ITR: Development and Evaluation of a Model Information Technology Training and Education Program for Rural Communities

EIA -0086076 Ustad，Melvin G.Dakota State University标题：ITR：农村社区示范信息技术培训和教育计划的开发和评估 该五年期项目的目标是为农村地区制定和实施一个信息技术教育/培训/经济发展示范方案，利用远程教育和电信技术促进信息技术工作者的教育和就业。 该项目将（1）培训成人IT工作者，（2）促进IT就业机会向农村地区的扩展，（3）鼓励K-12学生在社区从事IT职业，（4）并评估IT教育/培训/经济发展计划的教育，经济和社会影响。 该项目将影响整个南达科他州，参与者包括三所州立大学、三所美洲原住民社区学院、一个由33所农村学校和社区组成的联盟，以及内布拉斯加州、北达科他州、新墨西哥州和爱达荷州的几家信息技术企业和农村社区。 一个具体的重点将放在美洲原住民，与K-12学校的参与与高美洲原住民人口和美洲原住民社区学院。 拟议的研究项目涉及为农村地区的K-12学生和成人制定和实施信息技术教育计划，以帮助解决当前信息技术工人短缺的问题。 该项目将涉及为K-12学校制定信息技术教育计划，为学生进入信息技术职业做好准备，并为农村地区的成年人制定密集的信息技术培训计划。 成人信息技术工作者培训计划将确定农村地区有信息技术工作能力和希望从事信息技术职业的居民。 项目团队将与IT雇主合作，为这些成年人设计一个密集的培训计划。 在成功完成IT培训计划后，IT业务合作伙伴将在农村社区建立一个设施，或允许工人远程办公。该项目的第一年将包括三项主要工作：（1）为农村居民制定信息技术工作者培训计划，（2）确定和测试成年人参加信息技术培训计划，以及（3）制定K-12信息技术教育计划。 第二年到第四年将涉及在南达科他州的30个DIAL联盟社区实施信息技术教育计划。 在第5年，该计划将传播到其他南达科他州社区以及内布拉斯加州，北达科他州和爱达荷州。在整个项目期间，将评估信息技术教育计划的社会、经济和教育影响。 评估的一个特别重点是研究该方案对参与该项目的美洲土著社区成员的影响。 根据该项目的成果，信息技术教育和培训方案将推广到美国其他农村社区。 拟议的模式将对农村社区的经济产生重大影响，并将减少美国的IT工人短缺。

EIA - 0086076Ustad, Melvin G.Dakota State UniversityTitle: ITR: Development and Evaluation of a Model Information Technology Training and Education Program for Rural Communities The objective of the five-year project is to develop and implement a model IT-education/training/economic development program for rural areas utilizing distance education and telecommunications technologies for education and employment of IT-workers. The project will (1) train adult IT-workers, (2) facilitate expansion of IT-employment opportunities to rural areas, (3) encourage K-12 students to pursue IT-careers in their community, (4) and to evaluate the education, economic and social impact of the IT-education/training/ economic development program. The project will impact the entire state of South Dakota with the involvement of three State Universities, three Native American Community Colleges, a consortium of thirty-three rural schools and communities, and several information technology businesses and rural communities in Nebraska, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Idaho. A specific emphasis will be placed on Native Americans, with the involvement of K-12 schools with high Native American populations and Native American Community Colleges. The proposed research project involves the development and implementation of an IT-education program for K-12 students and adults in rural areas to help meet the current information technology worker shortage. The project will involve development of an IT-education program for K-12 schools to prepare students to move into IT-careers and an intensive IT-training program for adults in rural areas. The adult IT-worker training program will identify residents in rural areas who have an aptitude for IT-work and a desire for a career in information technology. The project team will work with IT-employers to design an intense training program for these adults. Upon successfully completing the IT-training program, IT-business partners would either locate a facility in the rural community or allow the workers to telecommute. Year 1 of the project will involve three primary efforts (1) development of the IT-worker training program for rural residents, (2) identification and testing adults for participation in the IT-training program, and (3) development of the K-12 IT-education program. Years 2 through 4 will involve implementation of the IT-education program into the thirty DIAL Consortium communities in South Dakota. In Year 5 the program will be disseminated to other South Dakota communities as well as Nebraska, North Dakota, and Idaho. Through out the project period the social, economic, and educational impact of the IT-education program will be evaluated. A special focus of the evaluation will be to study the impact of the program on the Native American community members involved in the project. Based on the results of the project, the IT-education and training programs will be extended to other rural communities throughout the United States. The proposed model will have a significant impact on the economies of rural communities and will reduce the IT-worker shortage in the United States.