Posts Tagged ‘CCN Community’
IT Faculty Question of the Day
Last year, the National Convergence Technology Center interviewed four Convergence College Network faculty members about the challenges and decisions made in regards to employer recommendations delivered as part of the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) model. They also discussed their approach with helping students overcome their daily challenges and how as faculty members, they…
Read MoreFourteen Strategies for Recruiting, Retaining, and Completing Students
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently hosted a quarterly meeting with faculty and administrator members of the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. At that meeting, CCN members shared strategies and programs that have showed success recruiting, retaining, and completing IT students. Highlights from those presentations – as well as similar presentation series delivered in…
Read MoreTop 10 Twitter BILTwednesday Quotes
The National Convergence Technology Center’s Business & Industry Leadership Team (BILT) meets quarterly to provide insight into employer workforce needs. The BILT consists of executives and technicians, from both large corporations and small companies, who understand the current state of the IT industry nationally and what skills will make graduates employable 12-36 months in the…
Read MoreUsing Social Media
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently surveyed faculty members of the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. Sixty-six educators participated. Among the questions was one asking about social media engagement. While the survey was designed to gauge the effectiveness of the CTC’s social media and digital outreach, the results might also point to overall social…
Read MoreLearn from our Summer Working Connections Guest Speakers
Regular blog readers are by now well familiar with the National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) annual Summer Working Connections event. Faculty from across the country that attend Working Connections select a specific IT track and then spend five days taking a deep dive into that topic. The goal is to immediately implement what they’ve learned…
Read MoreTwo Trends with Online Training
The books are closed for the 2021 edition of Summer Working Connections. Last month the National CTC hosted 128 faculty members online from 23 states across the country for a five-day professional development event. Regular blog readers know that Working Connections (offered for five days each July and three days each December) provides a deep…
Read MoreStudent Feature: Angelo Teoxon, Lone Star College
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog and videos, we would like to introduce IT students attending our Convergence College Network (CCN) schools. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their…
Read MoreData Ethics Workshop This Week
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) will be hosting this week a special half-day workshop as part of the annual HITEC conference entitled “Responsible AI: Challenges and Best Practices for Integrating Ethics in Your IT Program.” Faculty attendees from across the country will learn practical strategies and best practices for adding data science ethics curriculum…
Read MoreSummer Working Connections Starts Today
Working Connections, an annual professional development event for IT faculty hosted by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), launched earlier today. We’re welcoming 139 faculty members from 23 states to take a five-day, deep dive into one of six specific topics. The goal is that these attendees will take this training back home and immediately…
Read MoreCTC Webinar Inspires Journal Article
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) is pleased to announce that its December 2020 “Brown Bag” webinar on LinkedIn strategies has inspired a new journal article. This past May, the Community College Journal of Research and Practice published “Leveraging LinkedIn: How Can Educators Help College Students Market Themselves,” which was co-authored by the National CTC’s…
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