Implementation of the Learning Factory Model in an Upper Division Engineering Technology Program

工程-工程技术（58）学习工厂的概念最初是作为TRP/NSF资助的制造工程教育伙伴关系（MEEP）的一部分开发的。学习工厂（LF）的目标是整合一个以实践为基础的工程课程，平衡分析和理论知识与物理设施的产品实现在一个类似工业的设置。LF模型强调实践经验，使工程项目更接近工程技术（ET）模型;该模型旨在面向实际应用。因此，ET计划非常适合实施LF。该项目的目标是适应LF模型在ET方案中的实施。在这个项目下，正在修改目前方案中精心挑选的五门课程。这将导致在这些课程中使用协调项目。具体的协调项目集中在功能模型引擎的设计和构建上。在各种课程中，学生生成所有发动机部件的CAD图纸，生成发动机部件的工艺计划，制造发动机部件以及组装和测试发动机。这个教育过程为学生提供了一个很好的了解发动机。也就是说，学生获得接触到涉及产品设计阶段，制造规划阶段，制造阶段，装配阶段和测试阶段的全方位问题。由于该项目的实施部分是修改现有课程，而不是开发新的课程，因此该项目的结果很可能会被教育技术界广泛接受。结果将通过面向工程和工程技术界的会议和期刊出版物传播。还将特别与地区社区学院联系，以鼓励协调执行LF概念。

Engineering - Engineering Technology (58)The Learning Factory concept was first developed as part of the TRP/NSF funded Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP). The objective of the Learning Factory (LF) is to integrate a practice-based engineering curriculum that balances analytical and theoretical knowledge with physical facilities for product realization in an industrial-like setting. The LF model, which emphasizes practical experience, moves Engineering programs closer to the Engineering Technology (ET) model; which by design is oriented to practical applications. Consequently, ET programs are well suited to implementing the LF. This project's goal is the adaptation of the LF model for implementation in ET programs. Under this project, five carefully selected courses in the current programs are being modified. This will lead to the use of coordinated projects across those courses. The specific coordinated projects focus on the design and building of functional model engines. In the various courses, students generate CAD drawings of all the engine 1components, produce process plans for the engine components, fabricate the engine components and assembling and testing the engines. This education process provides the students with a good understanding of engines. That is, the students gain the exposure to the full range of issues involved in the product design phase, in the manufacturing planning phase, in the fabrication phase, in the assembly phase and in the testing phase. Since the implementation component of the project is modifying of existing courses rather than developing new ones, it is highly likely that the results of the project will be widely accepted by the ET community. The results will be disseminated through conferences and journal publications geared to the Engineering and Engineering Technology community. There will also be particular outreach to area community colleges to encourage coordinated implementation of the LF concept.