OP-TEC, the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, is a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence with the stated mission of promoting photonics education and assisting colleges around the country in developing and implementing educational programs that support expansion of this critical new technology.
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, 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
Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Modules:
* Module 1: Nature and Properties of Light
* Module 2: Optical Handling and Positioning
* Module 3: Light Sources and Laser Safety
* Module 4: Basic Geometrical Optics
* Module 5: Basic Physical Optics
* Module 6: Principles of Lasers
This online 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 Indian Hills Community College.
Next course date: Starts March 1, 2010 (12-week course runs 3/1/10 – 5/21/10)
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 Indian Hills Community College (Ottumwa, Iowa), 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. The laboratory session will be scheduled for June 17-19, 2010.
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, 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
Fundamentals of Light and Lasers Modules:
* Module 1: Nature and Properties of Light
* Module 2: Optical Handling and Positioning
* Module 3: Light Sources and Laser Safety
* Module 4: Basic Geometrical Optics
* Module 5: Basic Physical Optics
* Module 6: Principles of Lasers
This online 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 Indian Hills Community College.
Next course date: Starts March 1, 2010 (12-week course runs 3/1/10 – 5/21/10)
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 Indian Hills Community College (Ottumwa, Iowa), 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. The laboratory session will be scheduled for June 17-19, 2010.
