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Technology Career Boot Camp CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS XTOL.careers
Transcript of XTOL Overview
Technology Career Boot Camp CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
XTOL.careers
• The Professional Development Center at The
University of Texas at Aus9n • Andrew Tresenriter, Marke0ng Coordinator
• XTOL (Experien9al Teaching Online) • John Poss, CEO • Dr. Ray Bareiss, Chief Educa0on Officer • Adam Green, VP of Business Development
Welcome and Introduc9ons
The UT Professional Development Center (PDC) helps individuals meet professional and personal goals and helps organiza0ons develop employees and improve performance through its program, consul0ng, coaching and facilita0on services. PDC designs and delivers face-‐to-‐face and online noncredit programs for individuals interested in improving their professional skills or who seek a creden0al or a career change. XTOL (Experien9al Teaching Online) was founded by Cogni0ve Science visionary Professor Roger Schank, based on the beliefs that students learn best by doing – by performing authen0c work in the context of realis0c tasks — and that the best way to teach is via one-‐on-‐one mentorship.
The Professional Development Center at The University of Texas at Aus9n
Experien9al Teaching Online (XTOL)
The Professional Development Center at The University of Texas at Aus0n has partnered with XTOL to offer four skills-‐based technology career boot camp cer0ficate programs: • Agile Web Applica0on Development in Ruby on
Rails • Mobile Applica0on Development • Data Analy0cs/Big Data • eCommerce Technology
Introducing: Technology Career
Boot Camps
The myths: The soWware industry operates at the bleeding edge of technology, and soWware companies are staffed by an0social nerds who stare at computer screens all day. The reality: It’s a people business that uses technology
• nontrivial soWware projects are always developed by teams • “we’re mostly in the human communica0on business” • successes stem primarily from good human interac0on • “the major problems of our work are not so much technological as
sociological in nature.” • You’ll always be working with people
• customers and users to understand their problems • a design team to propose a solu0on • customers and users (again) to validate a solu0on • other developers, QA people, product managers, project managers,
etc…
The High-‐Tech Illusion: Peopleware
by DeMarco and Lister
• Story-‐Centered Curricula -‐-‐ proven highly effec0ve in skill-‐building programs, developed with industry pioneers • Students work is situated in a realis0c story of professional prac0ce – the work
situa0on to which they aspire • Students reflect on lessons learned from their experiences, then they go on to
the next “scene” in the story, which is linked to and builds on what they have done
• Students receive feedback on interim deliverables and then iterate to achieve skill mastery
• Faculty mentors enhance online experience
• One-‐to-‐one coaching nurtures excellence
• Strong emphasis on job skills beyond the technical • Principled decision making, teamwork, verbal and wricen communica0on,
nego0a0on, rela0onship management
• Students build a porNolio of professional-‐quality work • Deliverables roll up into a pordolio that can be shown to employers
XTOL’s Unique Approach: Story-‐Centered Curricula accelerate skill building
Story-‐Centered Curricula: Pioneered at Carnegie Mellon
University
Believe the program gave them competitive advantage relative to peers 93%Promoted -‐ during the program 45% -‐ after graduation 74%Changed jobs either within their company or at a new Company 69%Included one or more soft skills among top three things they learned 74%Would recommend CMU Silicon Valley to a friend or colleague 97%Completed and graduated from Program 98%
Results of a 2010 survey of CMU-‐SV alumni
Total Master’s Graduates
• Over 700 graduates from CMU -‐-‐ Silicon Valley (SoWware Engineering and SoWware Management programs)
• Over 500 graduates from sister program in eBusiness at CMU in Picsburgh
The Technology Career Boot Camp Cer0ficate Programs offer:
• 100% project based, learn-‐by-‐doing • Mostly online, collabora0on-‐driven courses that
provide real-‐world, skills-‐based training • Live, virtual mentors who coach the students, rather
than lecture, and evaluate based on the work produced
• Three face-‐to-‐face sessions at Thompson Conference Center to further encourage teamwork and interac0on between faculty and students.
Technology Career Boot Camps:
How they work
XTOL’s Unique Approach: Story-‐Centered Curricula –
the experience
¡ Resume Building/Interview Skills -‐-‐ the program supports students with development of resumes, cover lecers and pordolios of work, and hone interview skills in prepara0on for presen0ng to prospec0ve employers.
¡ Professional PorNolio – over the course of the programs, students gain end-‐to-‐end project experience working on realis0c, in-‐demand soWware technology projects ¡ Students develop professional pordolios to
demonstrate specific skill competencies to poten0al employers.
Preparing for and Suppor9ng the Job Search
Cer9ficate in Agile Web Applica9on Development in Ruby on Rails
Courses include: • Introduc0on to Website Development • Agile Web Applica0on Development in Ruby on Rails I&II • Introduc0on to Modern SoWware Development Prac0ces
Cer9ficate Dura9on: 24 weeks FT/48 weeks PT
Cer9ficate in Agile Web Applica9on
Development in Ruby on Rails
Cer9ficate in Mobile Applica9on Development Courses include: • Introduc0on to Website Development (on-‐ramp) • Mobile Web Applica0on Development • Java for Mobile Applica0on Development (on-‐ramp) • Na0ve Mobile Applica0on Development • Sensor-‐Based Mobile Applica0on Development
Cer9ficate Dura9on: 22 weeks FT/44 weeks PT
Cer9ficate in Mobile Applica9on Development
Cer9ficate in Data Analy9cs/Big Data
Courses Include:
• Data Analy0cs: Understanding Customers • Data Analy0cs: Predic0ng Profitability and Customer
Preferences • Big Data: Web Mining Cer9ficate Dura9on: 16 weeks FT/32 weeks PT
Cer9ficate in Data Analy9cs/Big Data
Cer9ficate in eCommerce Technology Courses Include:
• Introduc0on to eCommerce: Business • Introduc0on to eCommerce: Technology • Electronic Payments, Pricing, and Security • Search Engine Op0miza0on • Op0mizing the User Experience Cer9ficate Dura9on: 23 weeks FT/46 weeks PT
Cer9ficate in eCommerce Technology
A Na9onal Snapshot: Best Tech Jobs in America
• Sources: CNN/Money/Payscale, ITCareerFinder, McKinsey Global Ins0tute
Prerequisites:
Ø Two years of work experience (no need to be technical)
Ø High level of computer literacy Ø Familiarity with Windows, Mac, or Linux
opera0ng system, specifically: Ø Crea0ng and managing folders within folders Ø Crea0ng and extrac0ng files from zip archives Ø Elementary administra0ve tasks (e.g., installing
soWware requiring admin privileges) Ø Basic familiarity with MicrosoW Office or
equivalent Computer requirements: Ø Modern laptop or desktop computer with high-‐
speed internet connec0on.
Program Requirements
Deadline for Registra9on: October 2, 2014 All four cer9ficate programs (whether full 9me or part 9me) begin: Welcome and Orienta9on: Friday, October 10 – 6:00 – 9:00 pm and Saturday, October 11 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Thompson Conference Center Classes Begin: Monday, October 13, 2014
Program Schedules
Cost/Payment
Cost of Cer9ficates: § Agile Web Applica0on Development in Ruby on Rails: $9,600 § Mobile Applica0on Development: $8,800 § Data Analy0cs/Big Data: $6,400 § eCommerce Technology: $9,200 Payment Plan: § UT PDC offers a payment plan op0on. § There is a one-‐0me $75 fee assessed. § The payment plan allows you to make three equal payments (each 1/3 of the total cer0ficate cost) over first three months of the program.
Contact
Ques9ons: 855-‐710-‐0246 Program Coordinator Vanessa Hernandez v Direct: 512.232.2237 v Business Office: 512.471.4633 v [email protected] Program Advisor Dr. Ray Bareiss, Chief Educa9on
Officer, XTOL v [email protected]
Register: hkp://cie.aus9n.utexas.edu/
pdc/pages/pdc-‐xtol-‐registra9on
Ready to get started on launching your tech future?
Any more ques0ons?
Thank you.
