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engineering positions. I just hate seeing smart young people avoid traditional engineering degrees because advanced calculus seems daunting to them when otherwise they would be productive additions to the manufacturing iIndustry.
n hopes of increasing enrollment
reducing dropout rates for students disinterested in math focused careers, many colleges are looking to add manufacturing engineering degrees
When I asked Carl Bass if he had any thoughts on how people will learn machining in the future he said, “I think we will see more examples of just-in-time learning.” Carl went on to explain that he’s observed a major change in how people learn everything by having access to learning anything they need to know in that moment.
At the time I thought Carl had a moment of genius and invented a new term, “just-in- time learning” by playing on the well- known Toyota principle, just-in-time manufacturing. Carl has more than his share of genius moments, but “just-in-time learning” wasn’t one of them. After some research I found the “Just-in-time learning” concept has Jbeen around since at least the late 90’s. ust-in-time learning is different from traditional structured training or professional development and shouldn’t be confused with just-in-time teaching (JiTT). Just-in-time learning provides small pieces of content in a short time when learner’s need specific information. People can absorb information more quickly when they need to, specifically when they come face-to-face with a knowledge gap that is preventing them from getting a job done. Having training tools that can anticipate a learner’s potential knowledge gaps and make the appropriate information readily available is the key to just-in-time learning. YouTube is a great example of how unstructured just-in-time learning works every day for millions of people. YouTube deserves partial credit for setting an expectation in society for easily and freely
aMccessing knowledge when it’s needed.
ark Terryberry from Haas reinforced Carl’s just-in-time perspective. In response to my question – “how should educators be teaching differently?” – Mark said, “CAM should be a day one tool.”
Mark continued, saying, “Our CAM system is a road map to everything that needs
to be taught for machining. From Work Coordinate Systems to Speeds & Feeds, our
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with more hands-
on manufacturing
focused work
and problem-
solving challenges.
Manufacturing engineers
can fill a big void in helping our
industry progress towards becoming
efficient and modern manufacturing leaders. Manufacturing engineering programs are a great addition that will increase enrollment and decrease dropout rates in engineering programs while also providing technical leaders for American manufacturing.
I2. How We Teach
n June I hosted a two-day Fusion 360 CAM Summit webinar for educators and commercial customer from all over America. In addition to deep dive CAM geek sessions, the webinar focused on the future of manufacturing education, diversity in manufacturing, and the skills gap our industry is facing. Along with nearly two hundred attendees, we had several great guests for opening and closing conversations including Carl Bass (former Autodesk CEO) and Mark Terryberry (well- known for his “Haas tip of the day” videos). All our guests had great perspectives to share in group discussions, but Carl and Mark had some interesting insights in line with how I believe we should be teaching machining differently than we have in the past.
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