A Government-University-Industry Partnership and STEM CareerBuilder for the R&D of an Innovative Computer Forensics Program & an Education-Career Pathway for Girls

该项目将推动学生和教师创新技术体验(ITEST)计划的努力，以更好地了解和促进实践，通过培养和感兴趣的高成绩中学生在高中和最终在工程职业生涯中学习高级数学课程，提高学生在科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)领域追求职业生涯的动机和能力。俄克拉荷马中央大学战略大学项目(“STEM CareerBuilder”)将与政府、企业、行业和社区合作伙伴一起设计、开发、实施和评估一个创新的暑期项目，培训女孩学习计算机取证(CF)。该项目旨在通过为未来的STEM劳动力做出贡献，通过协作伙伴关系、创新的学习工具、职业探索机会、技能获取场所和教育劳动力发展模式，更好地为当今的数字学习者做好准备，从而造福社会。该项目通过战略招募以俄克拉荷马州的女孩为目标，通过服务不足的人口扩大STEM的参与，俄克拉何马州是美洲土著部落代表最高的地方。与EPSCoR和三人组参与的高中合作将使项目团队能够解决来自表现不佳的学校、低收入家庭和代表不足的民族/种族群体的女孩的需求。目标是发现哪些战略合作伙伴关系和创新干预措施可以有效地感兴趣、激励和支持高中三年级和四年级的女学生攻读STEM学位和职业。目标包括实施干预措施、衡量学习者的结果和评估结果。该项目团队将与IBM、联邦调查局、法医科学研究所、俄克拉荷马州调查局、技术中心和妇女所有的企业合作，以支持CF计划。CF计划将包括暑期学院、职业跟踪、指导、实习和研究奖学金。该项目旨在通过在模拟和虚拟环境中扩展STEM学习，为ITEST的综合劳动力模型贡献新的知识。随着未来的学习空间和工作场所围绕新兴技术发展，研究女孩如何通过身临其境的人机模拟和信息通信技术学习、工作和解决问题，将为如何鼓励STEM参与建立干预措施有效性的创新研究提供见解。项目结果将加深对以下方面的理解：(1)企业、政府和行业专业人员在提高学生对就业机会的认识和激励学生追求STEM教育职业道路方面的作用；(2)通过招募和吸引女孩参与STEM项目和职业探索，扩大STEM参与的有效途径；(3)通过适合年龄的课程和多方面的支持，吸引女孩参与STEM干预；以及4)在工作场所有效和高效地支持技能发展的一整套具有凝聚力的体验式学习经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by preparing and interesting high achieving middle school students for advanced math courses in high school and eventually in engineering careers. The University of Central Oklahoma Strategies project ("STEM CareerBuilder") will engage with government, business, industry, and community partners to design, develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative summer program training girls in Computer Forensics (CF). The project aims to benefit society through the contributions to the future STEM workforce by better preparing today's digital learners with collaborative partnerships, innovative learning tools, career exploration opportunities, skill-acquisition venues, and education-workforce-development models. The project broadens the STEM participation by underserved population through strategic recruitment to target girls in Oklahoma where the highest representation of Native American tribes reside. Partnering with EPSCoR and TRiO-participating high schools will allow the project team to address the needs of girls from low-performing schools, low-income families, and underrepresented ethnic/racial groups.The goal is to discover what strategic partnerships and innovative interventions can effectively interest, motivate, and support female high school juniors and seniors to pursue STEM degrees and careers. The objectives include implementing interventions, measuring learner outcomes, and assessing results. The project team will collaborate with IBM, the FBI, the Forensics Science Institute, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, technology centers, and women-owned businesses to support the CF Program. The CF Program will consist of a summer academy, job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and research fellowships. This project aims to contribute new knowledge to ITEST's comprehensive workforce model by extending STEM learning in simulated and virtual environments. As the learning space and workplace of the future evolve around emerging technologies, examining how girls learn, work, and solve problems via immersive human-computer simulation and information communication technology will offer insights on how to encourage STEM participation with innovative research that establish the efficacy of the interventions. Project findings will deepen the understanding of: (1) the role of business, government, and industry professionals in promoting student awareness of job opportunities and motivating students to pursue the STEM education career pathway; (2) effective ways to broaden STEM participation by recruiting and engaging girls in STEM programs and career-exploration; (3) engaging girls in STEM interventions with age-appropriate curriculum and multi-faceted support; and 4) cohesive sets of experiential learning experiences in the workplace that effectively and efficiently support skills development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.