Collaborative Research: Modern Manufacturing Education - A Collaborative Teaching and Learning Experiment

该项目的目标，这是一个合作，涉及北方伊利诺伊大学，得克萨斯州农工大学，和北卡罗来纳州州立大学，是开发现代制造技术的课程材料，并建立这些材料的协作教学方法。课程材料反映了工业和最先进的制造技术最近采用的先进制造工艺，并有可能对工业产生重大的近期影响。该课程在所有三所大学同时教授，学生们正在跨大学边界进行合作，因此该项目包括在设计和开发协作教学和学习机制方面的重大努力。评估由一位经验丰富的评估员进行，旨在检查教学材料和策略的有效性以及对学生学习的影响。项目小组通过网站发布、会议演示和期刊出版物进行传播。 更广泛的影响包括传播教学材料和成果。

The goal of the project, which is a collaboration involving Northern Illinois University, Texas A & M University, and North Carolina State University, is to develop course materials in modern manufacturing technologies and establish methodologies for collaborative teaching and learning of these materials. The course materials reflect advanced manufacturing processes recently adopted by industry and state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies and have the potential for significant near-term impact on industry. The course is taught simultaneously at all three universities and the students are collaborating across university boundaries and so the project includes significant efforts in the design and development of collaborative teaching and learning mechanisms. The evaluation, being conducted by an experienced evaluator, is examining the effectiveness of the instructional material and strategies and the effect on student learning. The project team is disseminating through website postings, conference presentations, and journal publications. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the instructional materials and results.