Mayaajitaang: A Tribal College, State University , and Industrial Partnership for Building an Information Technology Workforce in Rural America

位于威斯康星州海沃德的Lac Court te oreilles Ojibwa社区学院与威斯康星大学Superior分校结成合作伙伴关系，致力于营造一种非同步的学习环境，在这种环境下，两所大学将同时提供四年制的信息技术学位以及社区学院的两年制课程。通过在这一伙伴关系中进行合作，并与企业和工业合作伙伴合作，服务不足人群的独特需求正在得到满足。信息技术课程是一项共享课程，提供从基本计算机和互联网技能证书到完整的四年制学位的在线专业化认证。这个项目中的课程是由每一所学校反映出来的，学分换学分，这样学生在一所大学赚的钱就会转移到另一所大学。这两个机构的教职员工正在合作开发课程内容，正在开发新的在线课程，并对现有的同步课程进行调整和提供。目前正在合作伙伴之间建立一个虚拟专用网络，以便开发支助服务的系统集成。工商界正在与高等教育机构合作，帮助培养所需的熟练信息技术劳动力，以满足他们的需求，并加强学院所服务的美洲原住民和农村社区的经济。该项目的正式认证正在寻求北方中央学校和学院协会的认可。评价和评估在线内容的发展是一个持续的、动态的过程，从构想到课程的实施，正在记录和出版，作为在非同步环境中发展学习的典范。

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, (Hayward, WI) and the University of Wisconsin-Superior are forming a partnership to build an asynchronous learning environment in which a complete four-year degree in Information Technology is being offered by both institutions simultaneously as well as two-year programs in the community college. By collaborating in this partnership, and working with businesses and industrial partners, the unique needs of underserved populations are being addressed. The Information Technology program is a shared offering that provides online specializations ranging from certificates in basic computer and Intenet skills to a complete four-year degree. The courses in this program are being mirrored, credit for credit, by each institution so that whatever a student earns at one college transfers to the other college. Faculty and staff of both institutions are developing program content in a collaborative effort where new online courses are being developed and existing synchronous courses are being adapted and made available. A virtual private network is being implemented between the partners in order to allow the development of systems integration of support services. Business and industry are partnering with the higher education institutions to help create the skilled information technology workforce needed to meet their needs and strengthen the economies of the Native American and rural communities served by the colleges. Full accreditation for the program is being sought from the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. Evaluation and assessment of the development of online content is an ongoing, dynamic process from conceptualization to implementation of curricula that is being documented and published as a model for the development of learning in an asynchronous environment.