Distance Learning in Computer Integrated Machining and Manufacturing to Engage Rural Communities

该项目将为学生提供一站式的途径，以获得计算机集成加工与制造应用科学副学士学位，从而为先进的技术劳动力做出贡献。这个学位课程将被安置在大都会社区学院新装修的最先进的先进制造研究所。根据密苏里经济研究和信息中心的数据，制造业占堪萨斯城地区就业市场的17%，占总收入的18%。由于工业的发展，中美洲地区委员会预计在未来五年内堪萨斯城需要34,000名生产工人。目前的计算机集成加工和制造计划教育技术人员在精密加工，并提供实习和就业安置与行业合作伙伴。尽管该项目已满负荷运转，但仍无法培养出足够的技术人员来满足当前的行业需求。该项目旨在增加堪萨斯城地区高技能加工技术人员的数量，为该地区农村地区的学生提供精密加工的远程学习机会。该项目旨在通过以下方式增加大堪萨斯城地区高技能精密加工技术人员的数量：1)通过Zoom link平台为无法前往大学校园上课的农村服务区学生提供虚拟教学；2)通过视频模块平台提供情境化加工数学。该项目希望通过这些努力，为农村学生提供一个非常成功的加工课程，并为他们成为精密加工技术人员做好准备。因此，远程项目有可能扩大目前的精密加工技术人员的管道，包括农村学生，他们将获得进入当地工业精密加工劳动力所需的知识和技能。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will contribute to the advanced technological workforce by a developing a one-stop pathway to an Associate of Applied Science degree in Computer Integrated Machining and Manufacturing. This degree program will be housed in the newly refurbished state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Metropolitan Community College. According to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, manufacturing accounts for 17% of the job market and 18% of total income in the Kansas City Region. Due to industry growth, the Mid-America Regional Council projects the need for 34,000 production workers in Kansas City over the next five years. The current Computer Integrated Machining and Manufacturing program educates technicians in Precision Machining and offers internships and job placement with industry partners. Although working at capacity, the program cannot educate enough technicians to meet current industry needs. This project aims to increase the number of highly skilled machining technicians in the Kansas City region by providing distance learning opportunities in precision machining to students in rural areas within the region served by the college.This project aims to increase the number of highly skilled precision machining technicians in the Greater Kansas City area by 1) providing virtual instruction through a Zoom link platform to students in rural service areas who cannot travel to the college campus for classes, and 2) offering contextualized machining math through a video module platform. The project expects these efforts to provide rural students with access to a highly successful machining program and to prepare them for work as precision machining technicians. As a result, the distance program has the potential to expand the current pipeline of precision machining technicians to include rural students who will gain the knowledge and skills needed to enter the precision machining workforce in local industries. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.