mccvlc – providing educational access, anytime, anywhere appropriations subcommittee presentation...

MCCVLC – Providing Educational Access, Anytime, Anywhere

Appropriations Subcommittee PresentationMarch 11, 2013

St. Clair County Community College

The Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative is a project which allows students

from anywhere in Michigan to take any one of the over 2100 online courses from the on-line

catalog; courses which may be offered by one of the 26 “Provider” community colleges…

with the support of their “Home” college.

MCCA Statewide Community College Services Task Force (1996)◦ 50% Area of State and 20% of Population

underserved◦ Access – a financial, academic, and

geographic hallmark of community colleges

Focus on the learner and student support services required in a virtual environment

NOT a 29th community college Low overhead/staffing Increase options for learners

“To connect the teaching and student support capacity of participating Michigan community colleges so that learners and clients can access affordable, high-quality learning opportunities whenever and wherever desired.”

Instruction from provider college

Students maintain strong associationwith the home college

◦ Support services◦ Transcripts◦ Library ◦ Test proctoring◦ Financial Aid The

Model

http://vcampus.mccvlc.org Are You Ready?

◦ Are You Ready for Online Learning?◦ Time Management◦ Technology Requirements

Course Catalog Degrees Help Center Enroll in Courses

MCCA Board of Directors - policy North Central Association – Higher

Learning Commission - accreditation MCCVLC Advisory Council –

operational advisement

Memorandum of Understanding◦ Articulation agreement◦ Financial Aid consortium agreement◦ Common tuition◦ Revenue sharing

Professional Development Resume Bank Quality Course Assurance Program Accessibility Resources – Project GOALS Virtual Simulations Online Teacher Certification Courses Membership Surveys State Authorization Project MCCVLC – HLC Accreditation Project Grants for Program Development/Student

Services ‘Test the Water’ Pilot Projects Collaborative Purchases

Issues with current model:Built around institutions and not the studentsServes as a last option for getting a course Greater competition from outside of state Identifiable unmet needLow institutional incentive for new online

offeringsThe name, Michigan Community College Virtual

Learning Collaborative, is obscure - students don’t know what it means.

Outcomes – defined to provide value for students and member colleges

Quality – Student focused Collaboration – Better resource

management Market Share – Move to complete

degree/certificate programs, addressing unmet need

Michigan Colleges Online

Course Aggregator – ◦provides students with real

time course availability on the MCCVLC website within their home college online registration

Digital Credential Pathway – ◦provides the student with

information on what courses to take and when, based on what courses already taken and what credential is desired.

Immediate Feedback –◦Data reporting to colleges on

specific courses/programs that have the highest demand and/or requests through MCCVLC.

Michigan Colleges Online Repository – ◦ An open library of digital assets for

member institutions with short learning activities, videos, assessments, open textbooks or full courses.

◦ Faculty can adopt, revise as they wish. ◦ Uses digital assets developed by faculty

willing to share their work.

Improved Student Support – ◦ Provide students with an early alert system to

support successful completion of the course. ◦ Create a collaborative student advisement portal

to support individual colleges.◦ Streamline process for students needing

financial aid for virtual courses. ◦ Use student feedback to streamline student

support.

Marketing – ◦ Focus marketing plan towards untapped clients

such as active-duty military and veterans, industry credentialing, dual enrollment, and international students.

◦ Re-branding to be more student oriented rather than institution based.

Course Aggregator/Infrastructure

Hardware $50,000

Software Development -(Aggregator for courses, digital credential pathway, revised online registration system, analytics program, integration costs)

$550,000

Collaborative Repository

Hardware $20,000

Software $60,000

Content Development $420,00

$1,100,000

St. Clair County Community CollegePSY 220 – Life Span Developmental Psychology

Ronda EdwardsExecutive Director – MCCVLC

redwards@mccvlc.orgwww.vcampus.mccvlc.org