Onsite/Online is the hybrid
instructional delivery system that allows instructors
at any academic institution or industry nationwide
to collaborate with Sinclair Community College faculty
in providing manufacturing engineering technology
courses.
What is the Onsite/Online Project
method?
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Onsite/Online features an
attractive mix of independent online work for the
students, including interactions between small groups
at various sites with facilitator-guided hands-on
activities at the students' home sites.
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The hybrid delivery is intended
to provide a cost effective and practical way for
instructors at post-secondary institutions and manufacturing
enterprises and students to work together regardless
of location.
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Students and instructors
form a "community of practice" which evaluates
the effectiveness of students' acquired skills in
applying and sharing solutions to their own workplace
problems. Using course management software, Onsite/Online
connects students in remote locations to each other
and to subject matter experts.
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To facilitate implementation
of the hands-on instructional materials, Onsite/Online
incorporates the use of discrete web-based learning
objects to facilitate online learning and provides
a final "capstone" experience where students
learn to design and implement a workplace-based
continuous improvement project.