From MIT Open Learning and OCW - From Open Access to Educational Equity: An HBCU+MERLOT+MIT OCW Collaboration

MIT OpenCourseWare is honored to begin a collaboration with a network of US-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who are adopting and adapting OER to improve the educational opportunities of their students. For several years, the HBCU Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) initiative which is a collaboration with the OER repository MERLOT, has been building HBCU faculty capacity to use OER, delivering immediate benefits to students by saving them thousands of dollars in textbook costs, improving course outcomes and reducing financial stress. MIT OpenCourseWare and MIT faculty will work together with HBCU faculty and staff to expand the Cultural Collections within the AL$ portal by identifying and curating appropriate OER material, and adapting and extending materials from OCW to be more culturally relevant for HBCU students. To learn more, visit: OCW's Blog: https://bit.ly/3HNXpG0 HBCU Affordable Learning Community Portal http://www.hbcuals.org/ #HBCU #MIT #OER #OpenEducation #AL$ #affordable #learning