The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education OP-TEC will be offering a hybrid, online faculty development course. The course will cover OP-TEC’s Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. Each of the six modules will be taught online over a two-week period with a high level of self-paced instruction combined with an interactive component facilitated by e-mail exchanges and chat room discussions. Modules include Nature and Properties of Light, Optical Handling and Positioning, Light Sources and Laser Safety, Basic Geometrical Optics, Basic Physical Optics and Principles of Lasers. This course is being offered at no charge to high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course. Participants who successfully complete the 12-week course and 3-day laboratory session will receive a certificate of completion from OP-TEC. Participants will also be awarded 9 CEUs from Camden County College. The course is scheduled to start September 21, 2009. The six modules will be taught over a 12-week period. After the completion of Module 6, all participants will spend a 3-day period at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ, where they will have the opportunity to conduct all laboratory experiments included in the course and discuss with experienced instructors best practices for teaching the materials. This laboratory session will be scheduled for June 2010 and will be arranged at a time that is mutually agreeable to the participants. The online course and materials will be offered at no charge. Participants will be responsible for all travel and lodging expenses to attend the 3-day laboratory session. To complete the course, participants must have access to a computer, printer, telephone/cell phone and internet access. Participants will utilize the Blackboard system. Applications are accepted online or by mail or fax. Online and printable application forms are available at www.op tec.org/online/faculty. Applications must be received by September 16, 2009. For more information, please visit www.op-tec.org/online/faculty, call 254-741-8338 x394 or e-mail [email protected].