Tennessee Information Technology (TN IT) Exchange Center

田纳西州信息技术（IT）交流中心通过在田纳西州中北部的两年制大学、四年制大学、中学和工业财团中增加IT教育实力，提供了有效的劳动力能力培养体系。目标是发展一个可持续发展的中心，以满足行业对合格IT劳动力的需求。与行业专家建立长期关系的教师和学生根据行业需求创建真实世界的场景，并将其作为IT课程教学的基础。这些学习策略是在范德比尔特大学学习与教学中心的研讨会上制定的。这些案例被用于高中院校，以引起高中生对IT职业的兴趣。一个网站提供有关该地区教育和培训项目的可用性和内容的信息，一个工作机会交流中心，以及合作伙伴之间的定期交流。区域利益相关者论坛将行业和教育工作者聚集在一起，在有效提供教学的研究基础上制定共同的愿景。观众既包括教育机构的学生，也包括再就业的工人。

The Tennessee Information Technology (IT) Exchange Center provides an effective workforce capacity building system by increasing the IT educational strength in a consortium of two year colleges, four year colleges, secondary schools and industries in North Central Tennessee. The goal is to develop a sustainable Center to meet need by industry for a qualified IT workforce. Faculty and students in long-term relationships with experts from industry create real world scenarios based on industrial needs and use them as the basis for instruction in IT courses. The learning strategies are developed in workshops at the Center for Learning and Teaching at Vanderbilt University. The cases are used in high school academies to interest high school students in IT careers. A web site provides information about the availability and content of education and training programs in the region, a clearinghouse of job opportunities and regular communications among partners. Regional stakeholder forums bring industry and educators together to develop a shared vision based upon research for effective delivery of instruction. The audience includes both students in educational institutions and re-careering workers.