Section II: Progress Since the Most Recent Review Below are the goals from Section IV part E of your last Program Review Self-Study. Describe progress or changes made toward meeting each goal over the last year. GOALS Status Progress or Rationale for No Longer Applicable Distance Learning: The department is exploring distance learning opportunities for some of its manufacturing courses. It may be possible to incorporate some of the web material from Haas Automation. Course enhancements, and hybrids are being considered as well as full web courses. In progress Completed No longer applicable New update, changing from “no longer applicable” to “in progress.” Sinclair is part of al eleven college consortium that received a TAACCCT grant from the Department of Labor. This grant created the Ohio TechNet. As part of the grant, the Sinclair CAM department is putting the Basic Machining Skills Certificate (6 courses) in a hybrid delivery format with competency-based curriculum, similar to the AccelerateIT program. Development began in spring of 2015. 4 and 5 Axis Machining: The new Haas CNC machines give us the added capability of 4 and 5 axis programming and machining. The department is beginning to explore how this technology can be incorporated into the curriculum. In progress Completed No longer applicable This topic is still being discussed, but the top priority has been given to the Ohio TechNet grant mentioned above. Tabletop Simulators: Our new Haas tabletop control simulators may allow us to offer CNC programming courses in different locations. In progress Completed No longer applicable Table top simulators have not proven to be as portable as we would have liked, but we have had Ponitz acquire some of these so this course could be offered there. Also, the Preble County Learning Center has acquired some table top simulators which brings new capabilities to that area.
CAM 1141 and 1142 tests, at least 80% of the students will score C or better on the tests. Since the courses are Shop Floor Calculations I and II, all test questions are related to mathematical skills. better on the tests in CAM 1141 and 1142. This is lower than we’d like to see, and the department is looking into it. On the other hand, 84% of CAM 1141 and 1142 students received a course grade of “C” or better. Identify new changes in career field and build personal skills to maintain state-of-the-art competencies. CAM COM 2206, OTM SOC, OTM Art/HUM, SCC 1101, ENG 1101 2015-16 Exams Appraisals Employer feedback In process of designing methods to capture data more directly tied to outcome, i.e. specific questions on exams or a rubric that would list or tie to the outcome. Demonstrate applied competencies in the areas of machining applications, drafting techniques and blueprint interpretation. CAM OPT 1113 2016-17 Appraisals In process of designing methods to capture data more directly tied to outcome, i.e. specific questions on exams or a rubric that would list or tie to the outcome. Are changes planned as a result of the assessment of program outcomes? If so, what are those changes? The assessment of the Mathematics program outcome showed 70% of students scoring a “C” or better on the tests in CAM 1141 and 1142. The CAM department will be discussing possible changes to improve student performance.