Developing and Deploying Flipped Classroom Resources for Electrical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, and Renewable Energy Technicians

该奖项满足了对受过电子、机械、液压和电机控制方面教育的技术人员的有据可查且不断增长的劳动力需求，其方式对已就业人员来说是可以接受的。该项目的重点是开发在线教育资源，以支持翻转课堂方法来教授技术科目。翻转课堂方法具有多种优势，学生可以在自己选择的时间和地点观看讲座，并且随时可以复习讲座内容。 这为那些有工作和家庭义务的人提供了一定程度的灵活性来参加学习项目。翻转课堂资源的好处将是深远的，因为它们可以重新用于全国范围内的其他技术项目。在线讲座可以用来补充或替代教科书，并减少学生的通勤时间和费用。在线资源允许有工作和家庭义务的非传统学生继续学习课程。哥伦比亚峡谷社区学院 (CGCC) 提供可再生能源技术课程，帮助学生为在可再生能源技术领域的工作做好准备。技术人员使用电气和电子理论来设计、建造、维修、校准和修改组件、电路、控制装置和机械，并负责发电和输电设施设备的操作、维护和修理。该内容适用于区域性重要的可再生能源发电、电力传输、无人机监视制造、工业化农业和一般工业维护，并适用于其他计划和地区。之前与 NSF ATE Center CREATE 合作开发的在线材料通过允许夜间电子实验室对 CGCC 的可再生能源技术项目产生了直接影响。在职员工可以利用夜间实验室来扩展和更新技能，同时保持就业。

This award addresses a well-documented and growing workforce need for technicians educated in electronics, mechanics, hydraulics, and motor control in a way accessible to those already employed. The focus of this project is to develop online educational resources to support a flipped classroom approach to teaching technical subjects. The flipped classroom approach offers several advantages in that students can watch lectures at the time and place of their choosing and lecture content is always available for review. This allows a degree of flexibility for those with work and family obligations to attend a program of study. The benefits of the flipped classroom resources will be far reaching because they can be repurposed for other technical programs nationwide. The online lectures can be used to supplement or replace a textbook and cut down on student commute time and expense. The online resources allow non-traditional students with work and family obligations to maintain enrollment in a program of study.Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) offers a Renewable Energy Technology program that prepares students to work in the field of renewable energy technology. Technicians use electrical and electronic theory to design, build, repair, calibrate, and modify components, circuitry, controls, and machinery and are responsible for operations, maintenance, and repair of equipment at generation and transmission facilities. The content is applicable to regionally significant renewable energy generation, electrical transmission, unmanned aerial surveillance manufacturing, industrial agriculture, and general industrial maintenance, and is adaptable to other programs and regions. Previous online material developed in cooperation with the NSF ATE Center CREATE has had an immediate impact on the CGCC's Renewable Energy Technology program by allowing an evening electronics lab. Incumbent workers can take advantage of the evening labs to expand and update skills while maintaining employment.