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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
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