Networking Infrastructure for Native American Education -AIHEC Consortium

贝尔考特95-26134该项目旨在通过视频和数据互连实现教育目的。教育目的包括为视频和数据网络开发新的网络和用户服务培训方案，改进K-12和印第安人控制的中学后教育机构的SMET科目教学，以及改善美国印第安人在卫生领域的教育。此应用程序的总体概念是最大限度地发挥现有SMET课程和计划所产生的影响。这将通过在整个阿尔赫克的视频和数据网络中分配提供节目的责任来实现。由于组成美国印第安人高等教育联盟的29所机构分布广泛，规模一般较小，而且长期资金不足，因此一直以来都强调共享资源。各机构之间在SMET课程级别和现有的联网级别方面存在很大差异。这种通过网络共享的兴趣导致了五年前AIHEC电信项目的形成，以利用技术使有限的资源走得更远。从那时起，人们对建立计算机互连也很感兴趣。大约有1/2的大学有这样的连接。该项目要求提供为期一年的资金，用于开发既提供短期培训，如使用互联网、使用互动视频，又提供网络技术支持的项目。在技术领域，它还呼吁在提供用户支持的领域发展副学士学位。第一年的第二个发展领域是卫生服务领域。AIHEC将与印度卫生服务部门一起确定最需要的领域，并在这些领域开发分布式项目。大学需要某些东西才能使这些操作成为可能。首先，它需要在SMET领域有高级学术准备的教师，需要准备得更好的学生。因此，有一个组成部分为大学和K-12教师提供分布式研究生教育。在基础设施的另一边，许多大学还没有联网。出于这个原因，蒙大拿州的所有部落学院都将与他们设计的系统相联系，该系统旨在提供最大的传播能力。最后，将利用AIHEC电信网，为明尼苏达州、蒙大拿州和北达科他州的三个地点的卫星提供上行链路。这些上行链路将能够向所有29所学院提供指导；7所学院将能够发起编程。

Belcourt 95-26134 This project is designed to achieve educational purposes through video and data interconnections. The educational purposes involve the development of new networking and user service training programs for both video and data networks, improvement of the teaching of SMET subjects in K-12 and postsecondary institutions that are controlled by Indians, and the improvement of education for American Indians in the health fields. The general concept of this application is to maximize the impact that already existing SMET coursework and programs have. This will be done by distributing the responsibility for offering programs throughout the AlHEC's video and data networks. Because the 29 institutions that compose the American Indian Higher Education Consortium are widespread, generally small, and chronically underfunded, there has always been an emphasis on sharing resources. There is wide variance among the institutions with regard to levels of SMET curriculum and the level of networking currently available. This interest in sharing through networking led to the formation of the AIHEC telecommunication project five years ago, in order to make use of technology to make limited resources go further. Since that time, there has also been a good deal of interest in the establishment of computer interconnectivity. Approximately 1/2 of the colleges have such connectivity. This project calls for funding for one year for developing programs that provide both short-term training in such things as using the Internet, using Interactive video, and technical support for networks. In the technology area, it also calls for the development of Associate's degrees in areas that provide user support. A second area of development in this first year is the Health Services area. AIHEC will identify areas of greatest need with the Indian Health Service and develop distributed programs in these areas. The colleges need certain things to make these operations possible. First, it needs faculty with u pgraded academic preparation in SMET areas and it needs students who are better prepared. Thus, there is a component that provides for distributed graduate education for both college and K-12 teachers. On the other side of infrastructure, many colleges do not have connectivity yet. For this reason, all the Tribal Colleges in Montana will be linked with a system that they have designed to provide maximum capability for uperading. Finally, the AIHEC Telecommunications Network will be utilized by providing uplinks to satellites at three sites, one each in Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota. These uplinks will be capable of feeding instruction to all 29 colleges; 7 colleges will be able to originate programming.