Que man estarán dispuesto a ser promotores de un H1.?? Saludos
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck < [email protected]> wrote: > nadie se quiere ir a las vegas? :) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:18 PM > Subject: [Esug-list] Position Vacancy: New Mexico Highlands University > To: ESUG Mailing list <[email protected]> > > > Position Vacancy > > (Subject to funding and program approval) > > > > New Mexico Highlands University plans to offer both an undergraduate (BS) > and graduate (MS) degree in Software-driven Systems Design. The > undergraduate program is in place and State of New Mexico approval of the > graduate program is in its final stages. Final approval during the > legislative session in February 2011 is hoped for but is not guaranteed. If > approval is forthcoming the position will be open as early as summer term > (May 2011) and definitely by fall term (August 2011). If approval is not > obtained (the legislature will be concentrating on economic issues this > session), the dates will slip to May or August 2012. > > > > The position: Visiting Professor, School of Business Administration. > Contract is renewable annually for up to five years. > > > > Compensation: $50,000 - $60,000, depending on qualifications, plus > standard fringe benefits (health, retirement, dental). Additional > compensation, from project work, is possible. > > > > Expected Start Date: May 20th, 2011 or August 15th, 2011. > > > > Qualifications: > > • Masters degree in Computer Science (software engineering > specialization), MIS, Informatics or similar degree focused on software > development and systems design. > • Extensive knowledge of Squeak (ideally Pharo), its extensions > (e.g. Seaside), and libraries (CMS, version control, morphic, etc.) plus > several years experience using Squeak to develop commercial or research > applications. > • Demonstrated multi-disciplinary / cross-disciplinary commitment; > e.g. multiple degrees, publications or teaching experience across > disciplinary boundaries, multi-disciplinary honors teaching. > • Demonstrated ability to use a hybrid approach to instruction and > mentoring, combining the use of on-line and in-class resources and > techniques. > • The position does not required full-time residency in New Mexico, > but will require at least 26 weeks of residency (in two to four week > blocks), annually. Full-time residency is highly desirable, but not an > absolute essential. > > > Expectations: This position is unlike any other academic position, because > of the unique nature of the program it supports. Faculty are expected to > spend up to forty hours a week, while in residence, in the Studio working > with students at all levels, and delivering academic content “on-demand” and > in a highly modular and accelerated fashion. Faculty are expected to define > (and seek grant funding for) research projects and involve students in both > the conduct of the research and co-authoring of publications arising from > the research. Faculty may take on project management responsibilities > (receiving appropriate additional compensation) for commercial projects > underway in the Studio. The program emphasizes the ability to think and to > employ multiple perspectives (systems, object, design, agile, and > computational thinking) and faculty are expected to help students develop > this kind of thinking capability – far more challenging than simply > preparing them to pass a final exam. > > > > Program: This program is unique: in focus, in structure, and in terms of > the demands placed on faculty. The stated goal of the program is to > graduate students as full-participating members of a professional community > dedicated to and capable of using computing and software technology to > analyze and solve the ‘wicked’ problems confronting business enterprises, > communities, and global societies. Graduates will be “modern polymaths” > masters not of all extant knowledge but who have learned and integrated > knowledge from multiple disciplines and domains. > > > > The program is experience-based. All students will spend significant > amounts of time (up to thirty-two hours a week) in a Studio – simultaneously > working on real-world projects for paying customers and learning new subject > matter. Students will work side-by-side- with professionals (acting as > project managers and guarantors of successful delivery) who will provide > tacit knowledge and mentoring. [Faculty members are eligible, and > encouraged, to assume this kind of professional role – for additional > compensation.] The University works with one or more private sector > entities, the latter responsible for contracting and managing projects, > generating sufficient revenues to pay for professionals, student > apprenticeship wages, and program expenses (e.g. travel to conferences). > > > > The program is competency-based (approximately 100 currently defined) and > not course-based. All competencies are defined at seven different levels > (from “understands concepts as evidenced by objective test” to “makes an > original contribution to the community”) and student progress (and > graduation) is based on number of competencies demonstrated at level. > Curricular subject matter is presented in highly modular form (think in > term of one-credit, 16 face-time hours) and utilizes a combination of > on-line and self-paced study, broadcast (e.g. webinar format), and in-class > workshops. Students define iterative and incremental “individual education > plans” every eight weeks and those plans, collectively, defined the > curricular material to be delivered. Knowledge integration and motivation > for learning is provided by the project and studio context in which all > instruction is delivered. > > > > The Studio is a “one-room classroom” – all students, faculty, and > professionals occupy the same room at the same time (much like the ideal > Agile work room or the botegga where Leonardo was an apprentice and later a > Master). Multiple projects are underway, with different groups working on > different projects. The rhythm of the Studio is defined with iterative > cycles, each beginning with a planning session and ending with a > retrospective. Within the cycles are defined, repetitive, periods for > special activities like reader and writer workshops, social activities, and > learning “spikes.” > > > > We would like to provide the students with a comprehensive development tool > and environment – Smalltalk/Squeak – as a foundation for all of their > technical software development learning and activities. The use of a > uniform environment will make it easier to focus on the thinking behind the > technology and the analysis of problems and design of solutions. > > > > When marketplace and technical demands indicate, students will learn > prevailing technologies (ranging from HTML to Java – to relational database) > and new technologies (e.g. non-relational and document databases) as > alternatives to the Smalltalk base. Students will leave with the same level > of expertise and understanding of current mainstream tools and technologies > as graduates of any other CS / MIS program; but they will also have the > underlying foundation made possible with the common tool and environment. > > > > If this kind of radically different program and alternative academic > appointment is of interest, please contact: (Vita is OK, but would prefer a > simple letter explaining why this is of interest to you and a description of > your qualifications.) > > > > Dr. David West [email protected] [email protected] > 1-505-231-7233 > > School of Business Administration, New > Mexico Highlands University > > Las Vegas, New Mexico, 87701 > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<clubsmalltalk%[email protected]> > > http://www.clubSmalltalk.org -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] http://www.clubSmalltalk.org
