Faculty Development Academy:

Cybersecurity and Programming
for IoT Technicians

Virtual | February 17-18, 24-25, 2023
8AM - 2PM Pacific / 9AM - 3PM Mountain / 10AM - 4PM Central / 11AM - 5PM Eastern

This workshop is also offered July 17-20, 2023

Who Should Attend:

This workshop is intended for community college faculty interested in becoming cybersecurity faculty or faculty wishing to expand their knowledge, earn an industry certification, and strengthen their ability to incorporate new cybersecurity content in their community college curriculum. This workshop is not intended for students or other non-faculty.

About the Workshop:

This course is intended to introduce community college instructors to the concepts of IoT, the Internet of Things, embedded systems, and cybersecurity best practices through a series of hands-on projects built around Arduino microcontrollers, an array of electronic components, sensors, and actuators, and computer programming.

This workshop is designed to help instructors gain an understanding and proficiency in the technologies centered around the Internet of Things, and how to teach these concepts. Students will explore Microsoft micro:bit as an alternative to the Arduino microcontroller and create a project either based on one of those discussed in class or a project of your own design.

The workshop will be delivered virtually through Zoom and Canvas. Students will be asked to complete several Arduino and Microsoft micro:bit projects, some of which will be completed virtually with the group. Additionally, the students will complete the review questions and quizzes after each project. Content covered during this course will prepare you for the Arduino Fundamentals Certification Exam.

Participants in this workshop will take entry and exit surveys to assess their prior and achieved knowledge. These surveys will include:

• Coding knowledge and experience
• Electronics knowledge and experience
• Tinkercad knowledge and experience

Stipend: 

Eligible faculty will receive up to a $1,000 stipend upon successfully completing the academy. To be eligible, you must:

• Currently teach credit courses (full-time or adjunct) at a regionally accredited U.S. community or technical college 
• Attend all sessions and complete the required assignments/projects
• Stipends will be prioritized to individuals that have not received NCyTE support in the past year

Facilitators:

• Dr. Kristine Christensen
• Chuck Bales

This event is funded by the Microsoft Accelerating Community College Cybersecurity Excellence (ACCCE) grant awarded to Whatcom Community College (Grant No. 2021080009)