Convergence Technology Center

融合技术中心(CTC)是达拉斯/沃斯堡地区的几所社区大学与使用电信和信息技术的行业合作的结果。融合技术不仅融合了语音、视频、图像和数据，还需要解决技术和供应商之间的互操作性问题。其结果必须是无缝且安全的通信解决方案，以满足业务需求。反恐委员会确定了该区域融合技术所需的技能，确定了所需技能与现有课程之间的差距，并设计和测试了填补这些差距的课程。教师的专业发展需要通过包括内容和教学战略的研讨会和指导来满足。通过加强核心能力、服务学习项目、发展学习社区和学生指导的学术计划，招收经济服务不足地区的学生。这些领域的教师可以使用移动研讨会，家长和社区组织也可以使用材料。CTC为商业和工业提供了融合的技术途径，并充当了教育材料的交换中心

The Convergent Technology Center (CTC) is a collaboration of several community colleges in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and industries that use telecommunications and information technology. Convergent technologies not only merge voice, video, image, and data, but also require a resolution of interoperability issues between technologies and vendors. The outcome must be seamless and secure communications solutions to business needs. The CTC determines the skills required in the region for convergence technology, determines the gaps between required skills and existing curricula, and designs and tests curricula that fill the gaps. Professional development needs of faculty are met by workshops that include both content and pedagogical strategies and by mentoring. Students in economically underserved areas are recruited through academic programs to reinforce core competencies, service learning projects, developing learning communities and student mentoring. Mobile workshops are available for faculty in those areas as are materials for parents, and community organizations. The CTC provides convergent technology access to business and industry, and serves as a clearinghouse for educational materials