Development of Educational Materials for Undergraduate Online Programs in Information Engineering Technology

工程-其他（59）该项目旨在帮助增加受过良好教育和高技能的信息技术（IT）工人的数量。该项目解决了目前全国IT劳动力严重短缺的问题（1999年约有40万名IT工人），不幸的是，这一问题预计将持续到21世纪（2006年约有130万名IT工人）。该项目的目标受众包括：a)社区大学校园传统学生和返校学生，b)校外远程学生和成人学习者。该项目旨在为社区大学层面的信息工程技术（IET）和计算机科学技术（CST）领域的课程提供在线教育材料（OEM）。项目的目标和为达到这一目标所采用的主要方法包括：1)开发12门本科信息工程技术高级课程的在线教材；2)设计和开发一个基于网络的教学（WBI）工具的原型，该工具将包括各种现代通信技术（例如，音频、视频和数据会议、应用程序/文档共享）；3)开发WBI工具的用户手册，帮助教师和学生根据各自的教育环境定制其功能，4)“beta”-在合作机构进行OEM测试，包括历史上的黑人教育机构，以及内部和外部对OEM的评估。5)根据技术预备模型和美国国家科学基金会西北新兴技术中心的IT技能标准，密集使用“IT能力概况”；6)在IET的网络培训和网络教学方面持续发展教师队伍。

Engineering - Other (59)This project is to helping increase the pool of well-educated and highly skilled Information Technology (IT) workers. The project addresses the severe current national shortage in the IT workforce (about 400,000 IT workers in 1999) that is, unfortunately, projected to persist well into the 21st century (about 1.3 million IT workers in 2006).Targeted audiences for the project include: a) community college on-campus traditional and returning students, and b) off-campus distance students and adult learners. The project aims to provide Online Educational Materials (OEM) for courses in Information Engineering Technology (IET) and Computer Science Technology (CST) areas at the community college level.Objectives of and major methods being employed for the project to reach this goal include: 1) development of online educational materials for twelve (12) advanced courses in undergraduate Information Engineering Technology, 2) design and development of a prototype of a Web-based Instructional (WBI) tool that will comprise various modern communication technologies (for example, audio-, video-, and data-conferencing, application/document sharing, chat servers),3) development of a User Manual for WBI tool that will help faculty and students to customize its features into their respective educational environments,4) "beta"-testing of OEM at collaborating institutions, including historically black educational institutions, and evaluation of OEM by internal and external (both, national and international) experts,5) intensive utilization of the "IT Competency Profile" that follows the Tech Prep model and NSF Northwest Center on Emerging Technologies IT Skills Standards, and6) continuous faculty development on Web-based training and Web-based teaching in IET.