Faculty Development Summer Institutes in Automotive Hybrid Vehicle Technology

来自美国各地的社区大学教师正在参加为期一周的暑期研修，向丰田、本田、福特和通用汽车行业的领导者学习尖端的先进混合动力汽车技术。然后他们在课堂上使用这些概念和新知识。广泛的学年后续活动包括电子讨论组、资源库、在线后续会议以及与早期研讨会参与者的互动。该项目正在开发一个实践社区，以帮助汽车学院跟上快速发展的混合动力汽车技术的步伐，特别是通过招募在有大量服务不足人口的机构任教的教师。该项目正在评估与项目相关的课程改进和受影响的学生人数。项目成果和可交付成果正在通过一个网站传播，并在国家会议上作介绍。

Community college faculty from across the U.S. are participating in a week-long summer institute to learn about cutting-edge advanced hybrid vehicle technology from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and General Motors industry leaders. They are then using the concepts and new knowledge in their classrooms. Extensive academic year follow-up activities include electronic discussion groups, a resource repository, an on-line follow up session, and interactions with participants from an earlier workshop. The project is developing a community of practice to help automotive faculty keep pace with rapidly developing hybrid vehicle technologies, particularly through recruiting faculty who teach at institutions with large numbers of underserved populations. The project is evaluating project-related curriculum enhancements and numbers of students impacted. Project results and deliverables are being disseminated through a website and presentations at national conferences.