Dade Enterprise Cloud Computing Initiative

行业领导者已将信息技术确定为迈阿密戴德县经济增长和发展的目标领域。信息技术（IT）技术人员最需要的技能之一是企业云计算。 然而，高等教育还没有开发出全面的课程、教育资源和信息技术培训计划，从而获得云计算行业认证。 为了满足这一需求并作为其他社区学院的典范，迈阿密戴德学院美洲校区的这个项目旨在开发和实施一种新的云计算教育途径。在迈阿密日期学院美洲校区的学生团体包括一个大的，主要是低收入，少数民族学生人口。 因此，该项目有可能增加来自代表性不足的少数群体的认证云计算技术人员的数量，以满足当地和国家的劳动力需求。项目目标包括：（1）制定和实施一项专业发展计划，培训15名MDC技术教员，利用基于项目的学习方法教授云计算课程;（2）创建一个学术途径，将企业云计算的大学学分证书与信息系统技术的副学士和学士学位挂钩;（3）在新开发的企业云计算计划中，每学年招募、保留和毕业约25名学生;（4）通过为40名来自传统上代表性不足的高中生提供云101夏季靴子营地，开发K-16管道。 除了课程开发外，该项目还旨在提高对学生在技术领域的成功和学位获得的认识，并更深入地了解导致西班牙裔服务机构（STEM）学生保留率提高的因素。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Industry leaders have identified information technology as a target area for economic growth and development in Miami-Dade County. One of the most in-demand skills for information technology (IT) technicians is enterprise cloud computing. However, higher education has not yet developed comprehensive curricula, educational resources, and information technology training programs that lead to industry certification in cloud computing. To meet this need and serve as a model for other community colleges, this project at Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus aims to develop and implement a new educational pathway in cloud computing. The student body at Miami Date College InterAmerican Campus includes a large, predominantly low-income, minority student population. As a result, the project has the potential to increase the number of certified cloud computing technicians from underrepresented minority groups to meet local and national workforce needs. The project objectives include: (1) Development and implementation of a professional development program that will train 15 MDC technology faculty members to teach cloud computing courses utilizing project-based learning methodology; (2) Creation of an academic pathway that will align a college credit certificate in Enterprise Cloud Computing to associate and baccalaureate degrees in information systems technology; (3) Recruitment, retention, and graduation of approximately 25 students each academic year in the newly developed Enterprise Cloud Computing program; (4) Development of a K-16 pipeline by offering a Cloud 101 summer boot camp for 40 high school students from traditionally underrepresented populations. In addition to curriculum development, the project also aims to advance knowledge about student success and degree attainment in technology fields and to generate a deeper understanding of factors that lead to improved retention of (STEM) students at Hispanic-serving institutions. This information can benefit other institutions that are committed to advancing underrepresented student success in technology disciplines.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.