Establishing an Information Science and Technology Learning Community for Tribal Colleges

美国印第安部落学院联盟正在创建信息科学与技术学习社区 (ISTLC)。 ISTLC 为参与机构的教师、学生和专业 IT 人员提供一系列教育、培训和信息共享服务。 ISTLC 的活动包括：(1) 加强每个参与学院的信息科学技术和 STEM 项目；(2) 建立和维护一个单一的信息科学实践和学习社区，其中包括所有联盟成员的教师、学生和 IT 工作人员；(3) 在整个部落学院社区中开发和传播成功的实践、材料和技术；(4) 与地区大学的工业、信息/计算机科学部门建立联系。ISTLC 提供了一个国家模式，使通过协作项目开发和交付，资源匮乏的项目变得更加强大。它提供了一种建立联盟的有效方法，将关键利益相关者群体聚集在一起作为单一学习组织的成员。 该项目是一个试点项目，不仅可以扩展到所有 32 所部落学院，还可以扩展到全国其他社区学院，特别是位于农村地区的社区学院。

A consortium of American Indian tribal colleges is creating an Information Science and Technology Learning Community (ISTLC). The ISTLC provides a range of education, training, and information-sharing services to the faculty, students, and professional IT staff at the participating institutions. The activities of the ISTLC are:(1) Strengthening the information science and technology and STEM programs at each participating college;(2) Establishing and maintaining a single community of information science practice and learning that includes faculty, students and IT staff at all consortium members;(3) Developing and disseminating successful practices, materials and technologies throughout the community of tribal colleges;(4) Creating linkages with industry, information/computer science departments at regional universities.The ISTLC provides a national model, making resource-challenged programs stronger through collaborative program development and delivery. It provides an effective approach for building coalitions that bring together key stakeholder groups as members of a single learning organization. The project is a pilot that can be expanded not only to all 32 Tribal Colleges, but also other community colleges around the nation, in particular those located in rural areas.