Wireless Industry and Education Collaboration

在过去几年里，蜂窝和数字个人通信服务的无线领域的爆炸性增长被受过教育的工人的减少所掩盖。无线技术人员和工程师教育的核心是基本的射频（RF）知识，由于教育预算的限制，这些正是在计算机科学课程升级期间削减的出勤率较低的课程。全球无线教育联盟（GWEC）的使命是开发一个为期两年的技术人员教育平台，为无线行业培养技术专家。GWEC由摩托罗拉、朗讯技术、爱立信、AT T无线、北方电信和AirTouch通信公司与德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校、明尼苏达州立大学和中南技术学院（N。曼卡托，明尼苏达州）。现任成员包括：位于洛厄尔的马萨诸塞州大学、俄克拉荷马州大学、西雅图中央社区学院、加州理工大学、里奇沃特社区学院（明尼苏达州威尔玛）、密歇根理工大学、康涅狄格州社区学院和华盛顿州立大学。GWEC倡议适用于教师发展和技术融入教育的DUE主题。该项目正在进行课程和资源开发和传播，包括开发和提供无线课程、在线教育和行业资源指南。

Explosive growth in the wireless areas of cellular and digital personal communications services over the past few years has been shadowed by a decrease in the availability of educated workers. At the heart of a wireless technician's and engineer's education is basic radio frequency (RF) knowledge, With educational budget constraints, these were exactly the lower attendance courses that were cut during the escalation of computer science courses. The mission of Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC (pronounced Gee Wec) is to develop a 2-year technician educational platform that graduates technical specialists for the wireless industry. GWEC was founded by Motorola, Lucent Technologies, Ericsson, AT&T Wireless, Northern Telecom, and AirTouch Communications with the University of Texas at Dallas, Minnesota State University, and South Central Technical College (N. Mankato, MN). Current members include: the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; the University of Oklahoma; Seattle Central Community College; California Polytechnic University; Ridgewater Community College (Willmar, MN); Michigan Technological University; Connecticut Community Colleges; and Washington State University. GWEC initiatives apply to the DUE themes of faculty development and the integration of technology into education. This project is conducting curriculum and resource development and dissemination including the development and provision of wireless curriculum, online education, and industry resource guides.