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1. Automotive and Aviation

   Technician Education Summit SWOT Analysis Summary November 20th, 2009 Greenville, SC
2. Strengths Experience and Knowledge of funding source More competitive System in SC founded to support industry. Right player at the table Technology platform is available to delivery education experiences. Technology cost on decline. Example: 3D savior of movie theater. Software available to education. Upstate climate attracting industry and students and educators SC region for industry. Pool resources – 4 yr and 2 yr institution Accompanying skills Status and image that it will portray to community.
3. Strengths Experience in delivering technology NexGen technology – Greenville, Charleston. Makes sense to deliver education at the pace of industry. Enrollment automotive/aviation technology is exploding. Shop space is in shortage Hybrid education (online, in class) on the rise Instructors need accredited training and this will provide opportunities to train them Develop the right set of language skills, especially to implement multi lingual systems. Facilitate as Global information sharing system Ability to attract students not only from SC from all around the states. To be able to tap into the military and government sectors.
4. Strengths Availability of findings Consolidation of recourses (virtual recourses) Pooled recourses to a strong base (number of talents and teaching locations to a premier base ) Location independence Consistency More Flexibility New industries moving in SC (K12 through tech colleges ) New recourses to schools (not to worry about the recourses otherwise missed) New technologies (E style, lab time , transferring lab time) Students get into hands-on experience quicker Instructional training tool to be provided by the users Facilitate lottery tuition payment systems
5. Strengths Expand enrollment Synergy through a larger class group Based on needs of employees in the area. Access to leading technology Real time upgrades to the reference materials Bringing the industry and education together. Keeping the trainers up to date. Take the technology and spread to all the programs. Getting the field inputs from active program committees Greenville is a center for the automotive cluster. Relationships already exist. Quality technical education structure exists. Successful track record in continuing education.
6. Strengths Experienced partnership already exists with present infrastructure University , technical college, secondary and industry Creation for IT materials and curriculum. Flexibility of CE over curriculum. Universalizing the training platform. E-mobility Statewide technology network availability through technical college system.
7. Weaknesses Lack of opportunities to sharing distance learning technology across education institution. Intellectual property, However, NSF want to benefit the whole. Automotive/aviation is hands on Educators and students have to feel as comfortable with online classes as they do during in-class classrooms. Not everything can be done online. There has to be a link between hands on learning and e-learning. Type of students Students familiar with new technology vs students that are not as familiar/comfortable. Students familiar with previous experience vs students that do not. Hard time getting buying to support and training. State budget cuts How to increase technologies without funding?
8. Weaknesses Needs students with critical thinking, right set of skill set Replacement of actual hands-on experience by VR too much. It has to be balanced. Have to learn how to present the e-school , it’s not just recording a lecture. It’s a different teaching style. Compatibility issues - whether there are any laws? Are we able to keep up with the changing technology ? Ability of instructor will impact the quality of the training. Companies will be reluctant to provide their proprietary information to the ATE. Can’t produce a hands-on environment Multi-National Companies– language barrier Regulatory Limitations: FAA Lack of funding due to economic downturn. Information is not shared between technology colleges.
9. Weaknesses How to tie transition of e-learning technology with hands on training Gap between online and in-class. Possibility of long term learning to be lost. Students really good on E-learning realm and not so good on real world environment. Students not having access to internet. Using the capabilities that we already have. Need to develop content for the E-learning delivery. Industry must know that the new E-learning technology is an enhancement to curriculum. Fear that colleges might turn out lower quality students. Misconception that younger students can use ALL technology. However, that is not the case with this advanced technology such as the ones discussed today. Fear of learning something new / different experience Fear of breaking the technology they are working on, rather than the expensive real apparatus
10. Weaknesses Lack of changing structure for the current education system. Generation gap for the people who are not up to date with the latest technology. Expenses without recognized ROI. Lack of personal resources such as computers, broadband etc. Virtual worlds have limitations in modeling real world Industries will be reluctant to give away intellectual properties Sharing ideas with competing companies (Hybrid/ new technologies ) Leadership structure of the center, loss of control could create problems ( span of control) Even though it is produced in 3D can the general population watch these at home 3D? Instructors reluctant to get involved in new tech, educational items . (people are not so into education and learning new things creates problems to aging population Curriculum changes need to be in place to implement virtual schools, change the mentality of the students who are so used to conservative learning.
11. Opportunities Content is not out there with this type of delivery/ technology. Cost factor on the decline. Opportunity to share with colleges. Mobile workforce, people will move where the work is Lack of the visual training aids, therefore opportunity to expand/ distribute better training aids. Opportunity for students to make a career choice. Opportunity for technical colleges and universities to work together, to create solid partnerships. Also, building partnership with K-12, career clusters, Department of Education, etc. Opportunity to create a ground breaking center. Validating e-learning as a learning model. Opportunity to tap into known and unknown resources in the state. Benefit to students to be trained with technology at this level. Attract bigger and better companies/industry. And the companies/industry that support those larger ones. Improving next generation workforce for this region.
12. Opportunities Easier to get standardization accreditation process ASE certification (FAA, NADCAP) Industry certification Technology changes and innovation changes with information sharing Enhanced the training simulations. Establishing standards Economic development through training. Industry could be the place for continued education. Industry expert/leader in training. Closing the gap between technology and education. Improve class room instructions by preparing the students before class starts.
13. Opportunities Partnerships Corporate education Sponsorships/ partnerships for students for higher education Example: the company can be the lab to facilitate the hands-on experience required by the students . Its only “good” for their business. Collaborate with the local facility Local tech schools can partner up with ATE to teach computer skills to computer illiterate Network of schools Individuals with limited income / single parents can still get skills to advance their career. Include other areas other than automotive and aviation. National Certifications. How to train the technician for the next generation technology.
14. Threats Proposal not being funded. Being overly greedy, Not including adjacent states. Over promising and under delivering. Access to information that will be needed to create curriculum. Proprietary information from industry. Companies will release information for free, others may charge for it. Time Put together high quality products and deliver it on time New technologies emerging, and there will be a need train workforce on those new technologies on a timely manner. Once it is started, it will be an ongoing work Not being flexible enough to demand. Feasibility of changing content, again, on a timely manner.
15. Threats Accountability – mentors working with apprentices. Training could be too high tech.! Need to understand the concepts of older technology Funding: Need to prepare for self funding. Information Technology (IT) issues. Limited to Automotive and Aviation. People with limited computer knowledge. Inability for the colleges to work as a team. Ability to stay current for the instructors, technicians. Change in technology/curriculum creating a large gap. Resisting the change in technology/ curriculum.. Cost expenditure vs. benefit. Keeping the education silos. Method of dissemination.
16. Threats Politics of SC do not encourage partnerships. Climate of competitiveness, instead of partnerships Compatibility issues - whether there are any laws? Replacement of actual hands-on experience by VR too much. It has to be balanced. Need the right set of skill set for instructors and students Loss of control in the structure of leadership