HOME4TECHS - Hands On Maintenance Education for TECHnicianS

在俄亥俄州，制造业支撑着该州17%的经济。 多年来，西北州立社区学院根据与其单独的工作分类相关的行业实践，支持单独的技术行业项目。最近的一个趋势是将这些单独的技术行业合并为一个多工艺维修职位。该项目将把传统的自动化维护技术课程转换为基于能力的混合教学模式，并提供灵活的实验室调度选项。技术人员动手维护教育（HOME4TECHS）项目将支持教师的专业发展，以能力为基础的教育，以及模块化在线课程的开发和部署。该项目将提高学生进入自动化维护领域所需的制造公司的能力的知识和理解。该项目还将促进对大学需要采取的步骤的认识和理解，以便将传统的大学课程和交付系统转换为雇主驱动的，以能力为基础的课程，通过混合学习交付。将自动化维护课程中的3门课程重组为基于能力的课程，使其符合当地工业的需要。这将涉及将课程的讲座部分移动到模块化的在线格式，并为3门课程的实践部分开发一个开放的实验室交付模型。调整授课系统将使学生和在职工人更容易获得这些课程。该项目将使大学教师和制造业雇主共同努力，开发一种基于能力的混合学习模式，该模式可以广泛传播和扩展，以促进技术劳动力的应用学习。项目成果将通过西北俄亥俄州大学校长会议传播。将广泛提供关于从传统学习模式转向混合学习模式的有效性的研究数据。

In Ohio, manufacturing supports 17% of the state's economy. For many years Northwest State Community College supported programs on separate skilled trades based on industry practice related to their separate job classifications. A recent trend has been the combining of these separate skilled trades into a multi-craft maintenance position. This project will convert a traditional automation maintenance technology program to a competency-based, hybrid instructional model with flexible laboratory scheduling options. The Hands On Maintenance Education for Technicians (HOME4TECHS) project will support professional development for faculty on competency-based education, and the development and deployment of modular online courses. This project will advance the knowledge and understanding of competencies required by manufacturing companies for students entering the automation maintenance field. The project will also advance the knowledge and understanding of the steps a college needs to take in order to convert a traditional college curriculum and delivery system, to an employer-driven, competency-based curriculum, delivered through hybrid learning.The goals of the project are to: re-structure 3 courses in the automation maintenance curriculum to a competency-based curriculum, so that they will be aligned with the needs of the local industry. This will involve moving the lecture portion of the courses to a modular online format, and developing an open lab delivery model for the hands-on portion of the 3 courses. Restructuring the delivery system will make the courses more accessible to students and incumbent workers. The project will engage college faculty and manufacturing employers in a collaborative effort to develop a competency-based, hybrid learning model that can be widely disseminated and scaled to promote applied learning in the technical workforce. Project outcomes will be disseminated through a meeting of the Northwest Ohio College Presidents. Research data on the effectiveness of moving from the traditional learning model to the hybrid learning model will be made broadly available.