A Sustainable ATE Coordination Network for Enhancing Personalized Learning Using Virtual and Augmented Reality-based Technology Innovations in Technician Education

该协调网络（CN）通过使用基于虚拟现实（VR）和增强现实（AR）的技术，增强了美国制造业在一系列先进汽车和航空制造业中的竞争力所需的技术人员队伍。 它创建了新的虚拟教学空间，以提供高度可访问和个性化的学习环境。该项目产生了一个集体的端到端创新生态系统，降低了两年制大学接受虚拟和增强现实技术创新以增强个性化学习的障碍。它为全国ATE社区建立了一个网络，并推进了基于VR和AR的学习技术在两年制大学环境中的最先进应用。该CN由来自工业界，学术界，政府和其他ATE中心的成员组成的全国网络组成，提供最先进的VR和AR模块，旨在满足行业和教育和劳动力发展计划的两年制大学生和入门级和中级技术人员的需求。具体而言，CN有以下目标：i）培养新的合作，ii）加强伙伴关系，iii）创造新的知识，iv）传播现有的知识，以加强目前的两年制技术人员教育计划。这个协调网络，总部设在克莱姆森大学，召集一流的创新者从两年制和四年制学院，研究型大学，制造业推广合作伙伴关系，制造研究所，劳动力投资委员会，专业协会，政府和行业的国家网络。

This Coordination Network (CN) enhances the technician workforce pipeline required for US manufacturing competitiveness across a range of advanced automotive and aviation manufacturing industries, via the use of virtual reality (VR)-based and augmented reality (AR)-based technologies. It creates new virtual teaching spaces to provide highly accessible and personalized learning environments. The project yields a collective end-to-end innovation ecosystem, which lowers barriers for two-year colleges to embrace virtual and augmented reality-based, technology innovations to enhance personalized learning. It establishes a network for the national ATE community and advances state-of-the-art applications of VR- and AR-based learning technologies for use in a two-year college setting.Composed of a national network of members from industry, academia, government and other ATE centers, this CN provides access to state-of-the-art VR and AR modules, designed to meet the needs of industry and educational and workforce development programs for two-year college students and entry and mid-level technicians. Specifically the CN has the following objectives: i) nurture new collaborations, ii) strengthen partnerships, iii) create new knowledge, and iv) disseminate existing knowledge to enhance current two-year technician education programs. This coordination network, based at Clemson University, convenes best-in-class innovators from two-year and four-year colleges, research universities, Manufacturing Extension Partnerships, National Network of Manufacturing Institutes, Workforce Investment Boards, professional societies, government, and industry.