Utility Power Worker Supplemental Learning Materials
Collection of contextualized supplemental learning materials to help students study vocabulary and other key course concepts.
- Date:
- 2015
- Primary Material Type:
- Quiz/Test
- Other Material Types:
- Assignment, Drill and Practice
- Institution:
- Amarillo College
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 2
- Subjects:
- Contextualized learning, vocabulary, utility power worker, power line worker
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Ad hoc group of electrical energy provider employers from the Texas Panhandle region: provided input into curriculum redesign, emphasizing both technical and soft skills needed by new employees
- Industry Sector:
- Other Services (except Public Administration) -- Repair and Maintenance (811)
- Occupation:
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations -- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (49-9051)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Construction Trades (46)
- Credential Type:
-
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Educational Level of Materials:
-
- 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- Time required to complete each section will vary.
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.
- Quality Note:
- Part-time Supplemental Instructors observed classes, met with faculty, and reviewed course requirements to determine areas of concern for students. This allowed them to understand what supplemental activities needed to be developed to overcome problem areas and build bridges of support.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
-
- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
-
- Course Note:
- Utility Power Worker - Underground Distribution/Transmission Operations
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
-
- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Language - Markup
- Non Flickering Content
- STEM Content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) Markup
- Interactive - Keyboard
- Interactive - Markup
- Interactive - Text prompts
Copyright / Licensing