Subject: Re: MSCTC IT Advisory Meeting Invitation |
From: Kris Boland <kboland@nodakmutual.com> |
Date: 2/7/2012 9:26 AM |
To: Tim Preuss <tim.preuss@minnesota.edu> |
Information Technology Advisory Meeting
Spring 2012 InvitationDear Kris ,
The Information Technology faculty at M|State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) invites you to our Advisory Meeting. The meeting will be held on February 27 @ 6:30 pm in room B150. Please contact us if you wish to have a campus map with the room numbers.
The Advisory Meeting consists of Information Technology professionals guiding the curriculum and instructional direction of our Information Technology programs. Our current program offering is Computer Programming – AAS, Information Technology – AS and Information Technology – Diploma. Please contact us if you wish to have a copy of any or all of our curriculum offerings.
We very much need your input to our programs. We would be grateful for a reply to this invitation, so we may accurately plan enough food for the meeting. You may extend this to other professionals you think would help us improve our curriculum and instruction. The meeting agenda is provided below.
We look forward to seeing you.
Yours,
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Information Technology Faculty
Chris Goltz, Computer Programming Instructor, Chris.Goltz@minnesota.edu
Deb Flaskerud, Computer Programming Instructor, Deb.Flaskerud@minnesota.edu
Dave Hjalmquist, Computer Programming Instructor, Dave.Hjalmquist@minnesota.edu
Randy Johnson, Microcomputer and Network, Randall.Johnson@minnesota.edu
Tim Preuss, Microcomputer & Networking Technology, Tim.Preuss@minnesota.edu
Agenda for Spring 2012
- MSCTC welcome
- Discussion: Should MSCTC pursue an educational relationship with Vmware, EMC, NetApps, etc ..
- Discussion: Should MSCTC add formal change management in classes? If so, what guidelines should we follow?
- Discussion: Should MSCTC intentionally mix majors to encourage DevOps ? DevOps is defined “better collaboration, integration and automation among software development teams and IT operations “
- Discussion: What does a student graduating in two years need to know and be able to do completely to get a job?
- Discussion: Identify current and future processes and technologies
- Announcement: Request for M State Foundation Golf tournament golfers and/or prize donation.
- Computer Programming AAS degree updates
- Information Technology AS, Diploma, and AAS degree updates
- Questions and Answers
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
-- _________________ Tim Preuss Information Technology Instructor 1900 28th Ave South Moorhead, MN 56560 tim.preuss@minnesota.edu www.minnesota.edu 218-299-6614 One College. Four Campuses. Online.