Creating Pathways II for New IT Professionals

为新 IT 专业人员创建途径 II

• 批准号: 0402567
• 负责人: Elizabeth Creamer
• 金额: $ 78.36万
• 依托单位: Virginia Community College System IE-IT
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0402567&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creating; Pathways; II; New; Professionals

Computer Science (31) This Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Institute of Excellence for Information Technology (IE-IT) project improves education in information technology (IT) and student academic and employment outcomes by (a) disseminating and implementing the products of its current ATE project (Creating Pathways for New IT Professionals) throughout Virginia from grades 9 through 16; (b) piloting and evaluating a model dual-enrollment program and new pedagogical models of IT education; and (c) developing and implementing activities in curriculum development, professional development, technical assistance, coaching of IT faculty, articulation, and student recruitment and retention. Partners include the Virginia Department of Education, the statewide Tech Prep program, universities in Virginia, and other ATE projects both inside and outside of Virginia.Intellectual Merit: The VCCS IE-IT, the ATE-funded Consortium on IT Education inVirginia, and partners upgrade and align IT curricula from grades 9 through 16 and provide clear, well-defined pathways in IT education for students and professional development opportunities for secondary and post-secondary IT instructors, incorporating and synthesizing technical training with new models of instruction. Using input from the IT industry, existing pilot programs at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), and the work of other ATE projects at Nashville State Community College (NSCC), the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, and DeAnza College, this project pilots and evaluates new pedagogical methodologies, including problem-based learning activities, value-delivery skills, NSCC Case Files, story-centered curricula, performance-based assessments of students, student and faculty IT communities of practice, and student reference resources containing learning objects and up-to-date IT career information.Broader Impacts: With 23 colleges on 40 campuses, the VCCS enrolls more than 65 percent (92,944, one-third minorities, almost 60 percent female) of undergraduates in Virginia. This project impacts the IT programs, faculty, and students in secondary schools and two and four-year colleges in Virginia through the project's statewide Consortium on IT Education, with online communications and collaboration software, development of a faculty handbook on new models of instruction, professional development, technical assistance, and an online portal. The communities of practice encourage and support women and minority students in obtaining leadership roles in delivering IT services. The project impacts IT programs in community colleges in other states and the national educational community through the NVCC National IT Community of Practice, empirical studies of components of a new model of IT education, published articles, and presentations at national conferences.

计算机科学（31）这个弗吉尼亚社区学院系统（VCCS）卓越信息技术研究所（IE-IT）项目通过以下方式提高信息技术（IT）教育和学生的学术和就业成果：（a）传播和实施其当前ATE项目的产品（为新的IT专业人员创造途径）整个弗吉尼亚州从9年级到16年级;（B）试点和评估一个模型双招生计划和新的教学模式的IT教育;及（c）发展及推行课程发展、专业发展、技术支援、资讯科技学院辅导、衔接、学生招募及挽留等活动。合作伙伴包括弗吉尼亚州教育部、全州范围的技术准备计划、弗吉尼亚州的大学以及弗吉尼亚州内外的其他ATE项目。VCCS IE-IT是由ATE资助的弗吉尼亚州IT教育联盟，它和合作伙伴升级并调整了9至16年级的IT课程，为学生提供明确的信息技术教育途径，为中学和专上信息技术教师提供专业发展机会，将技术培训与新的教学模式相结合。利用IT行业的投入，北方弗吉尼亚社区学院（NVCC）现有的试点项目，以及纳什维尔州立社区学院（NSCC）、阿肯色州史密斯堡大学和DeAnza学院的其他ATE项目的工作，该项目试点和评估新的教学方法，包括基于问题的学习活动、价值交付技能、NSCC案例文件、以故事为中心的课程、为学生、学生和教师的IT实践社区提供基于表现的评估，以及包含学习对象和最新IT职业信息的学生参考资源。VCCS拥有40个校区的23所学院，招收了弗吉尼亚州65%以上的本科生（92，944人，三分之一是少数民族，近60%是女性）。该项目影响的IT程序，教师和学生在中学和两年制和四年制大学在弗吉尼亚州通过该项目的全州联盟IT教育，与在线通信和协作软件，教师手册的开发新的教学模式，专业发展，技术援助和在线门户网站。实践社区鼓励和支持妇女和少数民族学生在提供信息技术服务方面发挥领导作用。该项目通过NVCC国家IT实践社区，对IT教育新模式的组成部分进行实证研究，发表文章，并在全国会议上发表演讲，影响其他州社区学院和国家教育界的IT课程。