Connecting the Coast to the Cloud

随着本地行业实施基于云的解决方案，越来越需要熟练的技术人员来实施，维护和排除云服务故障。该项目团队计划根据当地行业代表的意见设计云管理技术学位课程，以满足行业劳动力需求。学生将获得与网络，物联网（IoT），编程，虚拟化和云计算相关的培训。该项目将采取跨学科的方法，使学生能够将他们的知识和技能转移到劳动力中。拟议的项目有可能扩大云服务技术人员的本地人才库，并提供一个符合行业需求的示范课程供其他社区学院使用。该项目的三个主要目标是：（1）设计一个新的课程，导致AAS学位和/或云管理技术证书，（2）通过增加退伍军人的入学人数、消除其他学生入学的障碍以及采用针对有特殊需要的学生的设备，增加密西西比墨西哥湾沿岸地区IT劳动力的供应和多样性，以及（3）改进物联网和智能技术现有证书的课程。项目团队打算与当地行业和高中合作，加强现有课程并开发新课程，同时使所有学生更容易获得该计划。拟议的课程将在ATE Central网站上发布，成果将在一年两次的咨询委员会会议上在当地分享。项目团队将出席并出席年度ATE PI会议以及其他专业发展会议和研讨会。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

As local industries implement cloud-based solutions, there is an increasing need of skilled technicians to implement, maintain, and troubleshoot cloud services. This project team plans to design the curricula for a degree in Cloud Administration Technology with the input from local industry representatives to meet industry workforce needs. Students will get training related to networking, Internet of Things (IoT), programming, virtualization, and cloud computing. The project will take an interdisciplinary approach to prepare students to transfer their knowledge and skills to the workforce. The proposed project has the potential to grow the local talent-pool of cloud service technicians and provide a model curriculum informed by industry's needs for other community colleges to use.The three main goals of this project are: (1) to design a new curriculum leading to an AAS degree and/or a certificate in Cloud Administration Technology, (2) to increase the supply and diversity of the IT workforce in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region by increasing the enrollment of military veterans, removing obstacles for attendance of other students, and incorporating devices specific to students with special needs, and (3) to improve curriculum for the existing certificate in IoT and Smart Technology. The project team intends to work with local industry and high schools to enhance existing courses and develop new courses, while making the program more accessible to all students. The proposed curricula will be disseminated on the ATE Central website and outcomes will be shared locally at the biannual advisory committee meetings. The project team will attend and present at the annual ATE PI conference, as well other professional development conferences and workshops. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.