Enhancing Preparation of Students for Technical Careers in Cloud Computing Technologies

加强学生为云计算技术领域的技术职业做好准备

• 批准号: 2055288
• 负责人: John Wetsch
• 金额: $ 56.22万
• 依托单位: Wake Technical Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2055288&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Preparation; Students; Technical; Careers

Cloud computing is changing the nature of the information technology (IT) industry. Instead of purchasing and maintaining a private computing infrastructure, many businesses are moving to cloud-based computing infrastructures. Cloud-based solutions allow businesses to efficiently and economically scale computing services to fit their needs and the needs of their users. Thus, cloud-based computing is helping businesses save thousands of dollars on computing infrastructure costs and maintenance. The current demand for cloud-capable IT technicians is far outpacing the number of graduates currently entering the workforce with cloud computing skills. The goal of this project is to create an up-to-date cloud infrastructure training program that will prepare more students to work in the high-demand area of cloud computing technology. This project will deliver professional development for educators via back-to-industry externships intended to enable at least eight community college faculty to upgrade their skills by learning state-of-the-art Cloud Infrastructure technologies. The existing Cloud Infrastructure program at Wake Technical Community College will be improved by enhancing and validating 15 courses and related educational materials through faculty externships, advisory board partners, and resources from the National Convergence Technology Center. The efficacy of the existing program will be assessed using quantitative and qualitative measures such as student interviews and industry feedback. A student internship program will be piloted, with the goal of providing students with opportunities to develop business and entrepreneurial skills in the workplace. A summative evaluation will address how well the project achieved its goals, including production of deliverables (e.g., faculty professional development), increased industry engagement, and project replicability and sustainability. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

云计算正在改变信息技术（IT）行业的性质。许多企业不再购买和维护私有计算基础设施，而是转向基于云的计算基础设施。基于云的解决方案使企业能够高效且经济地扩展计算服务，以满足其需求和用户的需求。因此，基于云的计算正在帮助企业节省数千美元的计算基础设施成本和维护费用。目前对具备云计算能力的IT技术人员的需求远远超过目前进入云计算技能劳动力市场的毕业生数量。该项目的目标是创建一个最新的云基础设施培训计划，使更多的学生能够在云计算技术的高需求领域工作。该项目将通过回归行业实习为教育工作者提供专业发展，旨在使至少八名社区学院教师通过学习最先进的云基础设施技术来提升技能。Wake Technical Community College现有的云基础设施计划将通过增强和验证15门课程和相关教育材料来改进，这些课程和材料将通过教师实习、顾问委员会合作伙伴和国家融合技术中心的资源来进行。现有计划的有效性将使用定量和定性措施进行评估，如学生访谈和行业反馈。将试行学生实习计划，目标是为学生提供在工作场所发展商业和创业技能的机会。总结性评价将说明项目实现其目标的情况，包括可交付成果的产生（例如，教师专业发展），增加行业参与度，项目可复制性和可持续性。 该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。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。