The traditional college experience has changed from the post high school student engaged and living within a peer environment to something different. While the traditional model still exists, the state of higher education today has resulted in a wider array of what is considered the postsecondary student: age, enrolled status, and variety of access (2 or 4 year entrance) occur in a wider variety. This video session was conducted at the Engineering Technology Summit in 2013 among Purdue College of Technology and Ivy Tech faculty and students. Dawn Laux and Michele Summers, both Purdue faculty and learning community coordinators, describe a virtual learning community (VLC) and how a VLC supports student success in a Pathway model of higher education.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Laux, D. D.; Summers, M. L.; Chad Laux (2014). Virtual Learning Communities and ET Pathways: A Synopsis. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/D32Z12P8F

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1. Agriculture
2. Engineering Education
3. Engineering Technology
4. Engineering Technology Pathways
5. Engineering Technology Summit 2013
6. Entrepreneurship
7. National Science Foundation
8. NSF Grant: 105582
9. Technology Leadership and Innovation
10. Technology Leadership and Innovation (Dept)
11. Virtual Learning Community

The included .MP4 file has been derived from an original .MOD file. This video runs 8 minutes, 27 seconds.