How might we support fellowships or mentorships for professional engineers serving in private practice or in public agencies?
NSF continues its long-running support of research and development in the cyber infrastructure to sustain collaborations at a distance. The cyber infrastructure enables open courseware and it advances the concept of the “Independent Individual Learner.” How might the cyber infrastructure also speed the re-envisioning of lifelong learning as a process of virtual collaborations among diverse teams of professionals? We face challenges in retooling and re-imagining lifelong learning for the engineer, with a focus on fueling innovation, strengthening competitiveness, and making better use of the national resource represented by all engineers. I’d like to share with you a half-dozen points of concern outlined by engineers who provide professional development. [Slide 13: Points of Concern] First, employers pay for lifelong learning. Virtually all technical non-credit lifelong learning is paid for by employers. Therefore, the training offered must meet the needs of the employers, but it may or
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