Industry 4.0 Curriculum Development and Occupation-Based Learning Outcomes In Automation

自动化领域的工业 4.0 课程开发和基于职业的学习成果

• 批准号: 2100108
• 负责人: Ronald Zitek
• 金额: $ 59.93万
• 依托单位: Lorain County Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100108&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Industry; 4.0; Curriculum; Development; Occupation

This project aims to serve the national interest by continuing to improve and scale Industry 4.0 curricula and expand training sites to grow the nation’s future-ready workforce. The project seeks to address two fundamental issues. One is the need for replicable and scalable Industry 4.0 curricula that can be continuously updated to keep pace with rapid innovations in target industries. Two is the need to strengthen and coordinate partnerships with industry to increase work-based learning and workforce supply. The potential benefits of the project are: customizable curricula that are equity-informed and scalable; a progressively diverse pipeline of skilled workers; and expanded opportunities for upskilling the current workforce to increase their retention in high-demand Industry 4.0 jobs. The project will create and extend synergistic activities that address gaps in post-secondary education, educator preparation, and regional and statewide workforce needs. Several objectives frame the project's efforts. First is to expand career pathways in Industry 4.0 by translating research and evidence-based projects to the development and implementation of technician education and educator preparation. Second is to continuously improve and align career pathways to Industry 4.0 so technicians have the real time, state-of-the industry tools required to successfully complete career preparation and be work ready. And finally, to formalize a model site that has the potential to scale collaborations and support other community college partners within the state or nationwide, and also to engage career training centers, manufacturing sector partnerships, and Manufacturing USA initiatives. The scope of the project includes development of industry-aligned curricular and training resources that will expand access to technological education in advanced manufacturing, educator professional development activities, and creation of an advanced compendium of open-access, peer-authenticated resources for STEM and Industry 4.0 educators. Products will be developed in formats that allow for online and virtual delivery and rapid dissemination to students, educators, workforce training professionals, and employers. The project will result in benefits to students by accelerating progress toward industry-validated credentials. The project will also benefit educators and industry by facilitating and expanding academic-industry partnerships to build and strengthen connections across Ohio’s advanced manufacturing supply chain. The project will achieve broader impact by leveraging opportunities to scale and disseminate through the Ohio TechNet consortium of community colleges and universities, and it will utilize methods and approaches that enhance equitable access and engagement for underrepresented women and minorities. This expanded collaboration has the potential to lead to a future automation network among Ohio’s institutions of higher education and post-secondary career-technical centers that could engage more deeply with employers seeking an Industry 4.0-skilled and “future-ready” workforce. 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.

该项目旨在通过继续改进和扩大工业4.0课程并扩大培训地点来服务于国家利益，以培养国家未来的劳动力。该项目力求解决两个基本问题。一是需要可复制和可扩展的工业4.0课程，这些课程可以不断更新，以跟上目标行业的快速创新。二是需要加强和协调与工业界的伙伴关系，以增加基于工作的学习和劳动力供应。该项目的潜在好处是：可定制的课程，是公平的，可扩展的;技术工人的逐步多样化的管道;以及扩大提高现有劳动力技能的机会，以增加他们在高需求工业4.0工作中的保留。该项目将创建和扩展协同活动，以解决中学后教育，教育工作者准备以及区域和全州劳动力需求的差距。该项目的工作有几个目标。首先是通过将研究和基于证据的项目转化为技术人员教育和教育工作者准备的开发和实施，扩大工业4.0的职业道路。其次是不断改进职业发展道路，使其与工业4.0保持一致，以便技术人员有真实的时间和行业工具，成功完成职业准备并做好工作准备。最后，正式确定一个模型网站，该网站有可能扩大合作并支持州内或全国范围内的其他社区学院合作伙伴，并参与职业培训中心，制造业合作伙伴关系和美国制造计划。该项目的范围包括开发与行业一致的课程和培训资源，以扩大先进制造业的技术教育，教育工作者专业发展活动，以及为STEM和工业4.0教育工作者创建开放获取，同行认证资源的高级汇编。产品将以允许在线和虚拟交付的格式开发，并快速传播给学生，教育工作者，劳动力培训专业人员和雇主。 该项目将通过加快获得行业认证证书的进度，为学生带来好处。该项目还将通过促进和扩大学术界与工业界的伙伴关系，建立和加强俄亥俄州先进制造业供应链的联系，使教育工作者和工业界受益。该项目将利用机会，通过俄亥俄州社区学院和大学TechNet联盟扩大规模和传播，从而产生更广泛的影响，并将利用各种方法和途径，加强代表性不足的妇女和少数群体的公平机会和参与。这种扩大的合作有可能在俄亥俄州的高等教育机构和中学后职业技术中心之间建立一个未来的自动化网络，这些中心可以更深入地与寻求工业4.0技能和“未来准备”劳动力的雇主接触。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。