Kelly KoermerPrincipal Investigator

Susan Gallagher Project Director, National STEM Consortium

Anne Arundel Community College

NATIONAL STEM CONSORTIUM

What is the National STEM Consortium?

Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland

College of Lake County in Illinois

Clover Park Technical College in Washington State

Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana

Macomb Community College in Michigan

Northwest Arkansas Community College

Roane State Community College in Tennessee

South Seattle Community College in Washington State

What is the Role of the NSC?

Design and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

(STEM) programs:

• Nationally portable

• High-quality certificate-level

• Responsive to labor market needs

• Embed contextualized remediation – “STEM Bridge”

• Build a national model for multi-college cooperation

NSC Technical Curricula

Composite Materials

Cyber Technology

Electric Vehicle Development and Repair

Environmental Technology

Mechatronics

Curriculum Development Partners

• Public workforce agencies• Identify industry trends

• Employers• Identify industry needs –

learning outcomes

• Provide input on curricula

• Community colleges• Prepare curricula

• Identify “bridge” components

Composite Materials Technology

Colleges

• South Seattle Community College *Dr. Ellen Gordon, South Seattle Community CollegeEllen.Gordon@seattlecolleges.edu206-934-6653

• Clover Park Technical College• Cuyahoga Community College• Roane State Community College

Composite Materials Technology

Two Tracks

Composites Fabrication, Assembly and RepairCNC Machining and Composite Manufacturing

Composite Materials Technology

• Courses• Drawings • Applied Math• Applied Physics• Chemistry• Materials & Processes• Hand Tools• Pneumatic Tools• Power tools and Machines• Safety• Introduction to Composites• Composite Fabrication• Composite Assembly• Composite Repair• Capstone• Manufacturing Skills II• Machine Tool Theory• Machine Operations II

• Jobs > Careers• Manufacturing Production Technicians• Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators• Assemblers and Fabricators• Industrial Production Managers• Team Assemblers• Machinists• Computer-Controlled Machine Tool

Operators, Metal and Plastic• Computer Numerically Controlled Machine

Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic• Tool and Die Makers• Molding, Coremaking & Casting Machine

Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal & Plastic

Cyber Security Technology

Colleges• Anne Arundel Community College*

• Kim Law, Anne Arundel Community College• kplaw@aacc.edu• 410-777-2387

• Cuyahoga Community College• Florida State College at Jacksonville• Ivy Tech Community College• Northwest Arkansas Community College

Cyber Security Technology

• Courses• Theory and Troubleshooting Microcomputers

1 (A+ Hardware)• Theory and Troubleshooting Microcomputers

2 (A+ Software)• Network Essentials (Network+)• Security Fundamentals (Security+)• Cisco 1: Network Fundamentals (Cisco CCNA)• Cisco 2: Routing Protocols and Concepts (Cisco

CCNA)• Cisco 3: LAN Switching and Wireless (Cisco

CCNA)• Cisco 4: WAN Implementation and Support

(Cisco CCNA)• Cyber Capstone • Core Skills for Computing Professionals 1-3

• Jobs > Careers• Customer Service and Technical Support:

• Information Technology Specialist• Computer Technician• Help Desk Analyst• Technical Support Specialist• Network Support Specialist• Network Technician

Cyber Security Technology

Capstone Instructor Resources

Cyber Security TechnologyLESSON PLAN

Course Name: A+ Hardware PC Hardware: The Basics (Lesson 1)

Topics: The computer, hardware vs. software vs. firmware, interfaces and cables

Learning Outcomes: Following this lesson, the student will be able to:

1. Describe a computer and basic components. 2. Differentiate between hardware, software, and firmware. 3. Compare and contrast various connection interfaces, cables and explain

their purposes. 4. Connect common peripherals to standard ports.

Recommended Textbooks:

I . A+ 220-801 220-802 Authorized Cert Guide, Third Edition, ISBN 978-0-7897-4980-2, 2013 Pearson Education

Additional Materials and Resources:

TestOut PC Pro 220-801 and 220-802, ISBN 978-1-935080-42-8 (http://www.testout.com/home/it-certification-training/labsim-certification-training/pc-pro)

CompTIA 220-801 A+ Study Guide ( http://www.professormesser.com/wiki/CompTIA_220-801_A%2B_Study_Guide)

PC Technician toolkit

Foundational Skills: Describe core skills needed to understand this lesson, describing use of and/or alignment with STEM Bridge curriculum.

OUTCOME 1

Learning Outcome: Describe a computer and basic components.

Provide links to documents such as lecture notes, slide decks, handouts, discussion questions, answer keys, etc.

Delivery Time: 15 minutes

Teaching Tips:

Electric Vehicle Technology

Colleges

• Macomb Community College *Joanne Burns, Macomb Community Collegeburnsjt@macomb.edu586-445-7171

• Ivy Tech Community College

Electric Vehicle Technology

Two Tracks

Electric Vehicle DevelopmentElectric Vehicle Repair

Electric Vehicle Technology

• Courses• Introduction to Electric Vehicle

Propulsion Systems• Electronic Technology I and II• Motors and Controls for Electric

Vehicles and Industrial Applications• Electric Vehicle Data Acquisition,

Sensors and Control Systems• Advanced Energy Storage• RCL Analysis• Principles of Alternative/Renewable

Energies• Introduction to Automotive Engine

Fundamentals• Engine Performance I• Electrical and Hybrid Vehicle

Technologies• Advanced Hybrid Vehicle and Electric

Technologies• Jobs > Careers

• Development Technician• Electrical Test Technician• Mechanical Testing Technician• Manufacturing Technician• Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Service

Technician• Battery Service Technician

Environmental Technology

Colleges• Florida State College at Jacksonville*

Dr. Mike ReynoldsM.d.Reynolds@fscj.edu904.381.3665

• College of Lake County• Ivy Tech Community College• NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Environmental Technology

Two Tracks

Hazardous MaterialsWater Quality

Environmental Technology

• Courses• Fundamentals for Environmental Professionals• Introduction to Environmental Science• Environmental Sampling Procedures• Environmental Compliance• Introduction to OSHA• Hazardous Materials• Industrial Hygiene• Regulatory• Hazardous Materials Risk Analysis• Hazardous Materials Technician • Hazardous Materials Lab• Industrial Hygiene Lab• OSHA Safety• Introduction to Water Resources • Chemistry and Biology of Natural Waters• Field Work

• Jobs > Careers• Emergency Planning Technician• Emergency Response Technician• Hazardous Materials Technician• Health and Safety Technician• Environmental Compliance Officer• Safety Specialist• Drinking Water/Field Service Technician• Water and Wastewater Treatment Technician• Soil and Water Conservationist• Water Resource Specialist

Mechatronics

Colleges• College of Lake County*

Gary Morgan, College of Lake CountyGmorgan@clcillinois.edu847-445-9260

• Anne Arundel Community College• Cuyahoga Community College• Florida State College at Jacksonville• Ivy Tech Community College• Roane State Community Colleges

Mechatronics

• Courses• Electrical Systems• Mechanical Systems• Hydraulics & Pneumatics• Programmable Logic Controllers

(PLCs)• Robotics• Mechatronics Capstone• Regional Electives

• Jobs > Careers• Electrical & Electronics Repairers,

Commercial & Industrial Equipment

• Maintenance and Repair Workers• Maintenance Workers, Machinery• Electro-mechanical Technicians• Robotics Technicians• Electrical and Electronic

Equipment Assemblers• Automation Technicians

NSC Technical Curricula

• 30+ Credits per pathway• Traditional classroom delivery• All course materials available as an Open Educational

Resource on Platform+ > OPEN EdX*• Additional interactive “sticking points” – short

interactive lessons on more difficult content• Comprehensive Program Guides providing

information on all aspects of program adoption

*Conversion to OER in progress: to be completed by 9/30/14

Second Deliverable: STEM Bridge

National STEM Consortium Technical Proposal:

“Each of the STEM pathways will include a STEM Bridge. The STEM Bridge will be programmatically consistent across the five fields and transferable to other colleges, and will integrate basic skills, workforce skills, computer skills, and job readiness training, contextualized within the pathway.”

What is the STEM Bridge?

STEM Bridge is a two-part strategy to provide support to learners in the STEM certificate programs.

Part 1: “STEM Readiness” Course*Embedded contextualized online course built in OLI’s Platform+ system that quickly refreshes key skills for learners entering the credit certificates directly

Part 2: “STEM Foundations” Course*Modularized set of curriculum “bundles” that can be adapted and inserted by colleges wherever needed to provide support for lower level learners who need to build foundational skills in Math and Workplace Communication before entering the credit certificates

*STEM Readiness and Workplace Communication modules of STEM Foundations Course complete . Available at http://oli.cmu.edu

Co-Development Partners

• National STEM Consortium – STEM Bridge Team• Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI)• CAST – addresses learner variability through

Universal Design for Learning and accessibility. • Industry partners

• Offered assistance in developing realistic scenarios and provided company name and images – ARINC

• Industry experts offered experience in developing realistic scenarios but company names are fictitious.

STEM Readiness Course

Learning Outcomes Based Curriculum• Surveyed all five technical teams to determine what key skills were

needed in each of the five pathways

• Developed a master set of learning outcomes that were common to most of the technical pathways:

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

MathCritical Thinking and Workplace Communication

Professional Skills (Customer Service, Teamwork etc.)

Industry Partners Helped Develop Scenario-Based Learning

• Tell a story of a workplace that can be visualized

• Richly model a context for learning

• Help learners problem-solve issues

• Encourage reflection on work practices

STEM Readiness Course

Realistic Scenarios

Realistic Activities

Explaining a Concept: Photo and Diagram

• Targets multiple learning styles

• Text description of diagrams available

Explaining a Concept: Embedded Videos

• OLI or external hosting

• Captioned for accessibility

Explaining a Concept: Visual Representations

Student Practice: Learn By Doing Activities

• Hints available to help struggling students

• Immediate feedback for answers

• Multiple problems per learning objective to promote concept mastery

Assessment: End of Module Quizzes

• Summary provided for all modules

• Extra Practice Problems available

• Assessment questions tied to objectives

• Assessments feed grade book and Instructor’s Dashboard

STEM Readiness: Flexible Delivery

STEM Readiness Component is FLEXIBLE and can be delivered in a variety of ways:

• Hybrid format with face to face instruction to support• Online only in class or in attached lab• Delivered up front in first term or spread across multiple terms

as needed by each team• Inserted into key points in the technical curriculum• Delivered as credit or (0 credit) credit equivalent modules

STEM Readiness: Adaptable for Other Programs

• Modularized units can be inserted as needed to support credit, non-credit or technical curriculum.• Embed modules into the credit courses where they are needed:

Teamwork module might help students learn how to collaborate more effectively in labs.

• Adapt and contextualize for other career pathways using the same learning outcomes:• Analyze information from multiple sources and determine appropriate actions for

a given situation.• Listen to a conversation and compose an effective summary of the information.

• ARINC Air Operations Center• Hospital Emergency Room • Police Emergency Dispatch

STEM Readiness: Learner Analytics

• Students - instant feedback from the Learn By Doing and Did I Get This? activities and end of module quizzes

• Instructors - view student mastery of learning outcomes in the instructor dashboard and tailor face to face instruction to help students who are having challenges with specific parts of the course

• Colleges/Administrators – track usage

STEM Readiness: Learner Analytics - Usage

• January 2014: Over 3,700 users across the nation

• Over 2,600 on OLI site

• All 10 NSC Community colleges

• At least one High school

• At least one Middle School

• Industry - professional development

STEM Readiness: Partner Experience AACC:

• WIA Youth Program GED Prep: STEM Readiness course used as foundation, augmented with science and history lessons. 14 of 14 students passed the GED – Historic success!

• CLC:• Difference in terms of the students’ readiness for the technical courses • Sequencing and contextualization makes a big difference

• CPTC:• STEM Readiness = employment readiness course• Will be offered campus-wide • Technical colleges/remedial students• Connection between the STEM Readiness course and better overall grades in the

college experience?• Macomb CC:

• Incorporating STEM Readiness course into Round 3 TAACCCT Grant

STEM Foundations

Twenty-two short modules focusing on the development of key skills that are lacking in lower level learners will be

built in the Platform+ system.

Examples:• Identify main idea and supporting ideas and summarize.• Build a paragraph and write a short essay.• Prepare and deliver an effective presentation.• Apply Order of Operations in math.• Explain concept of a variable.

Industry Relevance

Industry Subject Matter Experts

• Contribute to technical and readiness curricula

• Review completed courses and materials

Industry Relevance

Industry-Recognized Credentials

• Composites: considering • Certified Production Technician (Manufacturing Skills

Standards Council)• Certified Composites Technician (American Composites

Manufacturers Assn.)• Cyber: A+, Network+, and Security+ from CompTIA and CCNA

from Cisco• Electric Vehicle: SAE International’s Vehicle Electrification

Fundamentals and Safety Certificate of Competency• Environmental: OSHA – including HAZWOPER• Mechatronics: SIEMENS Certification, SolidWorks

Industry Relevance

Advisory Boards

• National NSC Advisory Board • Local Industry Advisory Boards• National Industry Groups• Local Industry Groups

Challenges

• Curriculum templates• National team• Online conversion

• Volume• Copyright issues• Accessibility issues

• Faculty resistance • Professional development

Beyond the Grant

• National repository of materials available at no cost to all community colleges

• Creative Commons Attribution License

• Open Learning Initiative

Beyond the Grant

• Wadhwani Foundation – Race to a Job

• OLI/Stanford – Mindset research

• Translation to other languages

Impact

New nationally-portable programs

Contextualized remediation

Open education resources

Changing the Culture of Higher Education

To Learn More

• NSC Website: www.NationalSTEM.org

• Facebook: • https://www.facebook.com/AACCMechatronics• https://www.facebook.com/MCCEVCert

• PBS Feature http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/economy/certifiably-employable/16901/

• Pathway videos::• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBqkQ_pRm54&feature=youtu.be• http://www.nwacc.edu/web/stem/cyber-technician-certificate

• Open Learning Initiative (OLI) website: http://oli.cmu.edu • Sign Up on main page • STEM Readiness use Course Key: ALL-STEM • STEM Foundations use Course Key: STEMBASIC

National STEM Consortium

Susan GallagherProject Director, National STEM Consortium

410-777-2124sgallagher5@aacc.edu

Kelly KoermerAnne Arundel Community College

kkoermer@aacc.edu

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