The University of Tennessee Partners with the Life Cycle Institute to Design and Deliver a Certification Course
The Situation
The University of Tennessee wanted to offer a five day Lean Reliability certification course at its Center for Executive Education. The Center’s strength was academic study; however they wanted the certification program to focus on
practical, real-world application. To achieve this goal, they looked for an industry partner to design and deliver a certification course that demonstrates the real world application of course concepts.
The Solution
The University of Tennessee (UT) and Life Cycle Engineering partnered to design and deliver a five day certificate program on establishing foundational reliability in support of Lean Manufacturing. The course was taught jointly by
University instructors and Life Cycle Engineering consultant practitioners to provide the most value for learners.
Life Cycle Engineering Principal Consultants and Institute Learning Consultants partnered with UT academic staff to complete a course design and delivery plan. The design team implemented a development process that included:
- Defining learning objectives
- Determining activities/exercises to reach learning objectives
- Learning Consultant-SME partnership
- Preparing modular structure
- Course design reviews
- Product delivery
University of Tennessee academic staff held overall project management responsibility while the Institute Learning Consultant and LCE principal Consultant facilitated the course design process. To define learning objectives,
the Institute LC worked with LCE SMEs and the sponsor to determine what a training participant should be able to do after the training in order to be successful. From these “need to know” actions, the LCE team crafted measurable learning objectives.
The LCE team facilitated discussion between the design team members on different activities and exercises that can be used to reach the cognition levels determined by the learning objective.
The team then structured the content and activities into a modular, participantcentered design by incorporating elements of content, participation, review and the four principles of adult learning. To ensure alignment and control the work scope, the teams then coordinated milestone design reviews with the UT team.
LCE incorporated its contribution to the certification program. The LCE team delivered the product in collaboration with the UT academic team to ensure an active, participant-centered delivery.
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