Presentation about 360 eTECH online and hands-on education program from HI-TEC Conference, July 2016.

1. 360 eTECH
High School Program
Jeremy Leffelman, Director
360 Center of Excellence
07-27-16

2. AGENDA
• 360 Overview
• 360 eTECH HS Program
• Purpose and Concept
• Research and Proposal
• Planning and Outreach
• Launch and Refinement
• Successes
• Future Planning
• Review of 360 eTECH Student Portal
• Benefits
• Key resources for design

3. 360 Overview

4. 360 is an innovative education and industry
collaboration to RECRUIT, EDUCATE, and TRAIN
workers for dynamic careers in advanced
manufacturing.

5. • 360 Manufacturing and
Applied Engineering
ATE Regional Center of
Excellence
• Bemidji State University
serves as lead
institution
– Began in 2006 with
7 institutions
– Comprised of
fourteen 2-year
technical and
community colleges

6. 360 ACTIONS TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE
• Industry Driven Curriculum
– Career Success Skills
– Robotics
– Taking Shape Summits
– Program Improvement
Funding
– New Education Models
• Enhanced Pipeline
– Dream It. Do It.
– Tour of Manufacturing
– Youth Outreach STEM
Events
– Robotics Competition
– 360 eTECH Consortial
Programs

7. 360 eTECH
High School
Program

8. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
WHERE “STUFF” COMES FROM?
• Everything in this room was manufactured! Strong Minnesota companies
need people with skills!

9. WHY MANUFACTURING?
Earn a great wage and benefits!
$43,450/year in Manufacturing in Minnesota
On average, people in manufacturing make $15-$20/hour, with
another $10-$14/hour in benefits (health, dental, PTO, sick time, etc.)
$52,000 - $70,000
$16,640/year at minimum wage ($8.00/hour)
Entry level wages - Service sector jobs
Fast food restaurants, convenience stores, discount stores, etc.
Work in a safe and clean environment!

10. 360 eTECH is offered through 9 MnSCU 2-year colleges
Traditional enrollment
High School program
• Enrolling and teaching institutions may vary
• Student will take courses from multiple
institutions
• Dual credit
PROGRAM AND PARTNERS

11. The 360 eTECH High School Program offers certificates in various
specializations.
• Consists of 2 certificates
• Production (16cr) ~HS
• Welding (30cr) ~HS
• 8 week courses, 2 sessions per semester
• Mainly online, some courses have onsite labs
CERTIFICATES

12. BENEFITS OF
360 eTECH
• Students can leave high
school with a HS
diploma, college
certificate(s), and
national certification
• Gives them a leg up in
industry and sets them
on a career/educational
pathway

13. PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
• 16 credit certificate
• 100% Online education
• 8-week courses
• Can go through OCHS arrangement or
360 eTECH HS Program
• Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Technical Mathematics
Print Reading
Introduction to Computers
Safety Awareness
Manufacturing Processes and Production
Quality Practices
Maintenance Awareness
Career Success Skills
NOTE:
Students completing the Production
Technologies Certificate will have gained the
knowledge required to pass the MSSC full
certified Production Technician Certification
MSSC - Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
msscusa.org

14. WELDING TECHNOLOGY
• 30 credit certificate
• Online education & On-site Labs
• 8-week courses
• All instruction and testing done in according with
AWS standards
• 360 eTECH HS Program only
• Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Interpreting Symbols
Oxy Fuel Welding
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) -
Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
Metallurgy
Technical Mathematics
Introduction to Computers
Print Reading
Safety Awareness
Manufacturing Processes and Production
Quality Practices
Maintenance Awareness

15. High Schools can participate via the following ways:
• PSEO
• Contract w/ Bemidji State
• Concurrent Enrollment
• Listing of participating high schools
– Blackduck High School
– Cook County High School
– East Central High School
– Fairmont High School
– Lake of the Woods High School
– Red Lake High School
– Voyageurs Expeditionary School
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION

16. • 360 eTECH began as an NSF project in August 2010, known as
The eTECH Project (NSF-ATE Award #1002893)
• Goal was to augment the 360 Seamless Career Pathway
– Integration of industry approved credentials within curriculum
– Offering enhanced curriculum online to reach maximum number of
learners and workers
• As part of NSF-ATE Award #1204550 (2012), expansion to 3 high
schools was the goal
• Process of research and planning began in early 2013, with an
expected launch date of Fall 2014
PURPOSE AND CONCEPT

17. • Research occurred during most of 2013
• Research included review of:
– Minnesota state statutes
– PSEO (Post-Secondary Enrollment Options) program
– Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) policy/guidelines
– MnSCU policy
– Pilot programs in the state of Minnesota (traditional PSEO)
• Original plan was to launch Fall 2013, but window of HS
registration and promotion was missed, in effect delaying the
project until 2014
• Meeting and planning with 360 Pathways Team
– Review of what was learned
– Design of program
– Development of proposal
RESEARCH AND PROPOSAL

18. • Meetings with partnering colleges
– Required paperwork
– Registration process
• Proposal developed based upon planning and discussions with
various entities
– Overview of program
– Pricing structure
– Eligibility
PROPOSAL

19. • Invited to present at Pathways to
Postsecondary events in Minnesota
• Email sent to school districts in the state
of Minnesota with attached proposal
– 20+ schools responded
– Phone and email
• Onsite or WebEx meetings scheduled
• Travel to high schools throughout the
state
• Follow-up meetings (on site and WebEx)
PLANNING AND OUTREACH

20. • Schools committing to pilot year (Fall 2014)
– Barnum High School, Barnum, MN
– Carlton High School, Carlton, MN
– Cook County High School, Grand Marais, MN
• Fall 2014 – Pilot Program
– Began with 22 students
– Finished with 11 students
• Identified opportunities for improvement
• D2L Training and navigation
• Some schools did not order books
• Misperception of online learning
• Misperception of rigor
LAUNCH AND REFINEMENT

21. • Identified opportunities for improvement
• D2L Training and navigation
– Students review video
– Written instruction
– Webinars
• Some schools ordered wrong books
– Follow-up in advance of semester to ensure books are
ordered properly
– Checklists for schools and students developed
• Misperception of online learning
– Review of example courses
– On-site and virtual orientations
• Misperception of rigor
– Meetings with counselors
– Meetings with faculty
– Meetings with students
REFINEMENT

22. Students Successes

23. • Fall 2014, Cook County High School served as a pilot school for
the launch of this program
• 3 students ‘stuck with it’, and graduated May 2016 with their 30-
credit certificate in Welding Technology through Lake Superior
College
• 1 of the 3 students decided to pursue college after participation in
the program
SPRING 2016

24. CCHS STUDENTS
Timothy Miller
Leo Johnson
“I believe the information and skills that I have learned through
360 eTECH will help benefit my future career.” – Timothy Miller

25. Future Planning

26. • Fall 2016 will have 7 high schools participating
– 1 via PSEO
– 7 via contract
– 1 via concurrent enrollment (24 students, 1 course)
• 21 students registered for PSEO/contract
– 5 females
– 6 Native Americans
• Online College in the High School consortium
– 57+ high schools
– Additional students participating (8-10)
• Welding labs to be located at
– Northwest Technical College, Bemidji, MN
– Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN
• Other locations being considered as program expands
– Metro (Twin Cities)
– Southern Minnesota
– Western Minnesota
FALL 2016

27. • Expansion to 12 high schools by Fall 2017 (36-40 students)
• Expansion to 20 high schools by Fall 2018 (60-75 students)
• Welding lab expansion in next 2-3 years
– Expand to Twins Cities
– Expand to Southern Minnesota
– Expand to Western Minnesota
• Certificate attainment
– Production Technologies
• Spring 2017 (7 students)
• Spring 2018 (26 students)
• Spring 2019 (50 students)
– Welding Technology
• Spring 2018 (15 students)
• Spring 2019 (25 students)
FUTURE PLANS

28. 360 eTECH
Student Portal

29. • In a consortial program, with partnered courses, students taking
multiple courses needed to access each individual college website
and input username and password to access courses
• Tedious and time consuming
PURPOSE OF THE PORTAL

30. • The portal allows students to log-in 1x with their username and
password
– All courses show up on same page
• Internal messaging feature – direct communication between
instructor and students
BENEFITS OF THE PORTAL

31. • Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester, MN) was
instrumental in designing and launching the portal
• Relatively inexpensive for design, annual maintenance fee
• Requirements each semester
– Course information
– Faculty information
– Faculty places widget on home page
• Key contacts:
– Dennis Kronebusch
• 507-280-3195
• dennis.kronebusch@rctc.edu
– Kristi Kiehne
• 507-529-6136
• kristi.kiehne@rctc.edu
PORTAL DESIGN RESOURCES

32. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
THANK YOU
Jeremy Leffelman, Director
jleffelman@bemidjistate.edu
218.755.4222
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