Industry 4.0 Curriculum Development and Occupation-Based Learning Outcomes In Automation

该项目旨在通过继续改进和扩大工业4.0课程并扩大培训地点来服务于国家利益，以培养国家为未来做好准备的劳动力。该项目寻求解决两个根本问题。其中之一是需要可复制和可扩展的Industry 4.0课程，这些课程可以不断更新，以跟上目标行业的快速创新。二是需要加强和协调与工业界的伙伴关系，以增加以工作为基础的学习和劳动力供应。该项目的潜在好处是：可定制的课程，这些课程是公平知情和可扩展的；熟练工人的渠道逐渐多样化；以及增加提高现有劳动力技能的机会，以增加他们在高需求的行业4.0工作中的留住。该项目将创建和扩大协同活动，以解决高等教育、教育工作者准备以及地区和全州劳动力需求方面的差距。有几个目标构成了该项目努力的框架。首先是通过将研究和基于证据的项目转化为开发和实施技术人员教育和教育人员准备来扩展行业4.0的职业道路。第二是不断改进职业发展道路，使之与Industry 4.0保持一致，以便技术人员拥有成功完成职业准备和工作准备所需的实时、最新的行业工具。最后，正式建立一个有潜力扩大合作规模并支持州内或全国其他社区大学合作伙伴的示范网站，并参与职业培训中心、制造业伙伴关系和美国制造计划。该项目的范围包括开发与行业一致的课程和培训资源，以扩大在先进制造业中接受技术教育的机会，教育工作者的专业发展活动，以及为STEM和工业4.0教育工作者创建开放获取、同行认证的高级资源纲要。产品的开发形式将允许在线和虚拟交付，并快速传播给学生、教育工作者、劳动力培训专业人员和雇主。该项目将通过加快行业认证证书的进程，为学生带来好处。该项目还将通过促进和扩大学术界和业界的合作伙伴关系，在俄亥俄州先进的制造业供应链中建立和加强联系，从而使教育工作者和行业受益。该项目将利用机会，通过俄亥俄州TechNet社区学院和大学联盟扩大和传播，并将利用各种方法和途径，加强未被充分代表的妇女和少数群体的平等机会和参与。这种扩大的合作有可能在俄亥俄州的高等教育机构和大专职业技术中心之间建立一个未来的自动化网络，可以更深入地与寻求具备行业4.0技能和“为未来做好准备”的劳动力的雇主进行接触。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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by continuing to improve and scale Industry 4.0 curricula and expand training sites to grow the nation’s future-ready workforce. The project seeks to address two fundamental issues. One is the need for replicable and scalable Industry 4.0 curricula that can be continuously updated to keep pace with rapid innovations in target industries. Two is the need to strengthen and coordinate partnerships with industry to increase work-based learning and workforce supply. The potential benefits of the project are: customizable curricula that are equity-informed and scalable; a progressively diverse pipeline of skilled workers; and expanded opportunities for upskilling the current workforce to increase their retention in high-demand Industry 4.0 jobs. The project will create and extend synergistic activities that address gaps in post-secondary education, educator preparation, and regional and statewide workforce needs. Several objectives frame the project's efforts. First is to expand career pathways in Industry 4.0 by translating research and evidence-based projects to the development and implementation of technician education and educator preparation. Second is to continuously improve and align career pathways to Industry 4.0 so technicians have the real time, state-of-the industry tools required to successfully complete career preparation and be work ready. And finally, to formalize a model site that has the potential to scale collaborations and support other community college partners within the state or nationwide, and also to engage career training centers, manufacturing sector partnerships, and Manufacturing USA initiatives. The scope of the project includes development of industry-aligned curricular and training resources that will expand access to technological education in advanced manufacturing, educator professional development activities, and creation of an advanced compendium of open-access, peer-authenticated resources for STEM and Industry 4.0 educators. Products will be developed in formats that allow for online and virtual delivery and rapid dissemination to students, educators, workforce training professionals, and employers. The project will result in benefits to students by accelerating progress toward industry-validated credentials. The project will also benefit educators and industry by facilitating and expanding academic-industry partnerships to build and strengthen connections across Ohio’s advanced manufacturing supply chain. The project will achieve broader impact by leveraging opportunities to scale and disseminate through the Ohio TechNet consortium of community colleges and universities, and it will utilize methods and approaches that enhance equitable access and engagement for underrepresented women and minorities. This expanded collaboration has the potential to lead to a future automation network among Ohio’s institutions of higher education and post-secondary career-technical centers that could engage more deeply with employers seeking an Industry 4.0-skilled and “future-ready” workforce. 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.