The Florida Community College Distance Learning Consortium, which represents 28 community colleges and more than 800,000 students, signed a three-year contract with e-learning provider Element K for custom continuing education courses and blended online learning solutions.
Colleges throughout the system can use the new technology to give students access to self-study courses, which can be combined with traditional classroom instruction. Miami Dade Community College, the largest community college in the United States, has developed an entire course around such a blended solution. Furthermore, Element K has developed customized continuing education sites for 19 of the district's campuses.