Challenge Forum for Technology Education

该项目正在支持HI-TEC全国会议和会议内关于技术教育的特别论坛(http://www.highimpact-tec.org/).论坛的重点是确定关键问题和技术教育的挑战。重要的是，这个高度互动的论坛旨在向国家科学基金会和其他利益攸关方提供必要的反馈，以帮助形成应对已确定的国家和全球挑战的倡议。该论坛预计将有多达100名来自社区大学教育工作者、技术人员和行业人员的参与者参加，进行坦率的讨论，旨在突出现代技术教育面临的挑战和优先事项。正在使用调查和吸引受众的互动工具和促进焦点小组，以确定实用知识、信息和经验，并确定先进技术教育的指导方针和优先事项。载有建议的最后报告正在出版中。此次活动通过在STEM和劳动力教育方面吸引新的支持者，极大地扩大了ATE计划的影响。这个项目的一个具体目标是把学生带到会议上来扩大他们的经验。与其他任何单一活动相比，这次会议是基金会支持社区学院技术员教育的长期努力和倡议的亮点和展示。

This project is supporting the HI-TEC national conference and a special forum on technology education within the conference (http://www.highimpact-tec.org/). The forum focuses on the identification of critical issues and the challenges of technology education. Importantly this highly interactive forum is designed to provide necessary feedback to the NSF and other stakeholders to help shape initiatives in response to identified national and global challenges. The forum is expected to engage up to 100 participants from the ranks of community college educators, technicians, and industry personnel in a frank discussion designed to highlight challenges and priorities faced by modern technology education. Both interactive tools to poll and engage the audience and facilitated focus groups are being used to identify practical knowledge, information, and experiences as well as identify guidelines and priorities for advanced technological education. A final report containing recommendations is being published. This event significantly broadens the impact of the ATE program by engaging new constituencies in STEM and workforce education. One specific objective of this project is bringing students to the conference to broaden their experience. This conference, more than any other single event, is a highlight and showcase for the Foundation's long-standing efforts and initiatives to support technician education at community colleges.