Developing and Implementing Hybrid Instruction to Increase the Access of Women and Adult Learners to Diesel Technology Training

制定和实施混合教学，以增加女性和成人学习者接受柴油技术培训的机会

• 批准号: 2100297
• 负责人: Anna Beard
• 金额: $ 27.93万
• 依托单位: George C. Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
• 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: 2021-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2100297&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Implementing; Hybrid; Instruction; Increase

The Alabama Department of Labor has identified Diesel Technicians as a high demand occupation and estimates that 3000 technicians will be hired over the next six years. Wallace State Community College will help to meet this need by revising and enhancing its Diesel Technician program to align with industrial needs and to put students on the path to quickly earn a credential that will result in employment. The college will leverage partnerships to build new virtual training opportunities that will make the program more accessible to students who need flexible learning options. An additional partnership with the National Institute of Women in Trades, Technology, and Sciences will increase the diversity of students entering the Diesel Technology program, ultimately providing more opportunities and jobs for women and adult learners. This project has the potential to establish a pathway to employment for individuals in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama. In addition, the project can decrease the potential negative impacts on supply-chain logistics that heavily rely on diesel technology for the transportation of groceries and farming supplies.The revised Diesel Technician program will be designed to (1) improve student learning outcomes by aligning the curriculum with National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation standards, (2) implement a hybrid online content delivery model that will enable students to complete up to 75% of their coursework from remote locations, and (3) increase the number of graduates who are women and/or from populations that are not yet equitably represented in diesel technology fields. A Diesel Technology Business and Industry Leadership Team will work with college faculty to align the curriculum with the needs of employers. Students enrolled in the program will use virtual reality training to give them access to on-the-job training that would otherwise take place in a technical workshop. A digital coach in the virtual training modules will provide immediate feedback through Conversational Artificial Intelligence. Information gathered from this project will be shared and replicated among ten Wallace State STEM Career and Technical Education workforce programs. 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.

阿拉巴马州劳工部已将柴油技术人员确定为高需求职业，并估计在未来六年内将雇用3000名技术人员。华莱士州立社区学院将通过修订和加强其柴油技术员项目来满足这一需求，以配合工业需求，并使学生走上快速获得将导致就业的证书的道路。该学院将利用合作伙伴关系建立新的虚拟培训机会，使需要灵活学习选择的学生更容易获得该项目。与国家妇女贸易、技术和科学研究所的另一个合作伙伴关系将增加进入柴油技术项目的学生的多样性，最终为妇女和成人学习者提供更多的机会和工作。该项目有可能为阿拉巴马州受COVID-19大流行影响严重的社区的个人建立就业途径。此外，该项目还可以减少对严重依赖柴油技术运输杂货和农用物资的供应链物流的潜在负面影响。修订后的柴油技术员项目旨在(1)通过将课程与国家汽车技术教育基金会的标准相一致，提高学生的学习效果；(2)实施混合在线内容交付模式，使学生能够在远程地点完成高达75%的课程；(3)增加女性和/或来自柴油技术领域尚未平等代表的人群的毕业生人数。柴油技术商业和行业领导团队将与大学教师合作，使课程符合雇主的需求。参加该项目的学生将通过虚拟现实培训获得在职培训，否则这些培训将在技术研讨会上进行。虚拟训练模块中的数字教练将通过会话人工智能提供即时反馈。从该项目收集的信息将在十个华莱士州STEM职业和技术教育劳动力项目中共享和复制。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。