Design-Basaed Information Technologies Learning Experiences (DITLE)

为了满足美国增加信息和通信技术（ICT）劳动力的需求，加强准备和多样化的中学学生人口，该战略ITEST项目将加强目前在中学，辛辛那提大学教学技术（IT）和STEM教育计划以及当地产业之间的区域伙伴关系。这项合作将为中学生群体开发分层课程，包括那些通常在ICT职业中代表性不足的学生，以及在职和职前的中学STEM教师。参与者将通过选择性的速成课程和实习，从基础的信息通信技术接触课程开始，参与一系列信息通信技术经验。这项工作将结合以大学为基础的学习经验、以学校为基础的学习经验和以行业为基础的学生和教育工作者的经验。该项目还将开发一个创新的网络和基于云的虚拟实验室基础设施，用于跨多方面系统的资源共享。该项目将增加信息和通信技术领域的研究，重点是扩大学生参与的机制；了解支持学生的能力和坚持从事ICT职业的一系列经验；扩大信息通信技术项目和职业学生的人口结构。该研究回应了了解具有不同学业成就和支持水平的学生如何考虑ICT职业道路的需求。这有助于开发更好的支持系统，以扩大ICT劳动力。最后，该研究将记录如何利用区域网络形成一个连贯的努力，而不是具有相似但可能存在分歧的目标的个体努力的多样性。研究/评估问题是：(1)学生以前的学术准备对理解ICT职业和劳动力选择的影响是什么？(2)学生之前的学术准备如何影响学生成功参与基于设计的ICT学习活动？(3)哪些活动对信息通信技术职业和项目中代表性不足的学生最有吸引力？(4)合作伙伴、家长和行业如何相互作用，形成一个全面的网络，以支持学生的ICT职业道路？

To address the needs of the US to increase the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workforce with enhanced preparation and a diverse population of prepared secondary students, this strategies ITEST project will strengthen the current regional partnerships in place between secondary schools, the University of Cincinnati's Instructional Technology (IT) and STEM education programs, and local industries. This collaboration will develop layered programs for cohorts of secondary students, including those typically under-represented in ICT careers and in-service and pre-service secondary STEM teachers. The participants will engage in a range of ICT experiences beginning with fundamental ICT exposure coursework through selective accelerated courses and internships. This effort will incorporate university-based learning experiences, school-based learning experiences, and industry-based experiences for the students and educators. The project will also develop an innovative network and cloud-based virtual lab infrastructure for resource sharing across a multi-faceted system.The project will add to the research in the area of ICT focused on mechanisms for expanding student participation; understanding the sets of experiences that support student competency and persistence into ICT careers; and broadening the demographics of students in ICT programs and careers. The research responds to the need to understand how students with different levels of academic success and support consider ICT career pathways. This can serve to develop better support systems to expand the ICT workforce. Finally, the research will document how regional networks can be leveraged to form a coherent effort, rather than a diversity of individual efforts with the similar but potentially divergent goals. The research/evaluation questions are: (1) What is the impact of students' previous academic preparation on understanding of ICT careers and workforce choices? (2) How does a student's previous academic preparation influence the student's success in engaging in design-based ICT learning activities? (3) Which activities are most engaging for students typically underrepresented in ICT careers and programs? and (4) In what ways do the partners, parents, and industry interact to form a comprehensive network in support of ICT career pathways for students?