4.1 The California Virtual Campus (CVC)

The California Virtual Campus (CVC) is an initiative of the CCC Chancellor's Office, funded by the California legislature in 2013 in support of Governor Jerry Brown's Online Education Initiative proposal. The CVC is one of three major initiatives—including the Education Planning Initiative and the Common Assessment Initiative—that are expected to integrate, improve, and evolve existing technology services on behalf of California's community college students (About the CVC Links to an external site.).

The mission of the California Virtual Campus Links to an external site. (previously the Online Education Initiative - California Virtual Campus (OEI/CVC)) is to dramatically increase the number of California Community Colleges (CCC) students who obtain college associate degrees and transfer to four-year colleges each year by providing online courses and services within a statewide CCC Online Education Ecosystem (OEE).

Special attention will be given to ensuring retention and success through basic skills support and other support services, especially for underserved and underrepresented cohort groups.

As part of the initiative, staff development opportunities will be made available, including a peer online course review, based on the Course Design Rubric for the Online Education Initiative (below). The OEI Professional Development task force developed the rubric to outline “good practice” in online course design.