Digital innovations are in pilot stages as well as embedded in established programs at community college campuses across the country. Here are a handful of examples of how schools are using digital tools to support students and bring real-world experiences into the classroom.
| SCHOOL | PROGRAM DESCRIPTION | FEATURE |
| Salt Lake Community College | SLCC requires students enrolled in general education courses to create electronic portfolios that contain important assignments and reflections, documentation of their goals and learning experiences. SLCC hosts an online environment where students post their resumes and faculty post letters of recommendation. | Electronic Portfolios |
| Austin Community College | In partnership with Civitas Learning, ACC has created an online Degree Map service that allows students to compare degree plans side by side, track degree requirements, assist with credit transfer options, and understand the time and cost involved with the possibility of switching majors. | Degree Maps |
| Rio Salado College | The RSC RioPACE tool (for Progress and Course Engagement) evaluates a student’s engagement and interaction with an online course, such as how many times he or she will log into a course lesson and/or view an instructor’s feedback, and other course progress measures. | Engagement |
| Fresno City College | The Student Learning and Support Services Center at FCC features a comprehensive online service called FCCWise, where students can search for tutors by subject, locate peer-assisted study sessions being held online and face-to-face, and where prospective tutors can apply online and get into the system. | Tutoring |
| Greenville Technical College | The newly built 100-000 square-foot GTC Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI) in South Carolina provides access to the latest teaching and learning tools and services for advanced manufacturing careers. The Center features integrated project-based learning experiences on real-world projects. | Technical Training |
| Wichita Area Technical College | A model of teamwork between multiple outside entities to bring about dynamic change can be found at WATC, where a collaboration between government, private industry, and education resulted in building a $54 million National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT) that opened in 2010 and is managed by WATC. | Aviation Training |
| Cuyahoga Community College | Tri-C in Cleveland built a sophisticated, non-profit Corporate College in 2003 that features innovative continuing professional development programs offered in partnership with the local business community, including incumbent worker training, organizational effectiveness and leadership programs. | Business PD |
| Walla Walla Community College | WWCC in the state of Washington implemented the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST) into its Early Childhood Education, Nursing and Watershed Technology degree programs. I-Best is designed for students to improve their English language or basic skills in classes that are team-taught by one content instructor and one basic skills instructor. | I-BEST |
| Miami Dade College | MDC “breathes life into learning” by providing its students with access to NBC Learn, a collection of videos, images and documents. NBC Learn features an online library of resources related to historic and current news and events, as well other digital assets that help faculty teach and engage students. | Digital Resource Library |
| Hostos Community College | HCC, located in the South Bronx, recently launched two technology-oriented initiatives benefitting students, faculty and staff. The Succeed@Hostos early warning system is a comprehensive platform that tracks all of the college’s numerous intervention and outreach services. Its mobile app, myHostos, gives students easy access to the areas of Hostos that matter most to them. |
Early Warning System; Mobile App |
| CSU East Bay | CSUEB is doing away with stodgy orientation courses—which often are held at times when working students can't attend—and instead has created its own virtual orientation course, giving students a head start before they arrive to campus. This fall more than 750 students enrolled in the course. | Virtual Orientation |
