Improving Advanced Manufacturing Technician Education Using Industry Partnerships

利用行业合作伙伴关系改进高级制造技术人员教育

• 批准号: 2202015
• 负责人: Marcella Gale
• 金额: $ 46.48万
• 依托单位: Central Virginia Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2202015&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Advanced; Manufacturing; Technician; Education

There is growing demand from industry for technicians with advanced manufacturing skills in the central Virginia region. Building partnerships between academia, industry, non-profits, and economic agencies is an effective approach to improving educational pathways and leveraging local resources to help train students to meet this demand. The project team will work with industry partners to identify the skills that are needed so that students will be successful in the technician workforce. Community colleges rely heavily on adjunct instructors from industry to train students. Courses in advanced manufacturing technician degree programs require adjunct faculty with current and applied knowledge and skills which are continually changing in the rapidly automating manufacturing environment. This project will help industry employees engage in technician education programs as adjunct instructors, providing qualified educators for these programs. Better industry partnerships will help support recruitment and retention of students to produce more advanced manufacturing technicians. Industry employees will serve as adjuncts in the classroom to improve student competencies and outside the classroom to engage secondary and underrepresented students in advanced manufacturing. This project will advance understanding of the effectiveness of industry-academic partnerships in leveraging local resources and growing the advanced manufacturing workforce.The goal of this project is to improve advanced manufacturing technician training by: (1) growing industry partnerships to improve instruction and curriculum content, (2) training industry professionals to serve as faculty in technical education degree programs, and (3) strengthening career pathways for students through partnerships between industry, local economic agencies, and non-profits. This project will organize multiple Collaborative Working Groups for different industry sectors that have representatives from regional advanced manufacturing companies that currently have or will need technicians. These groups will review technical degree programs and make recommendations, participate in student outreach activities, and develop internship opportunities for students. A new online training course will be developed to provide training for industry adjunct faculty on effective teaching practices, the use of instructional technology, and communicating with students. This project will provide opportunities for secondary students to learn about technician careers in advanced manufacturing by bringing students to campus to participate in hands-on learning activities in the lab facilities. The project team will work with an ATE center and an ATE Coordination Network to disseminate project results including presentations and open educational resources. 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.

在弗吉尼亚中部地区，工业对具有先进制造技能的技术人员的需求不断增长。在学术界、工业界、非营利组织和经济机构之间建立伙伴关系是改善教育途径和利用当地资源帮助培养学生满足这一需求的有效途径。项目团队将与行业合作伙伴一起确定所需的技能，以便学生在技术人员队伍中取得成功。社区大学严重依赖来自工业界的兼职教师来培训学生。高级制造技术人员学位课程要求具有当前和应用知识和技能的兼职教师，这些知识和技能在快速自动化的制造环境中不断变化。该项目将帮助行业员工作为兼职讲师参与技术教育计划，为这些计划提供合格的教育工作者。更好的行业伙伴关系将有助于招聘和留住学生，以培养更多先进的制造技术人员。行业员工将在课堂上充当辅助人员，以提高学生的能力，并在课堂外与中学和代表性不足的学生接触先进制造业。该项目将促进对产学研伙伴关系在利用本地资源和发展先进制造业劳动力方面的有效性的理解。该项目的目标是通过以下方式提高先进制造技术人员的培训：(1)发展行业合作伙伴关系，以改善教学和课程内容；(2)培训行业专业人员担任技术教育学位课程的教师；(3)通过行业、地方经济机构和非营利组织之间的合作，加强学生的职业道路。该项目将为不同的行业部门组织多个协作工作组，这些工作组由区域先进制造公司的代表组成，这些公司目前拥有或将需要技术人员。这些小组将审查技术学位课程并提出建议，参与学生拓展活动，并为学生提供实习机会。一门新的在线培训课程将为行业兼职教师提供有效教学实践、教学技术使用以及与学生沟通方面的培训。这个项目将为中学生提供机会，让他们了解先进制造业的技术人员职业，并在实验室设施中参与动手学习活动。项目团队将与ATE中心和ATE协调网络合作，传播项目成果，包括演讲和开放教育资源。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。