Collaborative Research: Providing an Adaptive Learning Environment for the Acquisition of High Value Manufacturing Skills

该项目正在为广泛的学生开发一个适应性学习环境，以获得在能源行业的高价值制造业（HVM）工作所需的技能。休斯顿社区学院（HCC）的石油和制造工程技术课程和德克萨斯A M大学的工程技术和工业分销系正在努力在HVM创建一个可持续的证书课程，为社区学院的学生提供多种途径，同时满足重要行业的关键劳动力需求。创新的教学方法，如i）基于能力的学习和ii）通过在线学习模块进行技能需求评估和提供，使学生能够获得适应性和个性化的教育。通过结合新的工程学院范式，而不是传统的衔接协议，该项目为社区学院的学生过渡到四年制学位课程提供了一个新的途径。它还采用了一种新的方法，试图确保被TAMU录取的HCC学生在HCC获得副学士学位的反向转移学分。HVM模块正在为高中学生开发，这些模块与下一代科学标准保持一致，作为教师暑期课程的一部分。HCC是一个开放的机构，超过70%的学生属于代表性不足的少数群体，超过一半的学生获得佩尔赠款。在HCC提供HVM证书课程，让代表性不足的学生有机会进入这些高需求的STEM职业。

This project is developing an adaptive learning environment for a wide range of students to attain skills necessary to work in high value manufacturing (HVM) aimed at the energy industry. Houston Community College's (HCC) Petroleum and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs and Texas A&M University's Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution are working to create a sustainable certificate program in HVM that provides multiple pathways for community college students while meeting the critical workforce needs of a vital industry. Innovative pedagogical methods, such as i) competency-based learning and ii) skills needs assessment and provision through online learning modules, allow students an adaptive and personalized education. By incorporating the new Engineering Academy paradigm, as opposed to traditional articulation agreements, this project provides a novel pathway for community college students to transition to a four-year degree program. It also incorporates a new method for trying to ensure that HCC students who matriculate to TAMU receive reverse transfer credit for their associate degrees at HCC. HVM modules are being developed for high school students that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards as part of a summer program for teachers. HCC is an open-access institution where over 70% of the students belong to under-represented minority groups and over half of students receive Pell grants. Offering the HVM certificate program at HCC allows underrepresented students a pathway to these high demand STEM careers.