SU System signs MOU with Cal State to support innovative learning solutions project
The
Southern University System recently signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with California State University (CSU) and the Multimedia
Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
organization for the design and deployment of Southern University’s
Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Initiative. Pictured during a recent
campus visit with SU administrators is Gerry Hanley (second from
right), assistant vice chancellor, academic technology services, CSU,
and executive director of the MERLOT Africa Network (MAN), with
professor Moustapha Diack (far left), lead of SUS AL$ project and
director of the SUBR Doctoral Program in Science/Mathematics Education
(SMED), and director, MAN; Ray L. Belton (second from left),
president-chancellor SU System; and M. Christopher Brown, SU System
executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. The
Southern University System (SUS), April 19, 2016, signed a partnership
Memorandum of Understanding with California State University (CSU) and
the Multimedia Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching
(MERLOT) organization for the design and deployment of Southern
University's Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Initiative, and to
create the Southern University Open Online Library for Education
(SUOL4Ed).
The CSU-MERLOT program has been successful in saving students millions of dollars in California during the six years of its AL$ program, and higher education systems in New York, Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma have also partnered with CSU-MERLOT to design and deploy their own customized AL$ programs.
Southern University will leverage CSU-MERLOT's AL$ capabilities to create their own institution-specific showcases and website that they can build up over time.
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