We develop career ready technology professionals. http://xtol.careers The Professional Development Center at the University of Texas at Austin has partnered with Experiential Teaching Online (XTOL) -- to offer four skills-based technology career programs. In response to the growing demand for highly skilled technical employees in Texas and beyond, these certificate programs offer a real-world, collaboration-driven, skills-based learning experience focused on software technology and data analytics. The Certificates were developed using XTOL’s proven Story-Centered Curriculum (SCC) approach – an approach in which students are placed in authentic, professional roles, which challenges them to perform real-world work tasks requiring the use of targeted knowledge and skills to succeed. In this realistic work context, faculty members mentor the students, rather than lecture, and evaluate them based on the work they produce. Students work primarily online, often in teams, using collaborative technology. The program will also include periodic on-campus “face-to-face” sessions to encourage interaction between faculty and students. Students leave each certificate program with: Mastery in a broad range of job-ready skills (technical and business) in numerous fields A Certificate of Completion A portfolio of professional quality work and end-to-end project experience working on real-world, in-demand software technology projects to present to prospective employers Professional Development Center at The University of Texas at Austin Professional Development Center at The University of Texas at Austin helps individuals meet professional and personal goals and helps organizations develop employees and improve performance through its program, consulting, coaching and facilitation services. PDC designs and delivers face-to-face and online noncredit programs for individuals interested in improving their professional skills or who seek a credential or a career change. Our programs and instructors help individuals and organizations around Texas and around the world improve personal and organizational performance. Since 1999, more than 18,000 individuals have enrolled in PDC programs. We conduct an average of 300 onsite programs annually within and outside of Texas. Our program participants hail from every region of the United States and from Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe and Asia.

1. Technology Career Boot Camp
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
XTOL.careers

2. • The
Welcome
and
Introduc9ons
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

3. The
Professional
Development
Center
at
The
University
of
Texas
at
Aus9n
Experien9al
Teaching
Online
(XTOL)
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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. • Story-­‐Centered
Curricula
XTOL’s
Unique
Approach:
Story-­‐Centered
Curricula
accelerate
skill
building
-­‐-­‐
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

7. 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

8. Technology
Career
Boot
Camps:
How
they
work
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.

9. XTOL’s
Unique
Approach:
Story-­‐Centered
Curricula
–
the
experience

10. Preparing
for
and
Suppor9ng
the
Job
Search
¡ 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.

11. Cer9ficate
in
Agile
Web
Applica9on
Development
in
Ruby
on
Rails
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

12. Cer9ficate
in
Mobile
Applica9on
Development
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

13. Cer9ficate
in
Data
Analy9cs/
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
Big
Data

14. Cer9ficate
in
eCommerce
Technology
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

15. A
Na9onal
Snapshot:
Best
Tech
Jobs
in
America
• Sources:
CNN/Money/Payscale,
ITCareerFinder,
McKinsey
Global
Ins0tute

16. Program
Requirements
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.

17. 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

18. 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.

19. Contact
Ques9ons:
855-­‐710-­‐0246
Program
Coordinator
Vanessa
Hernandez
v Direct:
512.232.2237
v Business
Office:
512.471.4633
v vhernandez@aus9n.utexas.edu
Program
Advisor
Dr.
Ray
Bareiss,
Chief
Educa9on
Officer,
XTOL
v ray.bareiss@xtol.careers

20. Ready
to
get
started
on
launching
your
tech
future?
Register:
hkp://cie.aus9n.utexas.edu/
pdc/pages/pdc-­‐xtol-­‐
registra9on

21. Any
more
ques0ons?
Thank
you.