Building Credentialed Media Technology Pathways for Priority Populations from High School through Community Colleges to Industry (MTP3)

为从高中到社区大学再到工业界的优先人群建立认证媒体技术途径 (MTP3)

• 批准号: 2400610
• 负责人: Laura Nash
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Mount Hood Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2400610&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Credentialed; Media; Technology; Pathways

The media industry is undergoing rapid changes as new technologies such as extended reality and in-camera visual effects (XR/ICVFX) transform how media is created. These new technologies have created a demand for media technicians who are capable of using the hardware and software required for the shift in content creation. This project intends to develop industry recognized certificates, certificate training programs, and create paid internships with industry mentors, thus creating pathways for students to pursue high paying jobs with career advancement potential in the Portland, Oregon metro region. The goals of this project are to engage employers, labor unions, and state agencies in establishing new industry-recognized credentials that create novel on-ramps for learners from priority populations into high-demand industry roles as media technicians. The novel on-ramp model is intended to be adaptable to other markets to support the expansion and diversification of the media and entertainment industry technician workforce. This project features best practices in workforce development, particularly the work-based learning, contextualized approach to developmental education and language acquisition (e.g., VESL), the short-term, stackable nature of the certification program, and the industry involvement in development and validation of new credentials. These credentials target occupations in the media entertainment industry including special effects artists and animators, audio and video technicians, broadcast technicians, sound engineering technicians, lighting technicians, and film and video editors, among others. The project also examines how broad partnerships across industry, agencies, and education can support equity goals at the partner and industry scale and connects learners to technician education, career pathways, certifications, and internships that contribute to a pipeline of skilled and diverse workers. 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.

随着扩展现实和镜头内视觉效果(XR/ICVFX)等新技术改变了媒体的创建方式，媒体行业正在经历快速变化。这些新技术产生了对媒体技术人员的需求，他们能够使用内容创作转变所需的硬件和软件。该项目旨在开发行业认可的证书、证书培训计划，并与行业导师一起创建带薪实习机会，从而为学生在俄勒冈州波特兰大都会地区追求具有职业发展潜力的高薪工作创造途径。该项目的目标是让雇主、工会和州机构参与建立新的行业认可的证书，为优先群体的学习者进入媒体技术员等高需求行业角色创造新的入门途径。新的入口匝道模式旨在适应其他市场，以支持媒体和娱乐业技术人员队伍的扩张和多样化。该项目以劳动力发展方面的最佳实践为特色，特别是以工作为基础的学习，发展教育和语言习得的情景方法(例如，VESL)，认证计划的短期、可堆叠的性质，以及行业参与新证书的开发和验证。这些证书面向媒体娱乐业的职业，包括特效艺术家和动画师、音频和视频技术员、广播技术员、音响工程技术员、照明技术员以及电影和视频剪辑等。该项目还考察了跨行业、机构和教育的广泛合作伙伴关系如何能够支持合作伙伴和行业规模的公平目标，并将学员与技术人员教育、职业道路、认证和实习联系起来，从而促进熟练和多样化的工人队伍。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。