Adaptation and Implementation of MATEC ATE Center Model For Web Based Controls Technology Program

该项目采用了由美国国家科学基金会资助的ATE中心- Maricopa先进技术教育中心（MATEC）开发的流程。MATEC开发了基于能力的多媒体模块，以在半导体工业的特定工艺和设备中教育半导体制造技术计划的讲师。在MATEC模型中嵌入了对学习者的关注。本项目使用MATEC模型为控制技术和制造技术应用科学副学士课程的学生开发基于Web的体验式实验室练习。这些模拟或体验模块取代了基于制造、仪器或控制技术课程的传统实验室练习，取而代之的是在Web环境中进行。课程的理论部分已经以数字格式商业化，并且在过去的5年里在圣胡安学院得到了令人满意的测试。通过远程教育有效地交付课程所缺少的关键部分是适合于在Web环境中有效学习的形式的经验或动手实验练习。基于网络的教育的快速发展以及工业和社会中技术的快速变化，使得需要修订教育课程和教学方法。这种重新聚焦必须促进终身学习，并有一个学习者驱动的过程。该项目将在两年的项目周期内为两个不同的班级创建16个虚拟实验室或体验模块。它正在开发一种基于远程教育能力的体验模式，可用于在基于网络的程序的虚拟世界中实现传统的“动手”或实验室练习的课程目标。

This project is adapting and implementing the processes developed by the NSF funded ATE Center - Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC). MATEC has developed competency based multimedia modules to educate instructors of semiconductor manufacturing technology programs in specific processes and equipment of the semiconductor industry. Embedded in the MATEC model is a learner focus. This project uses the MATEC model to develop Web based experiential laboratory exercises for students in an Associate of Applied Science in Controls Technology and Manufacturing Technology programs. These simulations or experiential modules replace the traditional laboratory exercises of a site based Manufacturing, Instrumentation or Controls Technology curriculum, and instead do them in a Web environment.The theory components of the curriculum are already commercially available in a digital format and have been satisfactorily tested for past the 5 years at San Juan College. The missing and critical component for effective delivery of the curriculum via distant education is the experiential or hands on laboratory exercise in a format suitable for effective learning in a Web environment. The rapid growth of web-based education and the rapid rate of technology changes in industry and society have created a need for a revised methodology in educational curriculum and delivery. This refocus must facilitate lifelong learning and have a learner driven process. The project is creating 16 virtual laboratory or experiential modules for two different classes over the two-year life of the project. It is developing a distance education competency based experiential model that can be used to implement the curricular objectives of the traditional 'hands on' or laboratory exercises in the virtual world of a web based program.