TY - GEN
T1 - National Science Foundation advanced technological education projects and centers of excellence for information technology education
T2 - 6th ACM SIG-Information Technology Education Conference, SIGITE 2005
AU - Saad, Ashraf
AU - Boisvert, Deborah
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This paper gives an overview of initiatives for information technology (IT) education undertaken by projects and centers of excellence for Advanced Technological Education (ATE) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). While these centers have a common goal to advance IT education regionally and nationally, they differ in the means of doing so. Several aspects of these projects and centers are highlighted, including challenges and opportunities that are beneficial to other ATE projects and centers. Current issues pertinent to IT curriculum development, including curriculum guidelines and accreditation of IT programs, are presented and discussed. The paper concludes with recommendations and future steps that are of import to IT educators at large. This paper will be presented at SIGITE 2005 in conjunction with a panel discussion involving principal investigators of current NSF ATE projects and centers for IT education.
AB - This paper gives an overview of initiatives for information technology (IT) education undertaken by projects and centers of excellence for Advanced Technological Education (ATE) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). While these centers have a common goal to advance IT education regionally and nationally, they differ in the means of doing so. Several aspects of these projects and centers are highlighted, including challenges and opportunities that are beneficial to other ATE projects and centers. Current issues pertinent to IT curriculum development, including curriculum guidelines and accreditation of IT programs, are presented and discussed. The paper concludes with recommendations and future steps that are of import to IT educators at large. This paper will be presented at SIGITE 2005 in conjunction with a panel discussion involving principal investigators of current NSF ATE projects and centers for IT education.
KW - advanced technological education
KW - information technology education
KW - NSF ATE projects and centers of excellence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84869270880&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1095714.1095768
DO - 10.1145/1095714.1095768
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84869270880
SN - 1595932526
SN - 9781595932525
T3 - Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education, SIGITE 2005
SP - 233
EP - 238
BT - Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education, SIGITE 2005
Y2 - 20 October 2005 through 22 October 2005
ER -