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

该项目是北伊利诺伊大学、德克萨斯农工大学和北卡罗来纳州立大学的合作项目，其目标是开发现代制造技术的课程材料，并建立合作教与学这些材料的方法。课程材料反映了工业最近采用的先进制造工艺和最先进的制造技术，并有可能对工业产生重大的近期影响。这门课程在所有三所大学同时教授，学生们跨越大学边界进行合作，因此该项目在设计和开发合作教学机制方面做出了重大努力。这项评估由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。项目组正在通过网站张贴、会议报告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结果。

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.