Moving Forward

Refining the Electrical Trades Training to an Alternative Delivery Model

Richard Kobayashi, VIU 2020

Alternative Delivery of Trades Training has been an exciting challenge. It has required a great deal of learning to take place while class is in progress. We’ve adapted on the run!

Looking back over the last six weeks, we found ourselves constantly refining and reacting to the actual outcomes of each day.

“This required an open minded, innovative and structured approach”

Structure: One of the main objectives has been to give students some type of course structure. Developing the daily schedules outlining the events for each day of the week created that sense of structure. The first daily schedule was very detailed but as the course progressed in the following weeks less detail was required as students became more comfortable with the routine.

Here are the main scheduling events:  

  • Muster (via Zoom) – Attendance and bridge to General Question and Answer
  • General Question and Answer for total class population
    • Time to ask about course material or other concerns
  • Lecture with Q & A  Total lecture time per day 5.0hrs
    • Course Content maximum 2 hours AM Break – 1.5 Hours PM  Break – 1.5 PM
  • Exams
    • Start at AM: see Exam parameters
  •  Small group meetings – once a week
    • Students assigned into small groups for Question and Answer
  • Break  times
    • One hour after first lecture
    • 15-20 minutes after second lecture and Code lecture

Digital Tools: Using VIULearn, we created online materials that students can access 24/7.

Quizzes – timing the delay of the results but giving enough time for review of errors

  • Set parameters, like time duration and access over a period of dates/times
  • Students allowed to see errors and correct answers

Exams – timing delayed until all students are finished

  • Set parameter like time duration (shorter) and access specific dates/times
  • Students allowed to see errors and correct answers

Labs: During the PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) Students were able to download software on their own PCs to build programs and test them.

If you’d like to see an example of the Daily Schedule, please click on the link below:  

ADT L4 DS W6 Apr 27 – May 1Download

                  Contact:   richard.kobayashi@viu.ca

Two minds = Great Things

Sparks of Innovation flow from the Electrical Department

March 24th, 2020

This week in Electrical saw the start of two Level 4 Apprenticeship classes, which provided a unique opportunity for innovation.

Thanks to the creative and courageous minds of Richard Kobayashi and Deanna Pye these two Level 4 Electrical Apprenticeship Cohorts have rolled out as one!

Richard and Dee will be co-teaching for the foreseeable future. We look forward to hearing more about the benefits for students and for faculty using this delivery model.

In the section below, Richard, who has previously taught Electrical Apprenticeship using digital tools such as D2L, shares the co-teaching plan for Week 1.

If you have questions, please connect with Richard via email Richard.Kobayashi@viu.ca

Alternative Delivery Training Daily Schedule

Level 4 Electrical Apprenticeship March –May 2020

* Subject to change, exclusion and additions

Day One

9:00am to 10:00am Muster

Communications

o ZOOM
 Everyone on line

  • Muted
  • Record lesson for play back
  • Try to take notes of lesson
  • Hands Up feature  Access to VIU Laptops
     Explore
     Place Students in their Groups
    • Students can form their own groups for group study
    • Scheduled times
       ZOOM Protocol for students o Email–directismoreprivate Hello Welcome Safety – Let’s all succeed o Patience–letusknow–don’tstruggleinsilence o Worktogether–SupportfromVIUandInstructors Attendance – Muster at 8:30am first lesson starts at 9:00am * Books and Materials o Level4Binders1&2(Modules)
       Note place Modules in order of Course Schedule o ExercisePackages
      o D2LAccessimportant
      o PLCSoftwareDownload(Zeliosoft2Version5.0) Orientation o AquicklookatD2L  Materials

Day One Continued…

 Quizzes are timed and dated (1 Week to complete-in one sitting) • Worth 1% each

• Three tries – only 80% maximum in last two tries o Highestmark

 Examinations

  • Have Specific schedule time and date
  • To be completed in one sitting on scheduled day and time

10am to 11:00am Morning Lesson

– First Year review
o ElectricalBasics–electronsmoving
o Ohm’s Law Volts (Electromotive Force), Amps (I), Resistance (R) o WattsLaw-PowerFormulaPie
o Kirchoff’sLaws

 Volt Drop/Volt Rise

 Currents at the node/connection
o Series/ParallelDCcircuits–Pureresistivecircuits o LineDropVolts
o LineLossWatts
o 3WireCircuits

11:00 am to Noon Break Exercises/Quizzes on D2L Lunch Noon to 1:30pm Afternoon Lesson

  • –  SMA/CMA
  • –  Voltmeter/Ammeters
  • –  Belts and Pulleys Student Work Assignments
  • –  Exercises
  • –  WHMIS
  • –  WCB 1:30pm to 3:30pm Question/Answer Discussion Groups

Group Ar and Ed Group Br and Fd Group Cr and Gd Group Dr and Hd

1:00 – 1:30pm Review Questions 1:30 – 2:00pm Review Questions 2:00 – 2:30pm Review Questions 2:30 – 3:00pm Review Questions

Day Two
8:00 am Communications

– Students should begin to set up Communication area with all Subject materials – Q&A

8:30am Muster Rally Attendance 9:00 am – 10:30am Morning Lesson

– Trigonometry and Triangles o Pythagorastheorem

o Vectors,ScalarsandPhasors o Quadrants
o Polar/Rectangularplotting

10:30amto11:00 Q&A
11:00 to Noon Break Exercises/Quizzes on D2L Lunch

Noon to 1:30pm Afternoon Lesson

  • –  Inductance and Capacitance in DC and AC
  • –  RLC Series and Parallel Circuits Student Work
  • –  Exercises
  • –  WHMIS
  • –  WCB
  • –  First Code Assignment 1:30pm to 3:30pm
    Question/Answer Discussion Groups – Note your Group and Time

Group Ar and Ed Group Br and Fd Group Cr and Gd Group Dr and Hd

1:00 – 1:30pm Review Questions 1:30 – 2:00pm Review Questions 2:00 – 2:30pm Review Questions 2:30 – 3:00pm Review Questions

Day Three
8:00 am Communications

– Students should begin to set up Communication area with all Subject materials – Q&A

8:30am Muster Rally Attendance

9:00 am – 10:30 am Morning Lesson

– Single Phase and Three Phase Transformers

10:30 am to 11:00am Q & A
11:00 to Noon Break Exercises/Quizzes on D2L Lunch

Noon to 1:30pm Afternoon Lesson

– Electronics
o Diode

o Transistors o SCRs

Student Work

  • –  Exercises
  • –  WHMIS
  • –  WCB
  • –  First Code Assignment 1:30pm to 3:30pm
    Question/Answer Discussion Groups – Note your Group and Time

Group Ar and Ed Group Br and Fd Group Cr and Gd Group Dr and Hd

1:00 – 1:30pm Review Questions 1:30 – 2:00pm Review Questions 2:00 – 2:30pm Review Questions 2:30 – 3:00pm Review Questions

Day Four
8:00 am Communications

– Students should begin to set up Communication area with all Subject materials – Q&A

8:30am Muster Rally Attendance 9:00 am – 10:30am Morning Lesson

– DC Machines and Controls

10:30 am To 11:00am Q & A 11:00am to Noon Break

Noon to 1:30pm Afternoon Lesson – AC Machines and Controls

Student Work

  • –  Exercises
  • –  WHMIS
  • –  WCB
  • –  First Code Assignment

Exercises/Quizzes on D2L

Lunch

1:30pm to 3:30pm
Question/Answer Discussion Groups – Note your Group and Time

Group Ar and Ed Group Br and Fd Group Cr and Gd Group Dr and Hd

1:00 – 1:30pm Review Questions 1:30 – 2:00pm Review Questions 2:00 – 2:30pm Review Questions 2:30 – 3:00pm Review Questions

Day Five
9:00 am Assigned Studies

Extra Lecture Student Work

  • –  Exercises
  • –  WHMIS
  • –  WCB
  • –  First Code Assignment