Roots of Technology Education: Standards Projects

Importance of Standards in Engineering and Technology Education

During the past several decades, the economy of each nation has been significantly affected by globalization and technology. Government regulations and private sector standards affect a majority of world trade. Countries have been working together to establish international standards in almost every field. As a result, workers in all sectors need to have an understanding of standards. Engineeri...

Genomic Standards Consortium Projects

The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is an open-membership community that was founded in 2005 to work towards the development, implementation and harmonization of standards in the field of genomics. Starting with the defined task of establishing a minimal set of descriptions the GSC has evolved into an active standards-setting body that currently has 18 ongoing projects, with additional proje...

Information Technology Team Projects in Higher Education: An International Viewpoint

It is common to find final or near final year undergraduate Information Technology students undertaking a substantial development project; a project where the students have the opportunity to be fully involved in the analysis, design, and development of an information technology service or product. This involvement has been catalyzed and prepared for during their previous studies where the stud...

Improving education standards.

COVER Detail of a “wiring diagram” showing long-distance neural connections between major regions of the macaque brain. This visualization provides guidance for connecting multiple computer chips into a brainlike network. This diagram was awarded fi rst place in the illustration category in the 2012 Science/NSF International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. The winning entries are...

Essential Education Standards & Benchmarks