MCCVLC Providing Educational Access Anytime Anywhere Appropriations

MCCVLC – Providing Educational Access, Anytime, Anywhere Appropriations Subcommittee Presentation March 11, 2013 St. Clair County Community College

MCCVLC - What is it? 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.

MCCVLC – How It Began 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

As identified by the MCCA Board - Trustees & Presidents Focus on the learner and student support services required in a virtual environment NOT a 29 th community college Low overhead/staffing Increase options for learners

MCCVLC Mission Statement “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. ”

MCCVLC – How it Works Instruction from provider college Students maintain strong association with the home college ◦ ◦ ◦ Support services Transcripts Library Test proctoring Financial Aid The Model

MCCVLC Student Website 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

MCCVLC Governance MCCA Board of Directors - policy North Central Association – Higher Learning Commission - accreditation MCCVLC Advisory Council – operational advisement

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

Services for Members 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

MCCVLC Next Generation Presidents Task Force Ø Issues with current model: Ø Built around institutions and not the students Ø Serves as a last option for getting a course Ø Greater competition from outside of state Ø Identifiable unmet need Ø Low institutional incentive for new online offerings Ø The name, Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative, is obscure - students don’t know what it means.

MCCVLC Next Generation Presidents Task Force 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

Project Deliverables Course Aggregator – ◦ provides students with real time course availability on the MCCVLC website within their home college online registration

Project Deliverables

Project Deliverables 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.

Project Deliverables Immediate Feedback – ◦ Data reporting to colleges on specific courses/programs that have the highest demand and/or requests through MCCVLC.

Project Deliverables 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.

Project Deliverables 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.

Project Deliverables 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.

Project Budget Course Aggregator/Infrastructure Hardware Software Development (Aggregator for courses, digital credential pathway, revised online registration system, analytics program, integration costs) $50, 000 $550, 000 Collaborative Repository Hardware $20, 000 Software $60, 000 Content Development $420, 00 $1, 100, 000

Sample of Online Course St. Clair County Community College PSY 220 – Life Span Developmental Psychology

Ronda Edwards Executive Director – MCCVLC redwards@mccvlc. org www. vcampus. mccvlc. org