Posts by Mark Dempsey
Friday’s Featured video — “Cyberpsychology”
Free webinar: Learn More About Joining the Convergence College Network
The National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) community of practice – called the Convergence College Network (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 programs. Currently, there are 93 schools (including 10 universities and one high school)…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight: Cleveland Community College’s Diancil Chavez
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog, we like to introduce IT students attending member schools in our Convergence College Network (CCN). 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 programs.…
Read MoreFree employer-led job skills lists for seven IT job clusters
How do you keep your IT curriculum current with the evolving needs of the industry? The National Convergence Technology Center’s “sister” grant, the “IT Skill Standards 2020 and Beyond” project, has spent three years working with IT employers and subject matter experts (SMEs) across the country to update skill standards. At this point, over 230…
Read MoreCTC | September Newsletter 2022
Article Topics: 107 Faculty Members Trained on Cutting-Edge IT Topics Summer Working Connections Celebrated Its 20th Anniversary First In-Person CCN Meeting Held Since 2019 The CTC Disseminated at the HITEC Conference
Read MoreAnnual Update of IT Infrastructure Job Skills
This past May, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) convened its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) for its annual prioritization of essential entry-level IT job skills students and graduates will need to know in the next 12-36 months. The BILT always looks ahead, answering “what’s next?” rather than “what’s happening now?” because higher education…
Read MoreLessons from the Professional Development Trenches
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently delivered a presentation at the HITEC conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, sharing best practices learned the hard way through many years of successful faculty professional development events. The National CTC hosts faculty professional development across a number of formats and platforms, from half-hour Zoom webinars to multi-day…
Read MoreFriday’s Featured video — “Competencies for a Career Ready Workforce”
Eight IT Employer Perspectives
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently convened its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) for its summer quarterly meeting. As always, a good portion of this BILT meeting was devoted to discussing trends in the IT workplace. If you’re not already encouraging these kinds of talks with your employers, you should consider adding them…
Read MoreFourteen Expert Perspectives on Data Science
Last month, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) hosted a Special Interest Group (SIG) workshop at the HITEC conference entitled “Essential Skills for the Next Generation of Work: From Data Literacy to Data Analytics to Artificial Intelligence.” In this lively and interactive session – the final half hour was framed as a Jeopardy-style game show…
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