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Michigan Virtual partners with Bureau of Elections to launch online elections training resource
Michigan VirtualElection officials and their staff now have a new online training resource that allows them to take courses, view video tutorials and participate in webinars for self-paced learning from the Michigan Bureau of Elections. Hosted by Michigan Virtual, the…
Michigan Virtual teacher takes class on virtual field trip to Switzerland
Michigan VirtualAndrew Vanden Heuvel, Michigan Virtual for Students online physics teacher and “Glass Explorer” recently became the first teacher to teach a science class from inside the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Vanden Heuvel was invited to visit CERN, the…
Michigan Virtual Board welcomes new members
Michigan VirtualThe Michigan Virtual Board of Directors elected three new members at its April 19 meeting. The three new members expressed significant interest in the work of Michigan Virtual to serve Michigan’s K-12 community with quality online educational services and…
Michigan Virtual and UDM to provide teachers in training with online teaching experience
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual and the University of Detroit Mercy are teaming up to train the next generation of online educators by providing UDM teacher education students the opportunity to experience online teaching at various levels of instruction. Michigan Virtual online…
Moving Michigan Farther, Faster
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual announced the release of a report about the future of K-12 education in Michigan, calling for a heightened focus on personalized learning. “Governor Snyder tasked Michigan Virtual with stepping back and thinking about two overarching questions: (1)…
Online learning provides options
Michigan VirtualThe Midland Daily News reports that “online education creates another option for students.” The article (posted Feb. 24, 2013) describes how schools in Midland Country are using online learning options, from providers like Michigan Virtual for Students, to meet…
The future of online learning
Michigan VirtualMichigan Radio’s Cynthia Canty spoke with Jamey Fitzpatrick, President and CEO of Michigan Virtual, recently about online education nationally and in Michigan. Visit Michigan Radio to listen to the interview About Michigan Virtual Michigan Virtual is a private, nonprofit…
A Report to the Legislature, 2012
Michigan VirtualThis report is submitted in compliance with Section 98 (6) of Public Act 196 of 2014, which requires Michigan Virtual to provide, not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, a report to the House and Senate Appropriations…
Accreditation Progress Report
Michigan VirtualThe Accreditation Progress Report was prepared for the AdvancED Quality Assurance Review in November 2012. Dedicated to advancing excellence in education worldwide, AdvancED provides accreditation, research, and professional services to 27,000 schools in 65 countries. AdvancED provides accreditation under…
Report addresses student learning in online schools
Michigan VirtualOnline learning is growing rapidly in Michigan and across the nation. A report released at the recent International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) virtual school symposium in New Orleans asked as “online learning is becoming more common, is…
Michigan Virtual wins award for changing the way teachers learn
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual won a Silver Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Best Learning Team for the organization’s work in developing Michigan LearnPort, Michigan’s leading online portal for K-12 educators. Michigan teachers, administrators and other staff use the portal to…
Center for Online Learning Research and Innovation established at Michigan Virtual
Michigan VirtualIndicative of the emerging role online learning plays in K-12 education, Public Act 201 of 2012 directed the Michigan Virtual to establish the Center for Online Learning Research and Innovation. The Center for Online Learning Research and Innovation will…
Online Teacher of the Year chosen
Michigan VirtualTara Becker-Utess of Dimondale was named Michigan Virtual’s 2012 Online Teacher of the Year at an awards presentation dinner at the University Club at MSU on Monday, Oct. 15. Becker-Utess has been an online instructor for Michigan Virtual for…
Michigan Virtual enrolls 24,000 students, looks to add up to 25 new jobs
Michigan VirtualMichigan is known nationwide as a leader in online learning for K-12 education. Since 2004, Michigan Virtual has been helping to build that reputation. Though the nonprofit, which was created in 1998, shifted their attention to K-12 learning, President…
Michigan Virtual moves online learning into Detroit high schools
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual will provide online courses to 600 Detroit high school students this fall in a unique partnership with the state’s Education Achievement Authority (EAA). The EAA is operating six Detroit high schools as part of Michigan’s Education Achievement…
Oakland Press follows up on accounting course development
Michigan VirtualThe Oakland Press reports on Michigan Virtual efforts to develop accounting courses for high school students. In an effort to spread awareness about the accounting field, Michigan Virtual, one of the largest online schools in the U.S. will introduce…
Michigan Virtual receives educational service award from MASSP
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual will receive the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals Presidential Service Award at an educational conference later this month. According to the MASSAP executive director Wendy Zdeb-Roper, “the MASSP President Service Award is given to individuals and/or…
Partnership aims to introduce students to accounting
Michigan VirtualWith the goal of creating new and innovative learning programs for K-12 students and teachers, Michigan Virtual entered a joint venture with the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). Michigan Virtual President & CEO Jamey Fitzpatrick and MICPA…
Michigan Virtual partners with foundation to develop entrepreneurial learning programs
Michigan VirtualWith the goal of creating new and innovative learning programs for K-12 students, parents and teachers, Michigan Virtual has initiated a collaboration with the Prima Civitas Foundation (PCF). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Michigan Virtual President Jamey…
Michigan reaches major milestone in online learning
Michigan VirtualMichigan Virtual announced today that Michigan Virtual for Students recorded its 100,000th student enrollment during the current spring semester. Since it was launched in 2000, Michigan Virtual has worked in partnership with Michigan’s K-12 schools to provide online courses,…
