Rural Information Technology Education (RITE) Project

农村信息技术教育（RITE）项目

• 批准号: 0402283
• 负责人: Vernon Pedersen
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Great Falls College Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0402283&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rural; Information; Technology; Education; RITE

Computer Science (31) The Rural Information Technology Education (RITE) project at Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology (GFCOT), a two-year postsecondary technical college, is designed to increase Montanan's pool of qualified information technology (IT) workers by achieving the following program goals: (1) provision of a 2+2+2 seamless academic pathway to IT employment; (2) secondary and postsecondary faculty development focusing on the integration of educational technology into curricula and instruction; and (3) improving IT student recruitment, retention, and job placement with a special focus on attracting women, Native Americans, and place-bound rural Montanans into IT careers. GFCOT builds upon its existing relationships with the Central Montana Tech Prep Consortium, Montana State University (Bozeman and Northern), and other Montana postsecondary institutions to create a 2+2+2 seamless IT pathway for students beginning their junior year in high school, continuing through an associate degree at a two-year college and ending with a Bachelor of Science degree at a four-year college or university. Faculty development activities include a series of workshops, summer institutes, ongoing peer mentoring, and an online course teaching faculty how to employ educational technologies effectively. Recruitment activities include development of an information media package promoting IT programs at Montana's two-year colleges; increasing the number of high school students enrolling in Tech Prep, Cisco, and dual-credit IT courses; visits to high schools, reservation schools, and tribal colleges; workshops for IT teachers and counselors to address female/American Indian barriers to IT education; and provision of an online IT degree program. Retention activities include development of an IT scholarship program, implementation of a face-to-face/online mentoring program for female IT students, internships with Montana businesses, and development of a new retention program targeting IT students.

蒙大拿州立大学大瀑布理工学院（GFCOT）的农村信息技术教育（RITE）项目是一所为期两年的高等技术学院，旨在通过实现以下计划目标来增加蒙大拿州合格信息技术（IT）工作者的数量：(1)提供2+2+2无缝的IT就业学术途径；(2)注重将教育技术融入课程和教学的中等和高等教育教师发展；(3)提高IT学生的招聘、保留和就业安置，特别注重吸引妇女、印第安人和有地方限制的蒙大拿州农村人进入IT职业。GFCOT建立在与蒙大拿中部技术预备联盟、蒙大拿州立大学（博兹曼和北方大学）和其他蒙大拿高等教育机构的现有关系的基础上，为学生创造了一个2+2+2无缝的IT途径，从高中三年级开始，继续在两年制大学获得副学士学位，最后在四年制学院或大学获得理学学士学位。教师发展活动包括一系列的研讨会、暑期学院、持续的同伴指导，以及一个教授教师如何有效使用教育技术的在线课程。招聘活动包括在蒙大拿州的两年制大学开发一个信息媒体包来推广IT项目；增加参加Tech Prep、Cisco和双学分IT课程的高中生人数；参观高中、保留地学校和部落学院；为资讯科技教师和辅导员举办工作坊，以解决女性/美洲印第安人在资讯科技教育方面的障碍；并提供在线信息技术学位课程。留用活动包括制定IT奖学金计划，实施面向女IT学生的面对面/在线指导计划，在蒙大拿州企业实习，以及制定针对IT学生的新留用计划。