Ruth Ann Balla Executive Director, Virtual College.

Enhancing Student Learning

with TechnologyMiami Dade College

Ruth Ann BallaExecutive Director, Virtual College

About Miami Dade College

In 2008-09, MDC enrolled 167,539 students in credit and non-credit classesThe MDC student population is 68% Hispanic, 19% African American, and 9% White Non-HispanicOver half of MDC students are first generation college students66% of MDC students are US citizens49% of MDC students are native English speakers, while 43% are native Spanish speakers72% of MDC students are employed, 20% of which work F/TApproximately 30% of MDC students are below the poverty level; 61% are low-income

MDC Learning Outcomes

The Virtual CollegeThe Virtual College is MDC’s online learning programLarger than 4 of MDC’s 8 campusesThis term (Fall 2009), the Virtual College had 11,738 seats in 456 classes, 93.6% of which were filled.Each year, 15 to 30 new courses are developed for online delivery.

Virtual College Growth

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85% attach documents and pictures to email83% access the internet and use web addresses75% use word processing54% participate in social networking sitessuch as Facebook

Virtual College Student Experiences

Student OrientationStudent orientations are available for students who are taking a Virtual College course for the first timeThe number of students who participated in orientation last academic year:

Fall 2008: 665 Spring 2009: 2150 Summer 2009: 2284

Learning Management System

The learning management system, ANGEL is used by:

Blended Online Web-enhanced courses

There are 757 faculty trained in ANGELOver 27,000 students are using ANGEL this term!

Learning Management System

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MDC Computer Courtyard Activity

Over one million logins each year!Primary use – Academic SoftwareCourtyard users—

94% are minorities 91.6% work FT or PT 66.8% use the Courtyard more than twice a week 31% work on Virtual College courses

School of Entertainment & Design

iPhonesMDC’s Physical Therapy Assistant program using iPhonesAll course materials “fit in their pocket”Students can access textbook materials and take quizzes from the palm of their hands

Other technologiesiTunesUSecond LifeGmail accounts for all MDC studentsSocial Networking tools such as Twitter and FacebookLecture Capture