This document summarizes St. Louis Community College's efforts to expand and improve its Digital Arts program. It discusses conducting a Tech Scan focus group with local employers to identify workforce needs, developing new courses and revising certificates based on the findings. This included creating courses in areas like computer animation, modeling, interactive design and motion graphics. The college also faced challenges like limited space but plans to address this through distance learning and expanding to other campuses. The goal is to ensure the program offers relevant and rigorous training to meet industry demand for skilled digital media workers.

1. Expanding the Digital Arts Program 2009 League for Innovation CIT Conference http://www.slideshare.net/rmalta/09-10-citpresentationfinal2

2. Session Description The fast pace of change in digital arts makes keeping your program current with workforce needs a challenge. Having a high quality program is paramount to meeting the needs of area employers. Educators attending the session will learn about a collaborative Program Development Process, review steps taken, and discuss options for future program development.

4. 33,000+ students

5. 4 campuses strategically located throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.

6. In the very north Florissant Valley location,

7. to the city's central corridor at Forest Park,

8. to the southwest area of the county at the Meramec campus,

9. to the burgeoning West County area our Wildwood campus -Opened August 2007

13. 5 Digital Media Certificates(3D Design and Animation, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Photography & World Wide Web)

14. Graphic Communications - AAS

15. Horticulture - AAS

16. Interior Design - AAS & (Kitchen & Bath Certificate)

18. Relevant Relevant curriculum for programs that are job specific to the area workforce. Relevant curriculum for transfer degrees to 4 year universities within in the area.

19. Rigor Rigor in the curriculum for competency based programs of study. Rigor in the curriculum for meeting the Perkins standards for funding of the program of study.

20. Tech Scan A facilitated industry area focus group that is asked specific questions about the viability of a program the college wants to develop or revise.

22. 15 area Digital Media Companies represented

23. all individuals that hire Digital Media employees

25. Career & Technical Education Senior Project Associate

27. Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences

28. Program Coordinator (faculty member)

30. Orientation to the Tech Scan Process

31. Indentify the needs for a Digital Arts Program

34. 2 years

35. 5 years

37. Educational ladder

38. Certification(s)

39. Internships

40. Wage range

42. Tech Scan Outcomes Titles Designer, Media Developer, Visual Designer Motion Graphics Designer, Animation Designer Flash Designer, Web Designer Video Editor, Copywriter Digital Journalist /Social Media Producers, Media Assistants Production Assistants, Graphic Designers, Web Developers, Communications Assistants

44. 3 D and animation

45. Media design

46. Visual design

47. Motion graphics design

48. Flash designer

49. Web designer

50. Video editor

52. DACUM - Process DACUM Facilitator Training – The Ohio State University (Dr. Robert Norton) A list of Knowledge and Skills Assessments (KSA’s) & tools developed A list of future trends and challenges are developed A DACUM chart is completed and sent out for review Task analysis begins

54. Employees who complete the work

55. Level of knowledge needed

56. Skills they use in their job

59. College Process

60. Curriculum Committee review and approval proposal revisions

61. Computer Animation I

62. Computer Animation 2

64. Curriculum Committee Review and Approval

65. Foundations of Computer Animation

66. Foundations of Computer Modeling

67. Introduction to Interactive Design

68. Introduction to Adobe Flash

70. Curriculum Committee Review and Approval

71. Animation

72. Interactive Design

73. Digital Photography

75. Convergence Media- Digital Audio Production, Digital Music Production, Digital Journalism and Digital Media Marketing

77. Expand to Educations Centers

79. Process Review Tech Scan DACUM Course Revisions New Course Proposals Certificate Revisions Develop Curriculum / New Certificates

80. Contact Info Randy J. Malta Manager, Digital Arts and Technology Alliance http://www.slideshare.net/rmalta/09-10-citpresentationfinal2 rmalta@stlcc.edu http://linkedin/in/randymalta http://twitter.com/randymalta 2ndLife:RandoMazi (314) 984-7998