Work-Ready Electronics: An Industry-Supported System for Synchronizing Curriculum to the Rapidly Changing Workplace

工作就绪电子产品：行业支持的系统，用于将课程与快速变化的工作场所同步

• 批准号: 0302523
• 负责人: Michael Lesiecki
• 金额: $ 90万
• 依托单位: Maricopa County Community College District
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-15 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0302523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Work; Ready; Electronics; Industry; Supported

Work-Ready Electronics addresses the challenge of keeping the curriculum used in two-year electronics programs current with the rapidly changing nature of the industry. The project established a permanent industry and education working group the Emerging Electronics Curriculum Task Force (EECTF) to monitor and advise the project on industry advances in electronics. Under the guidance of that task force, the project is develops, pilot testing, and disseminating the first 25 modules in a new electronic library of classroom-ready materials for teaching updated electronics technology. The modules take a hybrid Web-and CD-ROM-delivered format developed by MATEC under a previous NSF grant. The intended users of the modules are ultimately faculty who teach in approximately 1,000 two-year degree programs. During the 36 months of the project, MATEC is establishing the EECTF, developing 25 modules, field testing the modules with at least 100 students in three locations, and achieving adoption of the modules by faculty in 30% of targeted programs. Beyond the grant period the EECTF will continue to assist MATEC in a continuous updating of the modules. The modules are an instructional resource that faculty can integrate with any commercially available textbook. The principal intellectual merit of Work-Ready Electronics is that the project addresses a fundamental challenge facing technician education. That is it attempts to close gaps that exist between electronics teaching materials and workplace requirements. MATEC made a preliminary identification of those gaps by 1) conducting a literature review of the textbooks assigned in 90% of two-year electronics programs and 2) surveying 10 major electronics companies and manufacturers. Project leaders have relevant experience in both the electronics industry and education. MATEC is the NSF's National Center of Excellence for Education in Semiconductor Manufacturing. Industry partners are the American Electronics Association, the Technician Performance Improvement Council of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and 10 companies. The project attains a number of broader impacts through the following: 1) Industry's willingness to partner in the project, which suggests that Work-Ready Electronics addresses industry's need for technicians whose preparation is better targeted to the workplace; 2) The modernizing of electronics curriculum at any 2-year college by continuously providing modules of industry electronic updates; and 3) The pedagogical preparation of STEM faculty and high school teachers through regional workshops. The project results will be widely disseminated through the academic and industry networks of the partners.

Work-Ready Electronics解决了保持两年电子课程中使用的课程与行业快速变化的本质的挑战。该项目设立了一个常设的工业和教育工作组——新兴电子课程工作队（EECTF），以监测该项目的电子工业进展并向其提供咨询意见。在该工作队的指导下，该项目正在开发、试点测试和传播一个新的电子图书馆的前25个模块，其中包括用于教学最新电子技术的课堂准备材料。这些模块采用网络和cd - rom的混合格式，由MATEC在之前的NSF资助下开发。这些模块的最终目标用户是教授大约1000个两年制学位课程的教师。在为期36个月的项目中，MATEC建立了EECTF，开发了25个模块，在三个地点对至少100名学生进行了现场测试，并在30%的目标项目中实现了教师采用这些模块。在赠款期之后，ectf将继续协助MATEC不断更新这些模块。这些模块是一种教学资源，教师可以将其与任何商业教科书相结合。Work-Ready Electronics的主要智力优点是该项目解决了技术人员教育面临的基本挑战。也就是说，它试图缩小电子教学材料和工作场所要求之间存在的差距。MATEC通过1)对90%的两年制电子课程指定的教科书进行文献回顾，2)对10家主要电子公司和制造商进行调查，初步确定了这些差距。项目负责人在电子行业和教育领域都有相关经验。MATEC是美国国家科学基金会的国家半导体制造教育卓越中心。行业合作伙伴是美国电子协会、半导体设备与材料国际技术人员性能改进委员会（SEMI）和10家公司。该项目通过以下方式获得了一些更广泛的影响：1)行业愿意参与项目，这表明Work-Ready Electronics解决了行业对技术人员的需求，这些技术人员的准备工作更适合工作场所；2)通过持续提供行业电子更新模块，实现任何两年制大学电子课程的现代化；3)通过区域研讨会为STEM教师和高中教师提供教学准备。项目成果将通过合作伙伴的学术和工业网络广泛传播。