Convergence Technology Center Collin Overview

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Convergence Technology Center Collin Overview

• Bill Blitt, Dean, Business, Information, and
  Engineering Technology
• Ann Beheler, PI
• February 12, 2009

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Collin College

• Continuing Partnership Grant and College
  programs
• Faculty and programs
• Dean Blitt lead
• David Galley, Interim Director replaced Wayne
  Jones
• Grant supports faculty and programs
• Ann Beheler, PI, lead

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Collin College

• As in previous years, we tend to talk about
  accomplishments for the whole grant, not just
  Collin since Collin is the lead

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It Continues to be a Major Awareness Campaign

• In Fall, 2004, most people said Convergence?
  Whats that?
• Now, its Green IT Whats that?
• With a variety of events, work with the partners
  we now have recognition and more for convergence
  with
• 5400 faculty and staff
• 68,000 students and parents
• 3800 business people

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Results

• Majors are up
• Graduates slowly growing
• Enrollments are steady
• Underserved enrollments up
• New opportunities through articulation agreements
• Conscious student recruitment to address
  different populations
• Professional development for Collin faculty has
  been and continues to be extremely valuable,
  especially with the current economic climate

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Activity Highlights

• Collin led this year in pushing Green IT Summit
  held November 14, 2008
• Collin is leading in development of
• Online version of Convergence curriculum now
  posted on the web
• Advanced VoIP curriculum
• Rework of VoIP curriculum

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Activity Highlights

• Presentations by faculty and grant staff
• NCTT summer and winter conferences
• League for Innovation CIT and Innovations
  Conference
• Green IT Summit
• Working Connections 7th year during summer 2008
• Continuing outreach to high schools
• Working Connections Annual Training Week this
  year is the 8th year

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Goal 1 Curriculum

• Collin has developed Convergence Technologies AAS
  Degree and Certificates
• AAS Associate of Applied Science
• Certificates
• Convergence Technology
• IP Specialization
• Enhanced Cert. Voice Over IP Expert (not all
  courses offered yet)
• Marketable Skills Certificate Home Technology
  Integration 9 credit hours

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Student Population

• New students and students seeking retraining
• Students pursue Convergence Technology
• For just in time training for employed students
• To obtain a job
• To begin a career

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Conscious Student Recruitment

• TechKnowFire, for example
• Early evening technology presentation with
• Green presentations of telepresence by Ron
  Halbach of Nortel and Scott Veibell of Cisco
• Introduction via web by Ann Beheler from
  California

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Conscious Student Recruitment

• Its not all numbers its not all direct
  contact its about targeted effort (and a little
  serendipity)
• TechKnowFire numbers were small, BUT, targeted
• At least one attendee phoned her boyfriend during
  the presentation and told him to get over here!

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Graduates

• First certificate/degree recipient was Mary
  Hawkins, Fall 2006 with AAS degree Spring 2007
• Three others received AAS degrees
• Total of 11 certificates
• One pending degrees
• Two pending certificates

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Majors Have Increased

• Spring 2008, 55 Declared Convergence Technology
  majors (11 more than last year)

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35 women 11.86
61 women 13.2
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Articulation/Transfer Opportunities Continue

• University of North Texas BA in IT
• 18 semester hours of technical courses directly
  transfers, along with general education courses
• Initial class had 42, including a Collin
  Convergence grad (and a Convergence faculty
  member from El Centro)
• Continuing Opportunities include
• Fort Hays State University
• Texas AM Commerce

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Curriculum in a Box

• Faculty, adjuncts, and even a former student
  involved in developing curriculum for
• Online Convergence Technology
• Advanced VoIP

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Goal 2 Professional Development

• Joint Faculty Meetings
• Faculty participated in revalidating skills
  mapping in August 2008
• VoIP training for partner and mentored college
  faculty, December 2008
• Working Connections IT Faculty Development
  Institute for 80-100 faculty each year (now going
  into 9th year)

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Goal 3 Recruiting Under- served
Populations

• Still room for improvement, and this is a major
  focus of the new grant
• Minority populations are up over Fall 2004
• Women 35/61 (74)
• African Americans 27/64 (137)
• Hispanics 25/46 (83)
• Note that this is a continual effort because
  students come and go semester by semester

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Goal 4 - Dissemination

• Led by Collin with Co-PIs, grant staff, and
  other faculty weve presented for
• Course Technology Conference San Francisco
• League for Innovation in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte,
  N.C., New Orleans, Nashville, Salt Lake City
• AACC in Long Beach, Tampa, Philadelphia
• NCTT summer and midyear workshops every year
• Synergy06 and 08 in Boston and Phoenix,
  respectively
• TACTE in Austin, TX
• ATE Conference in Washington, D.C. every year

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The Grant Has Provided Funding and Focus and
Vision

• Curriculum
• Professional Development
• Stronger relationships with business
• Equipment
• National attention

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Questions

• Bill Blitt, bblitt_at_ccccd.edu
• Ann Beheler, abeheler_at_ccccd.edu

This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under Grant No.
0402356. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions
or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Science
Foundation