Meeting Workforce Needs for Skilled Geospatial Technicians through Virtual Geospatial Information Science Technology Education

通过虚拟地理空间信息科学技术教育满足熟练地理空间技术人员的劳动力需求

• 批准号: 1955256
• 负责人: Jonathan Little
• 金额: $ 46.76万
• 依托单位: Monroe Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1955256&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; Workforce; Needs; Skilled; Geospatial; Meeting; Workforce; Needs; Skilled; Geospatial

This project aims to develop one of the nation’s first Associate in Applied Science degree programs in geospatial information technology that is fully accessible both on campus and online. It is expected that the program will help meet the growing demand for geospatial technicians across Upstate New York. The degree program will be designed to provide students with equal access to state-of-the-art geospatial education, regardless of where they live. Innovative aspects of the project include customizable in-person and online learning, online internships, online mentoring, and hands-on technical support at the college library and public libraries. In addition to educating new technicians, the project will also address regional demand for on-the-job geospatial education by developing an online nine-credit micro-credential focused on topics such as data management, programming, and web mapping. The project goal is to prepare students for more advanced Geospatial Information Science Technology careers. It plans to achieve this goal by building on the geospatial certificate program that was developed with support from a previous award from the NSF Advanced Technological Education program. Industry-identified requirements will guide improvements to existing courses and development of three new advanced courses. These courses will form the core curriculum for the new Associate in Applied Science degree and micro-credential, both of which can be earned online. Virtual geospatial internships will be designed to support rural organizations that need geospatial information, but are unable to employ a geospatial expert. The project includes research on online education. This research will include comparisons of the effectiveness online mentoring, remote internships, and library support for online learning. The project will also assess the effectiveness of the virtual internships in preparing students to meet the increasing demand for geospatial technicians who can work remotely. Additionally, the project will examine the extent to which online education can meet the needs of underserved students who may be new to online learning or who have limited broadband connections. Dissemination through social media, websites, and presentations at conferences will provide information that other colleges may use as a model for developing their own virtual technical education programs. 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.

该项目旨在开发全美的地理空间信息技术应用科学学位课程的第一个副学士之一，该计划在校园和在线上都可以完全访问。预计该计划将有助于满足纽约州北部地区对地理空间技术人员不断增长的需求。该学位课程将旨在为学生提供平等获得最先进的地理空间教育的机会，无论他们在哪里。该项目的创新方面包括在大学图书馆和公共图书馆提供可定制的面对面和在线学习，在线互助，在线心理和动手技术支持。除了教育新技术外，该项目还将通过开发在线九个信用微观的关注诸如数据管理，编程和Web映射等主题，以解决对在职地理空间教育的地区需求。项目目标是为学生准备更高级的地理空间信息科学技术职业。它计划通过在NSF高级技术教育计划的先前奖项的支持下开发的地理空间证书计划来实现这一目标。识别行业的要求将指导改进现有课程，并开发三个新的高级课程。这些课程将构成应用科学学位和微观学位的新副学士的核心课程，这两者都可以在线获得。虚拟地理空间实习将旨在支持需​​要地理空间信息但无法雇用地理空间专家的农村组织。该项目包括有关在线教育的研究。这项研究将包括对在线学习有效性的在线心理，远程交往和在线学习的图书馆支持的比较。该项目还将评估虚拟实习方面的有效性，以使学生为满足可以远程工作的地理空间技术人员的需求增长。此外，该项目将研究在线教育可以满足可能是在线学习或宽带连接有限的学生的需求的程度。通过社交媒体，网站和会议上的演讲进行传播将提供其他大学可能用作制定自己虚拟技术教育计划的模型的信息。该项目由高级技术教育计划提供资金，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来评估。