A virtual event focusing on strategies, actions and outcomes for HBCUs providing quality online education that prioritizes student success. This summit is open to all registered conference participants at any of the HBCUs in the United States.
Friday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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This summit, in partnership with MERLOT and Tennessee State University, has been designed for educators at HBCUs to engage in key strategies and outcomes that create access to online education in support of student success. Focusing on the quality characteristics of online learning as well as digital strategies prioritized by HBCUs in their work in online education, this multipart summit uses actionable design practices and collaborative work to create a community of practice supporting work well beyond the conference.
Join us for two distinct events as part of the HBCU Summit, as well as special networking opportunities for educators from HBCUs across the nation.
The 5th Annual Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) for HBCUs workshop will feature HBCU faculty, staff, and administrators sharing their practices for supporting faculty changing to no-cost and low-cost digital course materials, including OER, and saving students thousands of dollars. The workshop will include demonstrations and practice using MERLOT and SkillsCommons to support adopting no-cost course materials as well guidelines for planning your own AL$ program for your own campus.
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Morning Session: Friday, March 12 from 9:00AM – 12:00PM CT
Afternoon Session: Friday, March 12 from 1:00PM – 4:00PM CT
This pre-conference workshop is free for registered conference attendees interested in Affordable Learning Solutions for HBCUs. Access will be granted through the conference platform on Friday, March 12, 2021 fifteen minutes prior to the session start time.
On May 14-15, 2020, leaders and change agents from the HBCU community gathered online for the HBCU Action Network Town Hall event to discuss collaborating with shared purpose amidst the challenges exacerbated by COVID-19. Sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association, the Online Learning Consortium, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and Tennessee State University, this event provided direction and focus to the actions of educators of all roles and levels at HBCUs. As part of the event, the salient themes from the discussions were surfaced and shared as a white paper that will be released at this event. On Tuesday, March 16, join us for three fireside chats examining key focus areas within the white paper led by prominent voices from the HBCU Community.
All sessions listed in Central Time Zone.
HBCU Approaches and Opportunities for Student Support
Student support, particularly in the current environment of COVID-19 and social unrest, encompasses a broad swath of challenges and considerations at HBCUs. In this session, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities for student support, ranging from students’ physical and financial ability to attend, equitable access to technology, their mental and physical health, and the provision of the rich cultural and experiential opportunities at an HBCU.
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Funding Models for HBCUs During and Beyond the Pandemic
HBCUs make up approximately 3 percent of public and private higher education institutions in the United States, and graduate 17 percent of Black undergraduate students, particularly in STEM fields (ACE, 2019). However, they remain underfunded compared to primarily white institutions. Panelists and participants in this session will discuss three primary sources of funding: legislative funding, partnerships, and fundraising.
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Looking at the Operations Landscape Across HBCU Institutions
Providing academic, technical/access/device, and social support for students, as well as course design and delivery and technical/access/device support for faculty emerge as universal challenges. Participants in this session will discuss operations, including infrastructure, logistics and implementation, and student and faculty support as key areas impacted by the pandemic.
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Registration for this event is included in your conference registration. All sessions will be available for on-demand viewing for one (1) year post-conference.
Please contact Angela Gunder at angela.gunder@onlinelearning-c.org with any questions.
Special thanks to the members of the planning committee for their efforts organizing this event:
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