Assessing IT Educational Pathways That Support Rural Broadband: Strategies for Aligning IT Curricula, Policy, and Employer Needs

Autor/inn/en	Mardis, Marcia A.; Jones, Faye R.; McClure, Charles R.
Titel	Assessing IT Educational Pathways That Support Rural Broadband: Strategies for Aligning IT Curricula, Policy, and Employer Needs
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 43 (2019) 9, S.625-630 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2018.1521756
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Employer Attitudes; Information Technology; Technical Education; Telecommunications; Curriculum Development; Career Readiness; Education Work Relationship; Competency Based Education; Rural Economics; Rural Development; Community Colleges; State Colleges; Federal Programs; Research Projects; Labor Needs; Job Skills; Course Descriptions; Occupational Information; Work Experience; 21st Century Skills; Professional Personnel; Policy Formation; Alignment (Education); Internet; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Informationstechnologie; Technikunterricht; Telekommunikationstechnik; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Rural environment; Ländliches Milieu; Community college; Community College; Forschungsvorhaben; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kursstrukturplan; Berufsinformation; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Personalbestand; Politische Betätigung
Abstract	In this National Science Foundation Advanced Technician Education program (NSF ATE) project, we aimed to explore factors that would strengthen the rural IT employee workforce and improve educational support related to broadband, telecommunications, and networks in rural settings. Using multiple methods to triangulate rural IT program curricula content with employers' perceptions and new professionals' on-the-job experiences, we gained an understanding of common general and technical competencies, perceived rural IT technician workforce readiness, and strategies to bring educational experiences in alignment with professional performance. We also offer findings concerning alignment of technician pathways and recommendations for how to transfer identified competencies to other similar rural markets, along with examples of extensions of this work for exploring and assessing IT pathways. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01