Shoreline’s Virtual Campus Celebrates National Distance Learning Week

SCC is celebrating National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) during Nov. 10-14, 2014.  Sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association, NDLW seeks to promote and celebrate the tremendous growth and accomplishments occurring today in distance learning programs.

Currently, more than 3.5 million U.S. college students are taking online courses and/or earning online college degrees.

Shoreline’s Virtual Campus serves 891 online students (full-time equivalent students aka FTEs), an increase of 25% since 2010. The Virtual Campus serves more than fully distant students though.  It is dedicated to empowering a wide range of learners to succeed by increasing access to high quality and innovative educational experiences, complemented by a full suite of support services, all offered at times and places most convenient to learners.  Hybrid learners–who take classes that combine online with on-ground learning–have grown the most substantially at the college, in fact.  Shoreline serves 925 hybrid learners (FTEs), an increase of 95% since 2010.