Utilizing a Regional Collaborative Approachin Establishing a One Stop

Experiential Learning Center

BOG Grant- CSIT TEAm Project■ In April 2014, the Florida’s Board of Governors awarded $15

million in grants to State University Systems (SUS institutions to produce more students for careers in the state’s highest-need areas, as identified by a comprehensive BOG GAP Analysis.

■ The project titled CSIT (UCF-USF-FIU) TEAm, is an urban university coalition response to Florida’s Computer and Information Technology workforce needs.

■ The project was modelled to:

offer online unique specialized course offerings

grant employers access to student talent through a one stop process

serve to retain talent in central/southern Florida by creating a regional resource and workforce climate to counteract talent migration to Western U.S.

The Florida State University System (SUS) consists of 12 state funded universities throughout the

State of Florida. These three universities, located in Florida’s three largest metropolitan areas,

produce nearly half of the baccalaureate degrees awarded by Florida’s state universities and

serve 70% of Florida’s ethnic and racial minority populations.

About 25% of the state’s new computer science professionals graduate from the University of

Central Florida; one of the top 19 programs in the country.

The three universities account for over than 60% of the jobs in these majors and over 70% of the jobs in Technology

Impact of CSIT TEAm on Course Offering

Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Summer 2015

Courses with

Instructors

and/or GTAs

paid by CSIT

TEAm

CAP 4104

CAP 4453

CAP 4630

CAP 4720

CGS 3175

CGS 3269

CIS 3362

COP 3223

COP 3330

COP 3402

COT 3100

EEL 3342

EEL 3801

EEL 4742

EEL 4768

EGN 3373

EGN 4060

CAP 4104

CAP 4453

CAP 4630

CGS 3269

CGS 2545

CIS 4004

CNT 4403

COP 2500

COP 3330

COP 3402

COP 3502

COT 3100

COT 4210

EEL 3342

EEL 3801

EEL 4660

EEL 4768

EEL 4783

EGN 3373

CGS 3269

CGS 2545

CDA 3103

CIS 3003

CIS 3360

CNT 3004

COP 2500

COP 3402

COP 3223

COP 3502

COP 3503

COP 4600

COP 4910

COT 3100

EEE 3342

EEL 3004

EEL 3123

EEL 4741/ EEL 4742

EEL 4914/EEL 4915

EEL 3801

EGN 3211CNT 4603 - System Administration and Maintenance

CAP 4453 - Robot Vision

EEL 4932 - Massive Storage and I/O for Big Data

LIS 4930 - Information Discovery in Health IMS

MIS 4480 - Electronic Commerce Systems

EEL 4789 - Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures

CEN 4083 - Introduction to Cloud Computing

ISM 4400 - Management Support Systems

TEAm Internships PortalThe portal is housed on the TEAm website’s internships page

http://www.csit-team.org/internship-opportunities/

The internship listings on the TEAm Internships Portal are collected from the databases maintained by three institutional offices and managed by three different companies. Only paid internship or alternating co-op positions (no parallel) that specifically list one of these targeted are migrated.

Office of Experiential Learning at UCF

- Software Company: PlacePro

Career Services Office at USF

- Software Company: CSO Research, Inc.

Career Services Office at FIU

- Software Company: Symplicity

TEAm Internships Portal

Participation by Major and University (after 6 months)

TEAm Internships PortalStudent Interface:

Students from UCF, USF and FIU can login to access the portal and

view the posted internships related to the CSIT TEAm majors.

The login window

TEAm Internships Portal

After login, the student can view the internship opportunities available at

any of the three institutions by clicking the appropriate button.

TEAm Internships Portal

In this example, the student clicks on the USF button to view the

internships listing imported from the Office of Career Services at USF.

TEAm Internships Portal

To get details of the posted position for any internship, the student clicks

the View link.

Challenges we’re working on…..

Read only format allows only for viewing ; students

must open an external browser to access the

company’s website

System doesn’t allow for tracking of actual students

applications (did the student actually apply after

viewing)

Tracking results of applications and who is hired

with the company

Collaborative Activity: Virtual Career Fair (VCF)

The three institutions held the first collaborative Virtual Career Fair (VCF) in April, 2015.

The VCF was a successful event; the first Virtual Career Fair in the history of career services at UCF, USF, and FIU.

This event is held bi annually in spring and fall..

TEAm Internships PortalFirst Phase of Implementation

The first phase of implementation of the portal has beencompleted. This phase allows students to view internshipopportunities related to the TEAm majors. The TEAm portaldatabase is populated by using an RSS data feed or XMLdata feed to import the relevant job listings from the threeinstitutional databases.

Second Phase of Implementation

This phase, still under development, will allow students tosubmit applications and upload their resumes. The targetdate for finishing this phase is Spring 2016 with plans forfurther enhancement and a pilot testing of the portal by theend of Summer 2016.