High Impact Technology Exchange (HI-TEC) 2018: Deepening Engagement and Strengthening Connections

2009年，由先进技术教育（ATE）计划资助的几个中心合作举办了一次会议，以扩大在ATE支持的工业领域的影响。这个一年一度的高影响力技术（HI-TEC）会议吸引了主要来自ATE计划社区的中心和项目的参与者。为这个项目提出的活动将在全国范围内为ATE中心开辟新的机会，以扩大其影响，并在其技术重点领域发展新的项目和工业合作者网络。这种扩大可以增加ATE项目在全国的影响，并在推动我们最具竞争力的行业的高需求领域加强美国经济。拟议的项目还将加强HI-TEC帮助解决各地技术教育面临的问题的能力。这些跨领域问题的例子包括招收不同的和服务不足的学生群体，将研究融入课堂，教师发展技术，以及教育/行业合作伙伴关系的最佳实践。2018年会议的主题是“与工业界合作，创造新的美国劳动力”。拟议的活动将以HI-TEC的成功记录为基础，以实现三个目标：1)扩大工业、ATE项目和从事先进技术教育的教师对会议的参与，这些教师目前可能没有得到ATE计划的支持；2)加强ATE项目和中心与ATE社区其他相关机构之间的可操作性联系；3)深化共享和扩大ATE项目和中心使用的循证模型和最佳实践的实施。这些活动将在HI-TEC现有结构的框架内进行，并将加强HI-TEC在全国的影响，进而加强ATE中心和项目的影响。该项目将为与会者提供两个新的参与机会：技术教育论坛（TEF）和工业伙伴关系论坛（IPF）。教育工作者和行业人员将相互学习，合作解决先进技术教育面临的问题。会议的设计强调教学法、技术、项目建设和劳动力发展，提供了一个独特的专业发展机会，使教育工作者能够获得新的知识和技能。评价活动将侧重于短期结果和中期业绩结果。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In 2009, several Centers funded through the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program worked collaboratively to develop a conference that would broaden the impact across ATE supported industry areas. This annual High-Impact Technology (HI-TEC) conference has drawn participants mainly from the ATE program's community of centers and projects. The activities proposed for this project will open new opportunities nationwide for the ATE centers to broaden their impact and develop new networks of project and industry collaborators in their areas of technology focus. This broadening can increase the impact of ATE projects across the nation and strengthen the American economy in high-demand fields that drive our most competitive industries. The proposed project will also strengthen HI-TEC's ability to help address issues faced in technological education everywhere. Examples of such cross-cutting issues include recruitment of diverse and underserved student populations, integration of research into the classroom, faculty development techniques, and best practices in education/industry partnerships.The theme of the 2018 conference is "Partnering with Industry for the New American Workforce." The proposed activities would build upon HI-TEC's record of success to accomplish three goals: 1) Expand engagement in the conference by industry, ATE projects, and faculty engaged in advanced technological education who may not be currently supported by the ATE program; 2) Strengthen actionable connections between ATE projects and centers and others associated with the ATE community; and 3) Deepen sharing and broaden implementation of evidence-based models and best practices used by ATE projects and centers. These activities will be conducted within the framework of HI-TEC's existing structure, and will strengthen HI-TEC's impact nationally and, in turn, strengthen the impact of ATE centers and projects. This project will develop two new opportunities for participant engagement at the conference: the Technological Education Forum (TEF) and the Industry Partnerships Forum (IPF). Educators and industry personnel will learn from each other and collaborate to address issues facing advanced technological education. The conference's design, which stresses pedagogy, technology, program building, and workforce development, provides a unique professional development opportunity that enables educators to acquire new knowledge and skills. The evaluation activities will focus on both short-term outcomes and medium-term performance-based outcomes.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.