Information Technology Advisory Meeting
Fall 2016 Agenda
October 13, 2016 @ 6:00
pm
MSCTC Moorhead B150
Agenda for
fall
2016
·
MSCTC/M
State welcome
·
Introductions
·
Review/Revision/Approval
of last meetings minutes
·
Membership
list additions and/or removals
·
WebEx
procedure – virtual attendees
·
Curriculum
Updates
o This meeting is meant
to help finalize the curriculum change for Network Administration &
Security and Information Technology programs. A survey is available for each
program to gather comments from advisory group members. Information is welcome
from members that attend or not.
o Curriculum Change
Proposal 01 (This is both Information Technology and Network Administration
& Security)
o Network Administration
and Security – AAS
§ Network
Administration & Security Survey Form
o Information Technology
– AS
§ Information
Technology – AS Survey Form
·
Curriculum
o Computer Programming –
AAS
§ Current curriculum
review/discussion
§ http://brazil.minnesota.edu/curr/CP_AAS_2016.pdf
§ Committee
Recommendations
·
Discussion:
Identify current and future trends/technologies
o What
technology/concepts must students master before graduation?
o What
technology/concepts should be considered for student mastery before graduation?
o What technology/concepts
are no longer necessary for student mastery before graduation?
o “As cloud deployments
evolve and fragment into an era of interconnected clouds, the changing role of
Information Technology as the architect and broker of services is more critical
than ever before.” Miller, Lawrence, C. “Hybrid Cloud for Dummies”. NetApp
Edition, Wiley, 2014.
o The following are
curriculum standards used in curriculum design.
§
http://ccecc.acm.org/files/publications/ACMITCompetencyModel14October201420150114T180322.pdf
§ http://ccecc.acm.org/guidance/software-engineering/objectives/
·
Meeting
time
o Currently the plan is
conduct the fall meeting at night and the spring meeting on early Friday
afternoon.
Advisory Member Functions (MSCTC Advisory Committee Guide)
·
Identify specific subject areas of program inclusion
·
Prioritizing the recommend subject areas
·
Specifying appropriate program content level
·
Reviewing program outcomes on an ongoing basis
·
Assessment of program quality
·
Specifying appropriate foundational skill standards for local needs
·
Identifying general education and related technical skills needed by graduates
·
Recommending equipment to support the program content