California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) Center for Information & Manufacturing Technologies

CREATE中心由七所社区学院、五所大学和五十多家雇主共同努力，以一种区域性的方式，在广泛的高需求信息和制造技术领域对劳动力进行新技术进步的教育。该联盟成员服务于加利福尼亚沿海和中部的大部分地区，面积超过9000平方英里，人口超过100万。NSF-ATE之前的两个项目已经培养了4000多名学生，开发并实施了30个新的学位项目和105门新的课程，并通过创新的行业和大学合作伙伴关系促进了100多万美元的额外资金。中心的目标是：1。增加信息技术和制造技术培训教师队伍。峡谷学院的一个屡获殊荣的培训项目（赫斯伯格卓越证书）已被改编成一个为期三年的模式，以培训来自工业界的兼职教师，使其成为教学能力强且熟练的课堂教师。在高中阶段增加喂养计划。为高中教师举办的夏季实践讲习班和学年指导使高中教师能够轻松使用电子套件/模块，以便在学校中使用。增加学士级别的转学课程，这些课程既能清晰表达，又能与新技术副学士学位课程相结合。5所大学正在与CREATE合作，不仅在所有课程之间建立紧密的联系，而且还开始在社区学院校园提供现场学士课程，大学中心的概念已经在峡谷学院和艾伦汉考克学院成功地进行了试点测试。创建一个有组织的系统，用于开发、记录（通过学生作品集）和实施信息技术和制造技术的工作现场实习经验。在网络安全、无线和电信技术以及更多基于问题的模块化制造技术课程和标准化方面制定、调整和实施区域性计划。评估和对比在线（以学习者为中心vs.传统）和课堂形式完成技术认证的学生的学习、工作能力和行业认证项目的通过率。实施一个模型评估，跟踪过去和未来的学生，当他们进入工作场所和/或转学时，纵向衡量所有利益相关者（包括大学、学生和雇主）的教育经验的成功。CREATE中心的学院及其合作伙伴充当课程实施、区域会议、教师培训的示范场所，并继续促进联盟伙伴关系，为该地区输送最优秀的熟练技术人员。在技术和教师培训方面开发的所有课程和材料都可供任何愿意根据其需要进行调整的大学使用。传播包括会议报告、出版物和中心网站。

The CREATE Center is a joint effort between seven community colleges, five universities, and over fifty employers in a regional approach to educate the workforce in new technological advances in a wide range of high demand information and manufacturing technologies. The consortium members serve a large portion of coastal and central California of over 9,000 square miles, representing a population of over one million. Two previous NSF-ATE projects have educated over 4,000 students, developed and implemented 30 new degree programs and 105 new courses, and facilitated more than a million dollars in additional funding through innovative industry and college partnerships.The goals of the Center are:1. Increase pools of trained teachers for both Information Technology and Manufacturing Technology. An award winning training program (Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence) at College of the Canyons has been adapted to a three-year model to train part-time teachers from industry to be pedagogically strong and adept classroom teachers.2. Increase feeder programs at the high school level. Summer hands-on workshops for high school faculty and academic year mentoring give high school faculty easy to use electronics kits/modules to incorporate back at their schools.3. Increase Bachelor's level transfer programs that both articulate and are accessible with the new technology Associate degree programs. Five universities are working with CREATE to not only develop strong articulation between all the programs, but to also begin to offer BS programs on-site at the community college campus, a University Center concept already successfully pilot tested at College of the Canyons and now at Allan Hancock College.4. Create an organized system for developing, documenting (through student portfolio), and implementing work site internship experiences for both Information Technology and Manufacturing Technology.5. Develop, adapt, and implement regionally programs in network security, wireless and telecommunications technologies and more problem-based, modularized manufacturing technology curricula and standardization6. Evaluate and contrast the learning, workplace competencies, and pass rate in industry certification programs of students who complete technical certifications in on-line (learner-centered vs. traditional) vs. in-class formats.7. Implement a model evaluation that is going to follow both past and future students as they enter and participate in the workplace and/or transfer to measure longitudinally the success of the educational experience for all stakeholders, including colleges, students, and employers.The CREATE Center colleges and their partners act as demonstration sites for curricula implementation, regional meetings, teacher training, and continue to foster the consortium partnerships to deliver the best set of skilled technicians for the region. All curricula and material developed both in technical and teacher training is available to any college who would like to adapt them to their needs. Dissemination includes conference presentations, publications, and center web site.