PresentersoBrian Nelson – Adjunct Instructor in CIT

programoKarl Dietrich – FT Faculty in CIT program

3rd largest community college in Michigan◦ 40,000+/- students annually

Lansing Community College

The CIT program is one of the largest at the college◦ Part of the Technical Careers division◦ More than 300 sections of CIT courses run every

semester (Fall/Spring)◦ CIT generates +/-15,000 credit hours annually◦ Approximately 10% of that are high school students

Computer Information Technologies Program

Fall 2006 League of Innovation we heard about Convergence Technology

Already had HTI and saw this as an opportunity to expand our program

We have redesigned our network curriculum twice since then and have been regularly launching new courses

Consultation with local advisory committee New degree is much more technically

oriented◦ Integrates a lot of the Convergence Technology

material available from the CTC into our program

Becoming part of the CCN

Current courses◦ HTI

Was based on the CompTIA certification◦ Wireless Networking & Security

Based on CWNA exam◦ VoIP – Cisco based (not the “official” Cisco

course)◦ During this time LCC became a Cisco Academic

partner – Cisco Academy Cisco CCNA curriculum 200 students have gone through CCNA training 35% have completed all four Cisco courses

Summer CCNA review course for those wishing to take their CCNA cert exam

Convergence Technology Curriculum

DHTI Certification discontinued at end of 2009 Certification migrated to ETA (Electronics

Technicians Association) under Smarthome CEDIA now emphasizing Home Networking

(Residential Home Networking Credential) Drawing from the above two resources for class

content More and more network based content (ex. de-

emphasizing hard wire audio video distribution) Considering changing name of course to

Smarthomes (or something like that )

Changes to the HTI course

The survey was emailed to 51 participants, 6 were returned as undeliverable, 1 was forwarded to another person in the organization, and 1 declined saying it was outside of his expertise; leaving a net distribution of 44 potential participants.  Of the 44 invites, 15 surveys were viewed and 11 were completed and submitted providing a return rate of 25%. 

CT Survey

Summary of Fall 2011 Survey Results

90% of respondents use some type of virtualization software◦ Of those 80% use VMware

64% said skills in VM is a very important skill for a technician to have◦ “depending on the position. Someone having VM skills will

have an advantage in the IT environment” 64% said they are using their current IT staff to

support their virtualization 82% use their current IT staff to manage the data

center

Summary of Fall 2011 Survey Results

55% would prefer vendor specific Storage Management training while 45% preferred vendor neutral

Having a VM or Storage Management certification is preferred but is definitely not a deal breaker◦ “Certifications are always a nice to have. It definitely

gets people noticed right away, but there are a lot of other skills that are equally important (if not more) like the ability to learn new things, works well on a team, takes initiative and gets things accomplished.”

Don’t try to do too much too soon◦ Not much wiggle room on a 2 year degree

ITIL – IT Best Practices Advanced Linux and Microsoft Server courses Convergence Technology

◦ Utilized materials from CTC◦ Based on CompTIA Convergence Technology

certification exam CompTIA killed the exam We decided to suspend the course before it was even

launched We may re-purpose this course as Unified

Communications

Bumps in the Road

Next up is Mobile App Development◦ Using course materials from last year’s Working

Connections to launch this as a Special Topics course in Fall 2011 and again in Spring 2012

◦ Still need to do Job Skills Analysis to verify course has outcomes needed by local employers

Convergence Technology Curriculum

Over 1 Million Apps currently available Last year Smartphones exceeded PC sales Tablets will surpass PC sales in < 3 years Over 25 billion Apps downloaded to date Over 44 billion Apps will be downloaded

within the next 5 years

Milestones regarding MAD

Smartphone Sales

Android 46.3%iOS (Apple) 30%RIM 14.9%Windows Mobile 4.6%Other 4.1%

Source: Nielsen (January 2012)

Mobile App Development Curriculum

There has been enough growth in our program that we can now rollout a separate Convergence Technology certificate

Will be submitted this fall to the college curriculum committee

This will be followed up with a full CT degree Have added Wireless Networking and HTI to

our Computer Repair and Computer Support degrees

Wireless, VoIP, and HTI are now offered every semester

Convergence Technology Curriculum

CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS

CITN 115 Home Technology Integration 5 CITN 220 Cisco I 3 CITN 222 Wireless Networking & Security 3 CITN 225 Cisco II 3 CITN 228 VoIP Fundamentals 3 CITS 125 A+ Certification Prep 6

Minimum Total: 23 credit hours

CT Certificate of Completion

18 credits of General Ed core courses Virtualization

◦ VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, and Manage

Storage Management◦ EMC Information and Storage

Management EMC curriculum that prepares the student for the

ISM certification exam◦ CompTIA Storage+ certification exam

CompTIA has partnered with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) to develop an entry-level certification in Storage Management

Convergence Tech Degree

Cloud Computing◦EMC Cloud Infrastructure and Services

– An advanced course that would require EMC Info and Storage Management to be a prerequisite course

◦Cloud Computing Essentials – This course would be based on the entry-level certification exam offered by CompTIA The CompTIA Cloud Essentials specialty

certification demonstrates that an individual knows what cloud computing means from a business and technical perspective, as well as what is involved in moving to and governing the cloud.

Convergence Tech Degree

Enterprise Computing Basics – IBM◦Intro to the Mainframe – Basics

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to begin using the basic functionality of a mainframe computer. The course focuses on mainframe hardware, software, and programming techniques.

◦Intro to the Mainframe – Networking This course provides a broad understanding of

networking principles and the hardware and software components necessary to allow the mainframe to participate in a high volume data communications network.

Convergence Tech Degree

◦Any questions ???

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