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.
The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity to learn how to integrate Microsystems Technology into STEM curriculum. Participants will learn how to use select SCME’s kits in the classroom and be provided hands-on experience on the process steps for fabricating a MEMS micro-pressure sensor at the University of South Florida's Nanotechnology Research Education Center located in Tampa, Florida.
Each participant will actively complete and be trained on the following six SCME kits: Crystallography, Rainbow Wafer, Pressure Sensor Model, Lift-off, Pressure Sensor Process, and MEMS: Making Micro Machines. These kits will allow the participants to bring this cleanroom experience to the classroom.
Please note: This workshop at USF is by invitation only. If you want to be invited, contact Matt Pleil (mpleil@unm.edu) and fill out the application form.
CSUPERB is celebrating the 25th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in January. Beyond the anniversary objectives, the symposium program is designed to broaden exposure to cutting-edge biotechnologies, product-focused innovation and the spectrum of career paths available in the life sciences. The symposium brings CSU students, faculty and administrators together, as well as biotech professionals working in academia, government and industry. The program will feature two Poster sessions, a Career Networking session, the I2P Early-Stage Biotech Commercialization Challenge, a Graduate School Information session, and Award Talk sessions featuring student speakers competing for Symposium Awards.
The conference will feature presentations from representatives of ICT industry and education. Participants will be able to gather and share quality ICT education information, resources and practices, improve ICT education, prepare people for good ICT jobs, and help improve the economy.
U.S. community college educators in ICT-related programs are invited to attend this event free, and to submit a presentation proposal for quality ICT educational practices or stories. Qualified faculty in the MPICT region may be eligible to receive a stipend or partial expense reimbursement
The BATEC National Center for IT is among NSF ATE Centers co-producing this event, which is hosted locally in San Francisco by MPICT and the California Community College ICT Collaborative.
The American Association of Physics Teachers will return to New Orleans for its Winter 2013 Meeting, January 5-9. The Big Easy, well known for its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage, provides a lively and entertaining backdrop for physicists and physics educators as they meet to share information and ideas spanning a potpourri of themes (including physics of accelerator applications, physics of space weather, instructional innovations for the laboratory, reducing the achievement gap in physics, and online physics courses). And the meeting in New Orleans, "the birthplace of jazz," would not be complete without special sessions on the physics of sound, music, and all that jazz!
The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans with weekend workshops being held at a local university.
This meeting offers an opportunity for members, colleagues, and future physicists from around the world to participate in physics workshops, meet and greet other physics educators, form networks internationally, nationally and locally, engage exhibitors and learn about the latest physics resources.
This is a distance-learning 5 day training starting January 7th & ending January 11th, 2013 from 9a.m. - 5p.m CT
The virtual training sessions will be from 9a.m. - 1p.m. CT and labs will be made available from 1p.m. - 5p.m. CT.
This “train the trainer” track will prepare faculty to teach the technology-based Information Storage and Management (ISM) course offered through participating in the EMC Academic Alliance program and provide the hands-on experience to do the online ISM labs available through Network Development Group (NDG). Further it prepares faculty to become an EMC Proven Professional Information Storage Associate.
*Note: This training opportunity is for Teachers/Faculty. Verification of teaching status and institution will be requested.
PLEASE NOTE: Although there is no cost for the workshop, there will be a no-show fee of $500 billed directly to your institution for each registered individual who fails to cancel their registration a minimum of 10 business days prior to the first session of this course.
The ACE Faculty Experiential Learning Institute is five-day professional development experience designed for community college faculty, staff and administrators. The FELI is an experiential workshop involving more than fifty exercises and activities. These activities include but are not limited to large group discussion, small group sharing and presentations, movement activities, role-playing and reflection. ACE structures the activities to create a community of learners, and asks that all attendees be prepared to participate fully as active learners. Each FELI group is capped at 25 participants to ensure time for each participant to be heard.
The FELI workshop challenges participants in many ways:
Participants will be asked to closely examine reality versus perceptions in the areas of working styles, listening abilities and communications techniques.
Participants will experience the difference between outside-in learning and inside-out learning.
Participants will be asked to practice authentic communication and understand the value of self-awareness and self-disclosure as vehicles for the transformation of education.
A majority of participants report that they experience significant renewal and inspiration upon completion of a FELI.
The FELI can be offered as a stand-alone professional development activity or as a part of the process of bringing an ACE program to a college.
The FELI is the first step for faculty interested in teaching ACE classes.
This workshop simulates the transformative learning incorporated into the ACE Bridge Semester program for students.
This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphereTM, which consists of ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESXi 5 and vCenter Server 5. Completion of this course satisfies as a prerequisite to take the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam. Faculty participants who complete this course may enroll in any of several more-advanced vSphere courses. See www.vmware.com/education for advanced course options.
By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with academic institutions whereby their students may obtain the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) status and other VMware certifications. Participation in VMware vSphere will provide you with VMware vouchers for exams.
*Note: This training opportunity is for Teachers/Faculty. Verification of teaching status and institution will be requested. Participatints also will be assisted in the enrollment of their institution into VMWare IT Academy program during or prior to the course as needed.
The use of surveys for data collection is ubiquitous in evaluation, so writing good survey questions is an essential skill for any evaluator. In this webinar, EvaluATE will cover the essential DOs and DON’Ts of writing survey items. Crafting good questions is an art as well as a science and requires careful attention to context, including respondents, evaluation purposes, and intended use of results. In the webinar, facilitators dissect examples of good and bad question phrasing and response options, explore the implications of various question-and-answer formats for data analysis, and offer strategies to ensure that surveys will yield meaningful and useful data for participants' evaluations.
This webinar will take place from 1:00-2:30 pm EST.
This private workshop provides an introduction to POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) and explores the benefits of this approach to active learning in the classroom. Participants will experience a POGIL-based learning environment, analyze activities to understand how guided inquiry is structured in a POGIL classroom, and consider classroom facilitation and other issues related to the implementation of POGIL.
Learn about proven resources on increasing the number of female students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Participants will learn about effective, evidence-based strategies that they can use to recruit and retain female students in their STEM classes. The webinar is presented by Donna Milgram, Executive Director of the Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS).
In this webinar, participants will learn:
-What changed in one computer science program so that now 42% of their students are women.
-How a short course in spatial reasoning can significantly increase retention rates of female (and male) students.
-How community college technology programs in California created “leadership teams” to recruit and retain more female students.
-Step-by-step, how to use a blueprint worksheet to recruit more female students to STEM programs.
-How to use the free Proven Practices Collection on the IWITTS website to find even more valuable resources on recruiting and retaining women and girls in STEM.
This private workshop for independent school teachers from central states provides an introduction to POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) and explores the benefits of this approach to active learning in the classroom. Participants will experience a POGIL-based learning environment, analyze activities to understand how guided inquiry is structured in a POGIL classroom, and consider classroom facilitation and other issues related to the implementation of POGIL.
This 90-minute webinar is presented by The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME). Each live session is presented by subject matter experts and includes screen sharing, live chat, and Q & A.
The webinar will address the following: What is Statistical Process Control (SPC)? Why is it important in manufacturing microsystems? In addition, participants will discuss these key points about SPC:
• Process variation
• Statistical tools necessary to employ SPC
• Control Charts
• Interpreting Control Charts
Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), in partnership with Microsoft, is hosting a free technology conference for Boston students, parents and teachers at UMass Boston’s Campus Center on Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 7:30 am – 2 pm. Participants attending the EduTech Family Summit will be able to engage in hands-on learning about the latest Microsoft products and see how Microsoft’s Partners in Learning Network & Innovative Educators program can increase student engagement. Boxer Victor Ortiz will be the keynote speaker.
Increase the number of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classrooms with the strategies presented in the WomenTech Educators Online Training Fellowship. Based on proven practices, the workshop training curriculum includes the “best-of-the-best” of IWITTS strategies, culled from four National Science Foundation projects and over 18 years of success in assisting educational institutions in recruiting and retaining female students in programs around the country.
Participants will take away (learning outcomes):
• An easy-to-implement recruitment plan that will greatly increase the number of women and girls in their STEM classrooms.
• A retention plan that will increase the completion rate of female (and male students), starting this semester.
• The knowledge and confidence to put these plans into action, right away.
Fellowship includes:
• WomenTech Educators Online Training ($450 value). 10-week training starts January 28, 2013.
• Long-term follow up support for implementation ($300 value). 6 monthly live Support and Strategy sessions of 45-60 minutes each, starting in April 2013
• Women in Technology Outreach Kit ($150 value). Learn where to find female role models and exactly what to ask them. Includes easy-to-customize outreach materials like brochures, flyers and a PowerPoint Presentation.
• STEM Resources for Instructors to Help Women and Girls: An Annotated Bibliography ($35 value): Instant access to online role model resources that will help women and girls see themselves in all career pathways.
• Membership in the WomenTech Educators Online Learning Community (priceless)
Eligibility: Administrators, teachers, professors, instructors, counseling and outreach staff at two-year colleges from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs in which women are under-represented. Priority will be given to applicants who are connected to an ATE Project or Center.
The FETC brings education leaders and technology experts together to exchange techniques and strategies for teaching and learning. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to integrate different technologies across curricula - from kindergarten to college - while learning about the latest hardware, software, and successful strategies on student technology use. FETC is designed for teachers, principals and deans, district administrators, curriculum designers, media specialists, and technology directors.
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) will convene the annual Workforce Development Institute (WDI) Wednesday, January 30 through Saturday, February 2, 2013 in San Diego, CA.
Designed as a comprehensive program for community college-based workforce service providers, the Workforce Development Institute (WDI) is an annual three-day conference that aims to educate, invigorate, and motivate those who are new to workforce development as well as seasoned practitioners.
WDI brings together all the partners, community college professionals, businesses, government leaders, and nonprofit organizations for networking opportunities.
All participants will learn how to use tools and build a guitar that is structured to be used for classroom instruction.
Knowledge of use of DFLC FABLAB tools (Laser, RP, CNC) or Playing or owning a guitar is NOT a prerequisite for this workshop.
Attendees will learn about DFLC tools and techniques that are applied in a STEM Guitar building experience.
Objectives for the DFLC project are to:
-Establish the infrastructure and offerings for a pilot Digital Fabrication Learning Community that integrates Next Generation Manufacturing technician development.
-Develop a technology blueprint and test portal for a Digital Fabrication Learning Community to share digital fabrication curriculum and resources.
-Define a Digital Fabrication STEM Learning Model and evaluate ongoing impacts of digital and personal fabrication experiences on STEM learners in the pilot Digital Fabrication Learning Community.
