{"id":907,"date":"2019-05-08T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T02:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=907"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T02:47:24","slug":"makerspaces-play-new-role-in-career-technical-training-at-community-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/general\/makerspaces-play-new-role-in-career-technical-training-at-community-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Makerspaces Play new Role in Career Technical Training at Community Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nNational Association for Community College Entrepreneurship held a Makerspace\nEcosystem Summit titled \u201cMake\/Shift\u201d in Irvine on April 24-26<sup>th<\/sup>, and\nI was able to attend the last day.&nbsp; I\nlearned that in 2016,\u201dthe California Community College Chancellor\u2019s\nOffice, Workforce and Economic Division funded the $17 million <a href=\"https:\/\/cccmaker.com\/about\/ccc-maker-initiative\/\">CCC Maker Initiative<\/a>\nfor three years under the&nbsp; Doing What Matters for Jobs and the\nEconomy&nbsp; framework. &nbsp;It was the\nfirst statewide initiative to grow a system of community college makerspaces and\nincluded funding for 800 internships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After\na rigorous application process, 24 \u201cCalifornia community colleges were awarded grants\nto establish makerspaces \u2014 do-it-yourself centers where students have access to\ntechnology that allows them to create, invent, learn and share ideas. Each of\nthe selected colleges was awarded from $100,000 to $350,000 per year for up to\ntwo years.\u201d The makerspace at Mt. San Jacinto Community College in Menifee that\nI visited last October on MFG Day was one of the funded makerspaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMakerspaces \u2014also known as fablabs \u2014 are places in a community where people\nget together to learn and invent using technology such as 3-D printers,\ncomputer-aided design (CAD) software and manufacturing equipment that might\notherwise be unaffordable for an individual to purchase.\u201d The California Community\nCollege (CCC) \u201cMaker initiative is aimed at strengthening the workforce by\ninspiring students to learn by doing, teaching in-demand skills for jobs in\nscience, technology, engineering and math fields, partnering with employers to\nprovide internships\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The makerspace grants were planned to coincide with a program by the CCC \u201cto\npromote its more than 200 career education programs as affordable training for\ngood-paying jobs.\u201d The CCC is the largest provider of workforce training in the\nU.S. with 114 campuses across the state serving 2.1 million students per year.\nIts career education programs are developed in partnership with local\nindustries and taught by instructors with direct work experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the first session on Friday, Willy\nDuncan, Superintendent and President of Sierra College said that while the\ninitial funding has ended, he is committed to continuing the good work and getting\nfollow up funding for the makerspaces. He emphasized that entrepreneurship in 4th\nIndustrial Revolution is being led by entrepreneurs disrupting existing technologies.&nbsp; He said that the Fourth Industrial Revolution\nis interacting with other socio-economic and demographic factors to create a\nperfect storm of business model change in all industries, resulting in major\ndisruptions to labor markets. It is a fusion of new technologies and talents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The skills needed are more complex\nand cut across disciplines. Artificial Intelligence, Industrial IoT, automation,\nand robotics have the potential of creating new jobs, but will widen the skills\ngap.\u201d He referenced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/reports\/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018\">Future of Jobs Report<\/a>, which states that automation will\naccelerate skills shift and social and creative skills will be more important\n&#8212; 42% of skills will change and &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">75 million jobs could be displaced.\nThe less you make now will put you at risk for being displaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He mentioned that a study by the USC\nAnnenberg School for Communication and Journalism\non Third Space Competencies stated that \u201cthird places\u201d are places where you can\nconnect to unlock innovation, drive collaboration, and develop talent.&nbsp; He recommended that educators need to create\nthird places within makerspaces. He said, \u201cA mindset of agile learning will be\nneeded on the part of workers in the future.&nbsp;\nProject-based learning is the hallmark of makerspaces, and students who\nstruggle in traditional leaning may excel in project-based learning. The future\nwill require life-long learning to continually acquire new skills.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Duncan said we need to figure\nout how to revamp learning to stay relevant. It can\u2019t take years to change. Collaboration\nis critical to implementing change and learning how to lead \u201cfrom the middle.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partnerships through collaboration\nwithin the College as well as within the community<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amy Schultz &#8211; Dean of Continuing and\nTechnical training at Sierra College said that they partnered with Hacker Labs\nto create their Makerspace and said their makerspace has an advanced manufacturing.\nlab with Haas CNC equipment. Partnerships succeed when each partner benefits so\nit can be sustained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Cathy Kemper\u2014Pelle, President\nof Rogue Community College, in Grants Pass, OR said they partnered with local\ncommunity to create a makerspace in the downtown area of the city. They bought an\nold manufacturing building and converted it into large Makerspace, and students\nare participating in Invent Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabrillo College in Aptos, near\nMonterrey Bay, partnered with local Goodwill for creating internships for makerspace\nstudents and held a joint internship fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr, Carlos Turner-Cortez. San\nDiego Continuing Ed. said that their Center provides noncredit training classes\nthat are free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some insights from the session\nwere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Artificial\nIntelligence is allowing companies to develop new products at a faster pace<\/li><li>Transportation\nis going autonomous and vertical at the same time <\/li><li>Mode of\nteaching is being disrupted by online learning and compressed learning<\/li><li>Try\nnon-credit training if you want to innovate <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, I attended the breakout\nsession, Building a Strong Workforce &#8211; A TED talk panel discussion &#8211; The Future\nis Happening Now &#8211; Cari Vinci of InVINcible Enterprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Ms. Vinci\u2019s presentation, she\nnoted that the goal of 70% of students is to go to college, but 75% are\nundecided about a major.&nbsp; In the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\nCentury workplace, only 23% of future jobs will require 4-year college degree, 34%\nwill require an associate degree or some college, 34% will require a High\nSchool diploma or less, and only 11% will require an advanced degree. Today\u2019s\neducation isn\u2019t meeting the needs of the workplace.&nbsp; A Gallup poll showed that the role of higher\neducation needs to be \u201cpurpose-based education.\u201d A mindset of lifelong learning\nand an understanding of what\u2019s going on globally will be necessary. The new \u201dPower\nSkills\u201d for technical skills is to learn what robots and Artificial\nIntelligence can\u2019t do yet. Students need to acquire the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century\nPower Skills to ensure success.&nbsp; Her <a href=\"https:\/\/invincibleenterprises.com\/playbook-for-teens\/\">Playbook for Teens<\/a> helps students become the CEO of\ntheir life and find their career sweet spot.&nbsp;\nCommunity Colleges and makerspaces are catalysts to connect the dots\nthrough internships, apprenticeships, and entrepreneurship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panelist Andy McCutcheon, Dean of\nthe School of Humanities and Maker Space, College of the Canyons, shared that\ntheir MakerSpace is part an integrative learning model that encourages the\ndevelopment of 21st century technical and professional skills while connecting\nstudents with community and career paths. Their MakerSpace offers unique opportunities\nfor helping students to connect classroom content and theory with real world\nproblem solving while exploring career opportunities within and beyond their\nmajors and foster connections that may lead to work-based learning\nopportunities like internships and apprenticeships. &nbsp;MakerSpace 100 is a project that has placed 25\nCOC students with two local community partners, JPL\u2019s Mars Rover Team and the\nSanta Clarita City Hall \u201cGreen Streets\u201d team. Students are working in teams to\ndevelop solutions related to a NASA payload project and the Sustainable Santa\nClarita project gaining important workplace experience while earning college\ncredit and being paid through the CCC Maker Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panelist, Sarah Boisvert has over\n30 years\u2019 experience in advanced manufacturing and is the author of the book, <em>The New Collar Workforce<\/em>. She is the\nco-founder of Potomac Photonics, Inc. a laser machine tool company, which she\nand her partners sold in 1999. Since \u201cretiring\u201d, she founded <a href=\"http:\/\/fablabhub.org\/\">Fab Lab Hub<\/a>, located in Santa Fe, NM, which is\na member of America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation\nInstitute. Ms. Boisvert highlighted the re-emergence of manufacturing and briefly\npresented a blueprint of how to leverage this new, new manufacturing in\ncolleges. She explained that the new collar workforce is a combination of\nentrepreneurial, design, fabricators, business, and other skills that is\nturning the traditional workforce training model on its head. She said that where\nblue collar assembly line positions are being replaced by robots, a new collar\njob is being created to maintain and control the systems. She said that the\nevolution of traditional blue-collar jobs into new digitally minded jobs that\nwork symbiotically with robots and intelligent technology will be the key to\nexponential growth, and many new collar workers are attending vocational\nschools and community colleges rather than attaining traditional four-year\ndegrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final session featured a\ndiscussion of sustainability and funding insights from Foundation leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephanie Bowman, Manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www8.hp.com\/us\/en\/hp-information\/social-innovation\/hp-foundation.html\">HP Foundation<\/a> \u2013 she said that the HP Foundation provides HP Foundation provides core business and IT skills training free of\ncharge for start-ups, students, and small businesses through HP LIFE (Learning\nInitiative for Entrepreneurs)&nbsp; Each\nmodule takes one hour and you get certificate when complete. They have awarded $23\nmillion in grants in 42 countries. The mission of the HP Foundation is to make\nlife better for undeserved and underrepresented communities by providing\ntechnology-related learning experiences and opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rachel Burnnette, Program Officer,\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemelson.org\/\">Lemelson Foundation<\/a> (Portland, OR) \u2013 she said that the\nFoundation uses the power of invention to improve lives, by inspiring and\nenabling the next generation of inventors and invention-based enterprises to\npromote economic growth in the US, and social and economic progress for the\npoor in developing countries. The Foundation has provided or committed more\nthan $185 million in grants and Program-Related Investments in support of its\nmission. They run their funding through\nVenturewell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m very glad to see that\ncommunity colleges are taking the lead in providing career technical training\nto bridge the widening gap of job skills for the 21st century workplace. Makerspaces\nare uniquely poised to foster real world connections between theory and\npractice and between the classroom and what a student might want to do with his\nor her life.&nbsp; What concerns me is that many\nof the 24 California Community Colleges may wind up struggling to keep their\ndoors open at a time when colleges across the state are looking for ways to cut\ncosts in response to the statewide shortfall caused by a new funding formula.\nNew programs without ongoing funding may be the first to go as districts\ntighten their belts. I can only hope that private foundations like those mentioned\nabove and collaborative industry partnerships will alleviate the funding gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jelani Odlum, <a href=\"https:\/\/20mm.org\/\">Michelson\n20MM Foundation<\/a> (Los\nAngeles) &#8211; she said the Foundation supports\ninnovation in education and higher learning initiatives. The Foundation\u2019s\nfounder, Dr. Gary Michelson,&nbsp; has several hundred patents for his company.\nShe explained that the vision for their Spark Grants program is to introduce an\ninnovative just-in-time grantmaking process to fill urgent needs for education\norganizations that are well-aligned with their key target outcomes. They seek\nto fund highly impactful initiatives that would not be possible if they needed\nto wait through a traditional grant decision timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship held a Makerspace Ecosystem Summit titled \u201cMake\/Shift\u201d in Irvine on April 24-26th, and I was able to attend the last day.&nbsp; I learned that in 2016,\u201dthe California Community College Chancellor\u2019s Office, Workforce and Economic Division funded the $17 million CCC Maker Initiative for three years under the&nbsp; Doing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,181],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-training-2","tag-workforce-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savingusmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}