{"id":9456,"date":"2018-01-22T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2018-01-22T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T19:37:42","slug":"solidworks-world-education-breakouts-connect-project-based-learning-user-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2018\/01\/solidworks-world-education-breakouts-connect-project-based-learning-user-community.html","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS World &#8211; Education Breakouts Connect Project Based Learning and User Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9459 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_183009-e1516647300722-615x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_183009-e1516647300722-615x447.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_183009-e1516647300722-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_183009-e1516647300722-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_183009-e1516647300722-728x530.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.solidworks.com\/solidworks-world-2018\">SOLIDWORKS World<\/a> brings together educators, commercial users, and SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swugn.org\/swugn\/about.html\">SWUGN<\/a>) leaders.\u00a0 One SWUGN leader, Elise Moss, checks all those boxes and more as she presents her SOLIDWORKS World Breakout Session, &#8220;Project Based Learning with SOLIDWORKS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9460\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-615x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-615x444.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-728x525.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As an instructor at <a href=\"https:\/\/laney.edu\/\">Laney College<\/a>, Oakland, CA, Elise&#8217;s program focuses on direct learning outcomes with relevant hands-on student projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9461\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render-615x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render-615x401.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render-728x475.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SOLIDWORKS-World-Laney-College-Student-Projects-Render.jpg 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elise is always thinking about her students as she prepares them for jobs.\u00a0 Over the years, she sent me beautiful images, <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/reader\/wpblogsteacher\/2010%252F07%252Fsolidworks-tutorial-car-assembly-project.html\/-solidworks-tutorial-car-assembly-project\">tutorials<\/a>, and videos of what her students have\u00a0accomplished.\u00a0 \u00a0She has also helped to create retraining programs to provide SOLIDWORKS skills to designers who need new opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9463\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SW-Virtual-Tester-615x342.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SW-Virtual-Tester-615x342.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SW-Virtual-Tester-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SW-Virtual-Tester.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, she has provided the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exam CSWA to her students.\u00a0 As an early adopter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/education\/certification-programs-cad-students.htm\">SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification Provider Program<\/a>, Elise&#8217;s graduates can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/solidworks.virtualtester.com\/#userdir_button\">SOLIDWORKS Certification<\/a> directory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9462\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_205313-615x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_205313-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_205313-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_205313-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/IMG_20170420_205313-728x546.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elise is the SWUGN leader for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swugn.org\/swugn\/calendar\/ugdetails.htm?id=427\"> Laney College&#8217;s SolidWorks User Group<\/a>.\u00a0 The user group is open to students at Laney College and members of the SOLIDWORKS community.\u00a0 Yes there is free pizza.<\/p>\n<p>As an accomplished designer and author, Elise is president of the company, <strong>Moss Designs<\/strong>.\u00a0 Current projects involve developing new automation equipment, including working with large robots.<\/p>\n<p>Elise will be at SOLIDWORKS World 2018 February 4-8, Los Angeles, CA. Thank you Elise for sharing your story and helping so many in the SOLIDWORKS Community.\u00a0 See you soon.\u00a0 Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"469\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"469\">Project Based Learning with Solidworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLIDWORKS World brings together educators, commercial users, and SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN) leaders.\u00a0 One SWUGN leader, Elise Moss, checks all those boxes and more as she presents her SOLIDWORKS World Breakout Session, &#8220;Project Based Learning with SOLIDWORKS.&#8221; As an<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2018\/01\/solidworks-world-education-breakouts-connect-project-based-learning-user-community.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5381,4184,5760,5204,5492,4015,4770,5380],"tags":[4058,4039,6377,6375,6376,3931,4330,5312],"class_list":["post-9456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cad-2","category-cad-instructor","category-certification","category-curriculum-2","category-design-2","category-mechanical-engineering","category-solidworks-tutorials","category-stem-science-technology-engineering-and-math","tag-certification","tag-cswa","tag-elise-moss","tag-laney-college","tag-moss-designs","tag-solidworks","tag-solidworks-world","tag-swugn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9456"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9466,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions\/9466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}