The National Center for Optics and Photonic Education (OP-TEC), is a National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center of Excellence with the mission of promoting photonics education and assisting colleges around the United States in developing and implementing educational programs that support expansion of this critical technology.
As part of its efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC offers a hybrid, online faculty development course in optics and photonics. This Open Entry/Open Exit course has been developed for faculty whose schedules demand a more flexible course timeline. It is perfect for busy faculty who might have difficulty keeping up with weekly assignments in a "scheduled" course, but who would have a period or periods of time during the semester or school year that would allow them to complete assignments and exams independently and at their own pace. It is also an excellent opportunity for junior faculty, adjunct faculty, and lab technicians who may need to prepare to teach a college level or dual credit introductory photonics course.
This online course is being offered at no charge to U.S. high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course.
The course will cover OP-TEC's Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. 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.
Online: The course is facilitated by an instructor experienced in teaching photonics concepts at the college level and will require a high level of independent self-paced instruction. The six modules will be completed online and through email with the instructor. Though this course is self-paced, participants must pass all six End of Module tests by May 15, 2013 to be eligible to attend the Capstone Laboratory Experience in June 2013.
Hands-on: After successful completion of all six modules by May 15, 2013, participants will spend a 3-day Capstone Laboratory Experience at an OP-TEC partner college where they will have the opportunity to conduct laboratory experiments included in the course and discuss with experienced instructors best practices for teaching the materials.
Participants who successfully complete the online course and the 3-day laboratory session will receive a certificate of completion from OP-TEC. Participants may also apply for 9 CEUs from an OP-TEC partner college.
No tuition or materials fees! Participants will be responsible for travel, lodging, and meals for the 3-day lab session in June 2013.
Applications are accepted online or by email. For more information and registration, please visit http://www.op-tec.org/faculty, call 254-751-9000, or email op-tec@op-tec.org.
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AACC's 2012 Washington Advocacy Seminar is an intensive seminar designed for community college officials and other advocates who want an insider's view of how Washington formulates higher education policy.
All sessions provide access to the highest level policymakers. Participants will learn more about how they can influence legislative and regulatory decisions, gain targeted resources for their colleges, and improve media relations.
This seminar is specifically designed for community college presidents, trustees, government relations directors, and other senior campus officials who would like insight into the mechanics of Washington higher education politics.
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The C3 Conference is a professional development event for educators in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region. The core mission of the C3 Conference is to inform the educational community about the ethical, legal, safety, and security implications of technology use and illustrate how educators and parents can apply these concepts to their own setting.
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The annual Best Practices and Innovations Conference, sponsored by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and the National Council of Local Administrators (NCLA), offers this annual conference career and technical educators and administrators. The conference includes breakout sessions focused on career and technical education, roundtable presentations, and three keynote speakers.
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Designed for information security insiders, business innovators and aspiring professionals, this two-day conference features national thought leaders, showcases business opportunities, and provides networking. CyberMaryland 2012 is for technology companies, business leaders, students, emerging professionals, policy makers, elected officials, business services, and entrepreneurs in public and private enterprise.
CyberMaryland 2012 culminates with the inaugural National Cyber Security Hall of Fame recognizing pioneers in areas of technology, education, business, policy and public awareness.
The National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) provides information, leadership, technical assistance, networking opportunities, and professional development for Career Pathways and Tech Prep practitioners interested in the academic and career success of secondary and postsecondary students.
The 150+ breakout sessions are organized into seven strands: instructional innovations, career counseling & coaching, adult career pathways, leadership and operational strategies, postsecondary transitions, workforce & economic development, and sustainability.
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The conference offers several workshops, aimed at demonstrating ways in which community colleges can promote student success in education and training, and how they can prepare the future workforce for operating within a global economy.
The conference also includes several keynote speakers, with topics including work skills, business and industry changes, and tribal colleges.
The American Association of Community Colleges with the support of the National Science Foundation will hold the nineteenth national ATE Principal Investigators Conference, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference brings together approximately 850 people to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Key people working on ATE projects across the country participate in the conference. Conference attendees represent community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a wide variety of areas such as: information technology, engineering technology, micro- and nanotechnologies, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others.
The Medical Manufacturing Innovations (MMI) event is a comprehensive, specialized 2-day event focused on and tailored for Medical Manufacturers, Dental device Manufacturers, Suppliers - demonstrating the needs of the manufacturing community, and Equipment & Contract manufacturers.
In response to the success of MMI Toronto 2010, the definitive industry event returns for its second year at the International Centre in Ontario to provide key medical and dental device professionals a platform to meet and learn about the latest technologies, discuss issues and solutions facing the industry and network with valuable peers.
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Topical, dynamic conference sessions will also take place at MMI Toronto 2012 with the purpose of exploring applications and implementations, among other topics, presented by industry experts.
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This segment will be conducted as a panel session featuring ATE PIs who have been successful in tracking their grads. The workshop will be led by Lori Wingate, PI for EvaluATE, the Evaluation Resource Center for the ATE program and Kevin Cooper, PI for the Regional Center For Nuclear Energy Education and Training. The session includes hands-on activities for participants to apply the concepts to their own ATE grants.
New opportunities abound in the midst of transformations in technology, business, and culture. Inspired by Disney’s innovative vision, the cybersecurity community will gather at the Magic Kingdom on October 25-26 to look at change as a chance to achieve excellence. Disruptions like "big data”, "cloud computing”, massive collaboration, and business transformation make it possible to blaze new trails and build effective foundations. The goal of this conference is to discuss how to enable work forces to be mobile and productive while protecting sensitive data.
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