The Northwest Network for Application Development and Technology Connections (AppConnect NW)

西北应用程序开发和技术连接网络 (AppConnect NW)

• 批准号: 1700629
• 负责人: Alexandra Vaschillo
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: Lake Washington Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700629&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Northwest; Network; Application; Development; Technology

The Northwest Network for Application Development and Technology Connections (AppConnect NW) project is a faculty-led coordination network across five colleges. AppConnect NW will engage with information technology (IT) industry leaders, regional employers and local high school teachers and counselors to develop and support a technician pathway from an associate's degree to a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree in Software Development. Data produced through AppConnect NW activities will inform states and community colleges that are creating new BAS degrees in software development. Best practices will be disseminated nationwide through the ATE network including college consortium collaboration strategies that meet industry expectations, curriculum development strategies that prepare under-served students with technical and soft skills to succeed in a competitive, fast-changing industry, and recruitment strategies that successfully support bringing under-served students into software development programs.AppConnect NW serves the national interests by growing a diverse software development BAS student body, preparing the students to succeed upon graduation, and expanding regional recognition of an emerging applied degree. The project will educate and engage regional employers on the value of Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degrees and BAS graduates to meet high-demand software development, programming and web development workforce needs in the greater Seattle area. AppConnect NW will create a professional network that brings together BAS software development faculty members and industry to develop, enhance and validate industry-relevant BAS technical training curriculum and standards ingrained with the philosophy that intelligence and talent are traits that can be fostered to achieve success rather than being inherited and static traits. This approach has the potential to enable non-traditional students to understand IT culture and thrive within the industry. Finally, the project will educate and engage local high school faculty and counselors to encourage students who would benefit from earning a bachelor's degree in software development at lower cost than a traditional computer science baccalaureate program and in a smaller-classroom setting. This project network will engage stakeholders in the pipeline from K12 through post-secondary education and industry to support student success in software development.

西北应用开发和技术连接网络（AppConnect NW）项目是一个由五所学院组成的协调网络。AppConnect NW将与信息技术（IT）行业领导者、地区雇主和当地高中教师和辅导员合作，开发和支持从副学士学位到应用科学（BAS）软件开发学士学位的技术人员途径。通过AppConnect NW活动产生的数据将通知正在创建软件开发新BAS学位的州和社区学院。最佳实践将通过ATE网络在全国范围内传播，包括满足行业期望的大学联盟合作战略，课程开发战略，为服务不足的学生提供技术和软技能，以便在竞争激烈，快速变化的行业中取得成功，和招聘战略，成功地支持下，为学生提供软件开发课程。AppConnect NW通过发展多样化的软件开发BAS学生团体，为学生毕业后的成功做好准备，并扩大新兴应用学位的区域认可度。该项目将教育和吸引区域雇主对应用科学（BAS）学位和BAS毕业生的价值，以满足高需求的软件开发，编程和网络开发劳动力的需求在大西雅图地区。AppConnect NW将创建一个专业网络，将BAS软件开发教师和行业聚集在一起，开发，增强和验证与行业相关的BAS技术培训课程和标准，这些课程和标准植根于这样一种理念，即智力和人才是可以培养以实现成功的特质，而不是继承和静态的特质。这种方法有可能使非传统的学生了解IT文化，并在行业内蓬勃发展。最后，该项目将教育和吸引当地高中教师和辅导员，以鼓励学生以比传统计算机科学学士学位课程更低的成本和更小的教室环境获得软件开发学士学位。该项目网络将使从K12到中学后教育和行业的利益相关者参与到管道中，以支持学生在软件开发中取得成功。