Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Flexible Delivery

内华达州西部的先进制造业有着巨大的增长，预计未来五年该地区的生产技术人员职业每年将增长15%。随着特斯拉和松下公司等大型制造商进入里诺地区，对制造技术人员的需求已成为确保该行业成功和该地区经济发展目标的主要问题。Truckee Meadows社区学院（TMCC）也将在线内容的访问确定为学生的主要障碍，这些学生的工作时间表或家庭位置干扰了他们参与传统的校园课程。 有工作或住得离学校很远的人。为了培养该地区持续繁荣所需的劳动力，TMCC将创建易于使用，灵活的课程，希望能够吸引在职工人，低技能工人和非传统时间表的工人。这种方法可以使那些无法参加传统课程的学生报名参加完成课程所需的课程。 反过来，这些计划有可能为这些学生提供就业技能，获得堆叠学位课程，导致完成应用科学与生产技术员的重点，和向上流动。该项目的目标是：1）提供受过教育的劳动力使用行业验证的课程，以满足区域需求; 2）为学生提供更容易获得在线课程材料;以及3）使用调度应用程序来为学生使用预留实验站。为了实现这些目标，TMCC建议：1）与行业员工进行DACUM分析; 2）使用统一的课程设计和质量问题标准，为学生提供更轻松的在线课程内容; 3）研究并安装实验室调度应用程序，允许远程学习者在通勤到校园之前预订实验室。此外，TMCC学生将有机会参加特斯拉和松下注册学徒计划。项目成果将在区域和国家会议上传播。 此外，灵活的日程安排模式预计将适用于全国其他行业，支持传统的学生和那些寻求提升技能或再技能的在职工人。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is tremendous growth in advanced manufacturing in western Nevada, with production technician careers expected to grow in the region by 15% annually for the next five years. With large manufacturers such as Tesla and Panasonic Corporation moving into the Reno area, the need for manufacturing technicians has become a dominant issue for ensuring the success of this industry and for the economic development goals of the region. Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) has also identified access to online content as a major barrier for students whose work schedules or home location interfere with their participation in traditional, on-campus courses. are working or who live far from campus. To generate the workforce necessary for the continued prosperity of the region, TMCC will create easy to use, flexible courses that it hopes will appeal to incumbent workers, lower skilled workers, and workers with non-traditional schedules. This approach may enable students who are unable to attend traditional classes to enroll in the courses necessary to complete programs. In turn, these programs have the potential to provide these students with employability skills, access to a stackable degree program leading toward the completion of an Associate of Applied Science with Production Technician emphasis, and upward mobility.The goals of the project are to: 1) provide an educated workforce using industry-validated curriculum to meet regional needs; 2) provide students easier access to course material online; and 3) use a scheduling application to reserve lab stations for student use. To achieve these goals, TMCC proposes to: 1) conduct DACUM analyses with industry employees; 2) provide students easier access to course content online using uniform course design and Quality Matters standards; and 3) research and install a lab scheduling application that will allow distant learners to reserve lab stations before commuting to campus. Additionally, TMCC students will have the opportunity to participate in the Tesla and Panasonic Registered Apprenticeship Programs. The project results will be disseminated at regional and national conferences. In addition, the flexible scheduling model is expected to be adaptable to other industries nationally supporting both traditional students and those incumbent workers seeking upskilling or re-skilling.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.