Advanced Technological Education in Manufacturing

制造业先进技术教育

• 批准号: 2301161
• 负责人: Bryan Coddington
• 金额: $ 34.54万
• 依托单位: BLACKHAWK TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2301161&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advanced; Technological; Education; Manufacturing

As manufacturing continues to become more technologically advanced regionally and nationwide, industry has indicated that many more skilled technicians are needed to maintain, support, and implement these advancements. With an aging workforce moving into retirement, companies will need job-ready graduates who are capable of working independently within six months of employment rather than the typical 1-2 years. This project will research the effectiveness of implementing work-based learning in a technical education setting by shortening the time required for graduates to be job-ready and confident in their abilities. Over the 3-year project, 57 students will be recruited to complete credit-bearing courses in one of two cohorts that will result in an associate level degree within the manufacturing field of mechatronics. Through collaboration with a 20-member advisory council, and guidance from a Business Industry & Leadership Team (BILT) key competencies will be defined and implemented into the work-based learning courses that will utilize a faculty and student designed automated manufacturing cell to simulate real world work experience. The first cohort will complete the degree using the current courses while a second cohort will have select courses replaced with work-based learning to make up the two research groups. A skills assessment will be developed to measure the effectiveness of the two instructional methodologies and inform the need for future work. Because Blackhawk Technical College has a significant number of non-traditional students in the mechatronics program, this project has the potential to increase the number of workers who are underrepresented in STEM related fields. This project will also provide valuable insight into the effectiveness of work-based learning in preparing students for gainful employment. The goal of the project is to shorten the time required for graduates to become confident in their skills and be capable of working independently through relevant classwork and work-based learning experiences. 57 students are expected to enroll over the 3-years of the project. The first cohort (A) will consist of half of the students and will complete the credit-bearing coursework in its current form, as a control, while another cohort (B), will have four, single-credit courses replaced with 288 hours of work-based instruction. Cohort B will also have a mini capstone project added to select courses to further enhance hands-on learning opportunities. Qualitative and quantitative data will be used to determine the effectiveness of the work-based learning modality with results being shared regionally across the Wisconsin Technical College System and nationally through NSF ATE conferences. Collaboration between faculty, advisory council, industry partners, and the Business and Industry Leadership Team will provide students with relevant and up-to-date information on advanced technology within the workplace. 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.

随着制造业在地区性和全国性的技术上继续变得更加先进，行业已经表明，需要更多熟练的技术人员来维持、支持和实施这些进步。随着劳动力老龄化进入退休阶段，公司将需要能够在就业后六个月内独立工作的毕业生，而不是通常的一到两年。该项目将研究在技术教育环境中实施以工作为基础的学习的有效性，方法是缩短毕业生为工作做好准备并对其能力充满信心所需的时间。在这个为期3年的项目中，将招募57名学生完成两个分组中的一个学分课程，这两个分组将获得机电制造领域的副学士学位。通过与一个由20名成员组成的咨询委员会的合作，以及来自商业行业和领导团队(BILT)的指导，关键能力将被定义并实施到以工作为基础的学习课程中，该课程将利用教职员工和学生设计的自动化制造单元来模拟真实世界的工作经验。第一组将使用当前课程完成学位，第二组将用基于工作的学习取代精选课程，以组成两个研究小组。将制定一项技能评估，以衡量这两种教学方法的有效性，并告知今后工作的需要。由于黑鹰技术学院机电一体化专业有相当数量的非传统学生，该项目有可能增加在STEM相关领域任职人数不足的工人人数。这个项目还将提供宝贵的见解，了解以工作为基础的学习在帮助学生为有利可图的就业做准备方面的有效性。该项目的目标是通过相关的课堂作业和基于工作的学习经验，缩短毕业生对自己的技能产生信心并能够独立工作所需的时间。预计将有57名学生在该项目的3年内注册。第一组(A)将由一半的学生组成，作为对照，将完成目前形式的学分课程，而另一组(B)将用288小时的工作指导取代四门单学分的课程。B组还将增加一个迷你顶石项目，以选择课程，以进一步增加实践学习机会。将使用定性和定量数据来确定以工作为基础的学习模式的有效性，结果将在威斯康星技术学院系统内区域共享，并通过NSF ATE会议在全国共享。教师、咨询委员会、行业合作伙伴和工商领导团队之间的合作将为学生提供有关工作场所内先进技术的相关和最新信息。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。