide enhanced professional development in culturally representative and responsive design of OER. HBCUs will collaborate to strengthen their capacity to create and sustain open educational resources and practices and to develop a culture of open leadership at their institutions. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)

Led by Tennessee State University, the goal of the HBCU Affordable Learning Solutions program is to institutionalize the adoption and effective use of free and open educational resources and services on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This grant will support HBCUs in collaborative strategic planning and research to inform implementation of Affordable Learning Solutions programs at their institutions. The project will also expand the development and publication of culturally contextualized OER through efforts by HBCU faculty and in partnership with the MIT OpenCourseWare community. Capturing the processes and outcomes of these redesigned courses with storytelling and e-portfolios will help scale the dissemination of exemplary open educational practices. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)

Led by Tennessee State University, the HBCU Affordable Learning community’s goal is to institutionalize the adoption and effective use of free and open educational resources and services in HBCU campuses. This grant will support HBCUs in collaborative strategic planning and research to inform implementation of Affordable Learning Solutions programs at their institutions. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)