MVU, MVS and Michigan LearnPort at a glance

Michigan Virtual University (MVU) was established in 1998 by the State of Michigan. MVU is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation and is governed by an independent Board of Directors comprised of individuals representing business, industry, higher education, K-12 education and state government.

MVU began to serve Michigan’s K-12 community with online instructional services as a result of Public Act 230 of 2000. In 2005, the Michigan Virtual School (MVS) was awarded accreditation by the North Central Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA) and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA).

In 2003, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Education, MVU created Michigan LearnPort, a web-based portal that provides low-cost and no-cost online professional development opportunities for Michigan’s K-12 community, higher education and for organizations not directly affiliated with K-12 or higher education.

Michigan Virtual School was launched during the 1999-2000 academic year, providing 100 online course enrollments to 18 schools. During the 2008-09 academic year, MVS provided more than 16,000 course enrollments working with approximately 500 schools.
Michigan Virtual School offers more than 150 unique courses, including 19 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and seven different foreign languages. The core academic areas of math, English, science and social studies are covered, with an emphasis on meeting the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements. Most of the courses are high school level, but more than 50 are available for middle school students.
Michigan Virtual School has trained more than 400 teachers how to be online instructors. MVS online instructors are certified, highly-qualified teachers.
Michigan LearnPort, which offers low-cost and no-cost online professional development for the K-12 community, has more than 45,000 users and features more than 300 courses, most of them at no cost.
Michigan LearnPort has granted more than 3,700 free State Board Continuing Education Units (SB-CEUs).
MVU has served more than 64,000 students through online course enrollments or access to other online learning tools in the past decade.
In 2006 Michigan became the first state to require online learning for high school graduation.
MVU collaborated with the Michigan Department of Education, with funding from Microsoft, to develop CareerForward, a free online course that helps schools meet the state’s online learning requirement.
MVU offers two comprehensive career development systems, myDreamExplorer^® and MOIS. Both help individual students create their Educational Development Plan (EDP). The free, web-accessible myDreamExplorer has more than 40,000 student users. MOIS is used by more than 250 schools, colleges and state agencies.
The state of Michigan was ranked No. 2 in the United States in a survey of online learning policy and practice in 2008 by the Center for Digital Education.
MVS teacher Lorri MacDonald was named the first Michigan online teacher of the year in December 2008.
MVU was named the Educational Program of the Year by Automation Alley in September 2009.
MVS teacher Melanie Laber was named the second Michigan online teacher of the year in December 2009.

MVU, MVS and Michigan LearnPort at a glance

Michigan Virtual School was launched during the 1999-2000 academic year, providing 100 online course enrollments to 18 schools. During the 2008-09 academic year, MVS provided more than 16,000 course enrollments working with approximately 500 schools.
Michigan Virtual School offers more than 150 unique courses, including 19 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and seven different foreign languages. The core academic areas of math, English, science and social studies are covered, with an emphasis on meeting the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements. Most of the courses are high school level, but more than 50 are available for middle school students.
Michigan Virtual School has trained more than 400 teachers how to be online instructors. MVS online instructors are certified, highly-qualified teachers.
Michigan LearnPort, which offers low-cost and no-cost online professional development for the K-12 community, has more than 45,000 users and features more than 300 courses, most of them at no cost.
Michigan LearnPort has granted more than 3,700 free State Board Continuing Education Units (SB-CEUs).
MVU has served more than 64,000 students through online course enrollments or access to other online learning tools in the past decade.
In 2006 Michigan became the first state to require online learning for high school graduation.
MVU collaborated with the Michigan Department of Education, with funding from Microsoft, to develop CareerForward, a free online course that helps schools meet the state’s online learning requirement.
MVU offers two comprehensive career development systems, myDreamExplorer^® and MOIS. Both help individual students create their Educational Development Plan (EDP). The free, web-accessible myDreamExplorer has more than 40,000 student users. MOIS is used by more than 250 schools, colleges and state agencies.
The state of Michigan was ranked No. 2 in the United States in a survey of online learning policy and practice in 2008 by the Center for Digital Education.
MVS teacher Lorri MacDonald was named the first Michigan online teacher of the year in December 2008.
MVU was named the Educational Program of the Year by Automation Alley in September 2009.
MVS teacher Melanie Laber was named the second Michigan online teacher of the year in December 2009.