Welcome to TSU-EXCEL4ed
Tennessee State University's Open Education Resource Library

Tennessee State University is working to provide students and faculty easy access to quality FREE and OPEN eTextbooks and digital curriculum resources to reduce the cost of textbooks that everyone and anyone can access anytime and anywhere for teaching, learning, and career training (Learn more about how and why we're doing this)

What is TSU-Excel4ed?

Tennessee State University is committed to excellence and has been consistently listed in the U.S. News & World Report’s "Guide to America’s Best Colleges" for more than a decade.

This eLearning portal partnership with MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching curated by California Southern University (CSU), represents TSU's commitment to promoting student success and teaching effectiveness by providing affordable educational alternatives to traditional textbooks and learning resources by providing quality digital learning and teaching materials for both on-ground and online teaching.

At this site, you will find a wealth of free open educational resources (OER) such as eTextbooks, for students, faculty, and staff in one convenient location; available online at any time (24 x 7 hours) and anywhere (around the world) one can access the internet.

This site helps you:

• locate free quality online learning materials anytime, from any location;
• lower the cost of attending college for all SU System's College students;
• improve the learning experience by offering rich educational materials at the point of need;
• organize course learning materials quickly and easily using digital file storage solutions;
• review the great work that SU System's faculty and partner institutions are doing through the Faculty and Course Showcase;
• share in the best practices and learning materials with Tennessee University faculty and faculty around the world; and
• promote student success by offering digital learning materials at the beginning of the course.