2012 Electromechanical Technology-SLO
Western Student Learning Results (Program Outcomes) for 2012 # of Grads: 9 Source: Student # of Responses: 4 Program: Electromechanical Technology Outcome What did you like about this program? Yes 4 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result 0 Yes Yes Yes What would you change about this program? 4 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes Yes 4 100.00% 0 0 I like learning servo motors and stepper motors it was fun, and interesting. I liked the hands on experiences. I liked the few times we would get input on labs so we could make it something that seemed relevant to our understanding of the material. There was a lot of Questions that could not be answered by the instructor or he did not know how to explain them,Over time I believe he will grow to be a good teacher, but he still needs to change roles from a manager to a instructor 0 Yes Use effective communication skills. Feedback I would have liked it if we could have learned things a little more thoroughly. It's way easier to learn something if first the instructor lays out what is going to be taught, how it relates to or is used in conjunction with things we already learned, and then shows us how to do whatever it is we are learning. After that we try to do it on our own, while asking questions. After that we should be expected to be able to perform things by ourselves. We often skipped ahead right to the being expected to figure it out on our own for some classes. The project class was really nice to finally tie things together. It would be nice if while doing the hydraulic or pneumatic labs if we could work on actual machinery instead of trainers that only teach students how to plug hose A into slot C to watch D move. I didn't get anything out of those courses. Instructor needs to instruct more. We spent too much time trying to figure things out for ourselves and then being ridiculed when we had to ask too many questions. I would add more trainers for and update the computers. I would have to say the equipment is outdated and needs to be replaced, some areas I believe need to be hit a little longer. exp. Servo motors and stepper motors. Not so much the information but the programming. 0 Yes Yes Apply mathematical concepts. 4 100.00% 0 0 I do believe that it would have been nice to have a instructor that was not fresh into teaching it made it hard for us. I think the school should have planned this a little better and maybe had him watch the group for a year with a experienced instructor. When it came to figuring out what size resistors to install to slow down a motor we used mathematics. Once again I think the Tech Math was a little to much for the program. it could have been easily done with electrical math 1,2,3 leaving more time for the actual learning of the program. 0 Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 1 of 3 Outcome Transfer social and natural science theories into practical applications. Yes 4 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result Feedback 0 Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate ability to think critically. 4 100.00% 0 0 We Applied laws of gravity to our ramp on our final project. This part of the course was good and explained well. Figuring out how to program our touch screen for our card dealer we had to do critical thinking. I do think more trouble shooting would have been nice to see. 0 Yes Demonstrate ability to value self and work ethically with others in a diverse population. 4 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Troubleshoot and repair electromechanical and electronic equipment and systems 4 100.00% 4 100.00% 4 100.00% 1 25.00% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Everyday This was one of the main topics that they drilled home with equipment and tools. Yes Adhere to proper safety practices and procedures 75.00% 0 Yes our final project and our power supplies and our multimeters. This was effective We did this, but the big issue was that we had to teach ourselves how to do things, many times without instruction. Yes Yes Build or assemble electromechanical hardware 3 0 Everyday This was accomplished I don't think we covered this at all. Yes Yes Yes Make decisions that incorporate the importance of sustainability 4 100.00% like I said earlier that the outdated equipment was used effectively. Everyday Yes Yes No Use technology effectively. This was a obstacle for some of us but by the end all that matters is the job gets done safe and efficient. Every day we had to be self motivated. as we were made to do things ourselves, we also had to troubleshoot what we did. Like I said repair yes, troubleshoot more time needed Sometimes I felt like we didn't really get to understand the physical actions we were doing. At the end of a lot of labs, I left thinking well we accomplished that...but what did we really do? We didn't get to see the big picture of what we were doing a lot it felt like. Final project we had to trouble shoot and our labs we did to. 0 0 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 2 of 3 Outcome Perform preventative maintenance Yes 4 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result Feedback 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Install, modify and program industrial network systems on the devices and control levels. 4 100.00% 4 100.00% 4 100.00% 1 25.00% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 First year we did.. Good Teacher he explains well and you can tell he loves his job I think there are more interesting and better ways to teach this. Bring in a motorcycle brake system or some 'system' that we can see the big picture of how and why it works. Trainers are a good suplement but plugging hoses into cylinders to watch them go up and down didn't do it for me. I don't think that taught me many of the concepts. Yes Yes Modify, install, and maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems. 75.00% Everyday we worked with something different. Good Yes Yes Yes Modify, install, maintain, and program electronic and electromechanical systems 3 Everyday we did this We didn't cover this. Maintain parts and equipment inventory was good. Yes Yes Maintain parts and equipment inventory including service documentation. We didn't cover this really as far as I remember. This was good Everyday Everyday we did.. This was kind of a nightmare most times. Again, instruction before the lab would have been super helpful to just get an understanding of what we were doing and how to go about it. Obviously we are connecting things together. We knew that. But apart from that, we didn't get much background into concepts. would have been nice if the instructor had more knowledge on this subject 0 0 0 0 Yes Aggregate Assessment of Achievement Monday, November 18, 2013 66 97.06% 2 2.94% 0 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 3 of 3
