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 [email protected].
The National Council for Geographic Education, US Geological Survey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and West Valley College (in Saratoga CA) are partnering to offer professional development for GIS instructors at two-year colleges, high schools, and universities interested in collaborationg with two-year college geospatial programs. The program builds on the successful iGETT project (Integrated Geospatial Education and Technical Training), recently completed with ATE funding by the same group of collaborators. The new program, iGETT – Remote Sensing, enables participants to teach workforce skills that integrate remote sensing data with GIS.
iGETT – Remote Sensing is currently recruiting the first of two cohorts. Cohort 1 will join the project in February 2013; Cohort 2 in February 2014. Each will participate in monthly webinars and two summer institutes, held at the USGS EROS Center and/or the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, over an 18-month period. More information about both the original iGETT project and the current project and Cohort 1 applications for iGETT-Remote Sensing (due December 20, 2012) are available at http://igett.delmar.edu.
This six-week online course uses a series of online presentations, webinars, topic resources, assignments, and quizzes to teach the basics of wind electric systems. Participants will learn how to define wind energy and how residential wind energy systems work. This course will provide a basis for making informed decisions about the design, sizing, and siting of wind energy systems.
This course is an online course and will require participants to attend an online webinar for each week of the course.
This six-week online course uses a series of online presentations, webinars, topic resources, assignments, and quizzes to teach the basics of solar electric systems. Participants will learn how photovoltaic (PV) systems work, diagram the four PV system types, describe and identify components, understand the best application and limitations of each system type, define the solar window, make energy efficiency recommendations, estimate system loads, and understand the basics of PV site assessment.
This course is an online course and will require participants to attend an online webinar for each week of the course.
This course will guide participants through the design process for a utility interactive residential or small commercial PV system. Participants will become familiar with the procedures, tools, and resources used to select equipment, determine equipment location, plan system layout, perform string sizing, determine breaker size, and site the array. Participants will apply their knowledge by solving design challenges in three PV system case studies.
This course is an online course and will require participants to attend an online webinar for each week of the course.
Defense, Security, and Sensing is the largest annual collection of conferences focused on imaging, sensors, lasers and system applications. It is held in Baltimore, Maryland, a region that is the heart of the U.S. defense, security and aerospace industries, and home to many important educational institutions working in these fields.
There are 62 co-located technical conferences covering the latest research and developments in imaging, sensors, lasers, and system applications.
Learn about the latest research and network with experts, vendors, and colleagues from government, military, aerospace, academia and industry from around the world. SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing attracts more than 6,500 top scientists, engineers and product developers, and offers an opportunity to connect with industry leaders and government program directors.
There are more than 55 courses and workshops conducted by experts from academia, government and industry on the latest technologies and training needed to stay competitive in the today’s job market.
Defense, Security, and Sensing features renowned keynote speakers who provide the latest overview of key governmental department missions relevant to this industry.
The annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, now in its 38th year, is a conference for people interested in public policy issues facing the science, engineering, and higher education communities. It is a place where insiders go to learn what is happening and what is likely to happen in the coming year on the federal budget and the growing number of policy issues that affect researchers and their institutions. Come to the Forum, learn about the future of S&T policy, and engage with the people who will shape it.
This webinar will explore the role of affective or non-cognitive learning in meeting the needs of basic skills students and why it is an important precursor to academic performance. Evidence of academic and affective outcomes will be presented from multiple colleges. Webinar participants will understand how affective learning is important to meeting the needs of today’s basic skills students, and will be clear about next steps for bringing this innovation to their campuses.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary’s Honors Program (SHP) Cyber Student Initiative offers an unpaid student volunteer position to current two-year community college students, including student veterans, pursuing a program of study in a cybersecurity-related field. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3111, these student volunteer positions will provide an opportunity to develop and gain invaluable hands-on experience at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) forensics lab. The program is tailored to provide highperforming students with challenging work projects, real-life learning scenarios, and mentoring from cybersecurity professionals at ICE.
This annual event attracts over 5,000 international attendees encompassing all areas of advanced materials and processes. Growing each year, features include a conference program boasting 10 concurrent tracks and over 300 presentations on the latest applications and market developments.
The conference theme is “Advanced Materials and Processes: Enabling the Future.” The Conference began with six educational tutorials, followed by a full three-day technical program. The technical program included five Featured Speakers, four Interactive Panels, and over 150 technical presentations in tracks that captures the theme of the conference. These five major tracks include: Applications, Manufacturing, Materials, M&P Support Technologies, and Nanotechnology.
Come forth and explore the world of nanotechnology. Participants will learn about: The growing applications of nano in industries including: biotechnology, MEMS, optoelectronics, and many more. The basics of nanofabrication processes and tools. A tour of class 10 cleanrooms in the Penn State Nanofabrication Facility and the CNEU Teaching Cleanroom. This workshop is designed for: Post-Secondary, Secondary Science, Technology, and Vocational-Technical Educators; Guidance Counselors; School Administrators, and others. Financial support may be available to qualified applicants. Interested in implementing a nano program or courses in a home institution? Interested in learning what NACK is doing in Pennsylvania? A two-year institution? Or, a four year institution in partnership with a two-year or technical school? A secondary science, technology or vocational technical teacher, administrator or counselor that teaches or is involved in the administration of the STEM curriculum at an institution? If so, participants can apply for support funding. See website for more details.
This workshop focuses on global water issues. These issues include water-related disasters, water foot-printing and water conservation. Also covered are classic water science topics like watersheds and the chemistry of water.
In this course, participants will learn about pressure sensors and will build a micro-pressure sensor in an actual research cleanroom.
This workshop includes:hands-on cleanroom processing in the University of South Florida cleanroom, classroom instruction on pressure sensors and the manufacturing process, cleanroom safety training, brainstorming, networking and coaching on how this material can be used in classrooms using SCME’s educational kits.
Full scholarships are available to participants from around the country.
Community colleges face a perfect storm: industry is seeking opportunities for very customized approaches to training and education and the colleges are facing budget pressures that new sources of revenue can help mitigate. Enter the corporate college—and the changing business landscape. What are corporate colleges? How do they work? How do they run? What is the relationship to the community college? And more importantly, do they make money? Join an experienced panel and explore the ins and outs of corporate colleges. To register, visit: http://www.matecnetworks.org/growth.php
This webinar will take place from 1:00-2:30 pm EST.
This one-day course uses a combination of lecture and classroom activities to teach the basics of solar electric systems. Participants will learn how photovoltaic (PV) systems work, diagram the four PV system types, describe and identify components, understand the best application and limitations of each system type, define the solar window, make energy efficiency recommendations, estimate system loads, and understand the basics of PV site assessment.
Participants in this one-day course will learn how to perform a PV site assessment for a home or small business. The course will cover site assessment tools, load analysis, energy efficiency recommendations, array placement options, basic system sizing, cost estimates, and evaluating existing infrastructure on site. Participants will learn how to access online tools for solar resource analysis, PV system performance calculators, and incentives.
To receive the MREA PV Site Assessor Certificate, participants will need to complete this course, two practice site assessments, pass the written test, and pay a $50 exam fee.
This online course is a requirement for instructors interested in teaching MREA's accredited Photovoltaics Site Assessment Certificate program (ANSI-IREC 14732:2012) at their institution. Participants are paired with a technology subject expert as they learn to apply the tech mentoring tools to practice site assessment reports. This course covers instructional materials and tech mentoring strategies as well as procedures for the MREA's Photovoltaics Site Assessment Certificate. This is a 16-hour, online course with 8 instructor contact hours and 8 hours instructor-guided, self-paced work.
Collaborating with 12 community colleges and Bio-Link, the DNALC is offering week-long Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops. Workshop participants will utilize cutting-edge science tools in hands-on laboratories and bioinformatics investigations, and deepen awareness of rewarding careers for their students. Participants will update their pedagogy while networking with biotech leaders and colleagues. A continuum of faculty from secondary education, 2-year colleges, and universities are invited to apply. The National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program is funding all instruction, workshop materials, meals/refreshments, and a stipend of $300. Further support for travel or other related expenses is not available.
The Genomic Approaches in BioSciences workshops will focus on four key technologies - PCR, DNA Sequencing, RNA interference, and Bioinformatics - that will prepare students for specialized life science elective courses, independent research projects, and biotechnology careers.
Genomic Approaches in BioSciences will integrate theoretical, laboratory, and computer technology with practical advice on classroom management and career exploration. Time will be included for independent work, lesson planning, and preparation for classroom projects. Each workshop is led by DNALC staff members and college faculty who collaborated in the development of the course modules.
This two-day course uses lecture and hands-on classroom activities to teach the basic principles of PV system design and installation. Participants will learn system sizing, system layout, battery connections, safety, and basic installation techniques. Participants will size, connect, and test a small stand-alone system and a utility interactive system. This course is recommended for participants working toward NABCEP PV Installer Certification or planning on attending MREA advanced courses.
In the More Female Students in Just One Year Training and System workshop, participants will learn: how to increase the number of women in their classes; three top recruitment strategies - according to the women themselves; why changing institutional thinking isn't enough, and what participants can do about it; things women want to hear up front that will keep them engaged; and 3 simple techniques participants can implement tomorrow so their female students will excel in the lab.
This workshop is intended for administrators, teachers, professors, instructors, counseling and outreach and recruitment staff that are 1) ATE grantees or 2) nominated by the American Association of Community Colleges or the League for Innovation in the Community College. The Workshop will be capped at 30 participants, and the application deadline is February 15.
The Rapid.Tech 2013 trade fair and user’s conference for Rapid Technology will track the process development from the prototype until the generative manufactured final product. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a generative manufacturing method. It benefits from the exchange of experience with constructing engineers and users.
The ATE Team routinely holds free beginners and advanced courses for academic personnel. The ATE team's workshops are designed to bring instructors up to date on current Xilinx FPGA chips and tools. Sponsorship is available for instructors. This beginner course assumes that participants have a basic understanding of digital logic and can develop simple circuits.
This four-day course offers participants an advanced level of lecture and hands-on learning that will prepare them for field installations and other advanced courses. Participants will learn how to correctly design, size, and select PV system components and identify and interpret National Electric Code (NEC) articles that pertain to the installations. While working on a training roof, participants will learn safety procedures, system design and layout, component selection and specification, electrical and mechanical integration techniques, and troubleshooting.
The ATE Team routinely holds free beginners and advanced courses for academic personnel. The ATE team's workshops are designed to bring instructors up to date on current Xilinx FPGA chips and tools. Sponsorship is available for instructors. This beginner course assumes that participants have a basic understanding of digital logic and can develop simple circuits.
In Phoenix, a number of world-renowned assets are in position to address a variety of health issues, from genetic diseases to chronic behavioral disease. The presence of these assets, both physical and human based, drew our attention to the topic of Healing in the Nano City. We want to better understand how diverse sets of knowledge and skills can be best brought to bear on illnesses. We want to pay particular attention to equity and equality in the distribution of health care services that are enabled by future technologies.
How will different knowledge sets contribute to addressing diseases in the future? Are new pathways of disease detection, via novel imaging technology or genetics, assisting in our understanding of illnesses? How might we treat genetic disease in the future? How will we ensure equitable distribution of nanotechnology enabled health care services? How will people respond to these new ways of understanding and treating disease?
This course is an introduction to the concepts and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The course presents conceptual and practical discussions of the analysis of spatial information with the addition of exercises using the ESRI ArcGIS suite of applications. The class is designed to provide a basic introduction to GIS including spatial data structures and sources, spatial tools, spatial data display and query, map generation, and basic spatial analysis using ArcGIS software. It is the foundation for the rest of the classes offered in our GIS series.
The Registration Fee to attend the Institute is $600, including snacks, lunches and five days of training.
Important! Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations at the The Presidential Hotel (Reservations by phone 217-544-8800). State House Inn by Clarion. Be sure to ask for the "Working Connections/Lincoln Land" rate when making reservations.
Illinois community college faculty are encouraged to register prior to Friday, February 9, 2013. Afterwards, registration will be open to technical staff, K-12 teachers and faculty from other states.
Full payment is expected by May 1, 2013. Cancellations after May 1 will incur a $200 cancellation fee.
Graduate Credit from the University of Illinois-Springfield:
Graduate credit is being offered again for all curriculum tracks through UIS.
Graduate students will need to register (and complete all paper work) with Ted Mims before the beginning of the Institute (May 23, 2013).
More details can be found on The Working Connections website.
Brent Sieling will lead this course covering the topics and labs to help participants run their own CCNA Voice (VOIP) course. There will be some discussion of Cisco Unified Communication Manager Express (CME), the router-based call agent. However, many instructors have some experience with CME, so the majority of the course will focus on Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM), the server-based call agent and Cisco Unity Connection (CUC), the server-based voicemail solution. Participants will need to bring a USB external hard drive (preferably USB 3) with at least 50 gigs of free space to hold their VMs. Each attendee will receive a copy of the CCNA Voice lab book.
Prerequisite: This course is intended for instructors who have working knowledge of CCNA working concepts.
Registration Fee: $400 for Wisconsin Technical College and high school full-time faculty.
All others: Email for information.
CCNA 1 & 2 Exploration Instructor Certification (CCAI) for Teachers May 20 -24, 2013 This 5 day course will prepare teachers to instruct students using the CCNA 1 and CCNA 2 Exploration Curriculum. The course will consist of some lecture but will primarily consist of lab exercises. The lecture will provide instruction on the content as well as tips to help instruct future students. The labs are intended to provide hands on exercises to reinforce the topic as well as provide the student with an opportunity to see and touch the technology described.
CCNA 1 will focus primarily on network protocols and the OSI model. Here attendees will use Wireshark to capture and analyze traffic at each relevant layer of the OSI model.
CCNA 2 will focus primarily on configuring a Cisco router and building an internetwork of devices using static routing and the routing protocols RIP, EIGRP, and OSPF.
Attendees will be expected to read the course materials prior to the beginning of the course. The course moves at an extremely fast pace. Attendees should be ready to ask questions about the material when the course begins.
Prerequisite: This course is intended for instructors who have working knowledge of computers.
Instructor: Ross Bagurdes has been an Information Technology instructor at Madison Area Technical College since 2011. He specializes in instruction in networking instruction including the CCNA Discovery & Exploration Cisco curriculum as well as teaching an advanced firewall & VPN class. Ross’s background includes over 15 years of experience in System Administration and Network Administration in large enterprise environment with over 700 servers, 500 switches, 1000 wireless access points and over 10,000 PCs and other clients on the network. Prior to this, he was an instructor at Herzing College for 5 years where he developed their Networking Curriculum. Ross holds a CCNP Certification and is a Cisco Certified Instructor Trainer for CCNA Exploration and Discovery.
Registration Fee: $400 for Wisconsin Technical College and high school full-time faculty.
All others: Email for information.
Advanced iPhone/iPad Applications Development for Teachers May 20 - 24, 2013 This 5 day course focuses on advanced features of the iPhone for applications development, including GPS for location-aware applications, motion sensing, and network-aware applications. A portion of the class deals with application design issues including sharing applications. Design concepts and programming tools will be integrated with an emphasis on developing and deploying iPhone and iPad applications under iOS 5. Prerequisite: iPhone/iPad Applications Development for Teachers course or equivalent training/experience. Instructor: Eric Knapphas been a full time Information Technology instructor at Madison Area Technical College since 2000. He has taught Java, Ruby on Rails and PHP with MySQL at MATC and is the lead developer of JavaScript curriculum for the Programmer/Analyst Associate Degree program. Eric's background includes over 15 years of IT systems development experience, including web development work on major e-commerce sites.
Registration Fee: $400 for Wisconsin Technical College and high school full-time faculty.
All others: Please email for information.
This online/hands-on hybrid course is designed for instructors who will be offering photovoltaic technical training at their organization.
Participants will advance through lecture, hands-on installation, and design work that covers the MREA course content for PV 101 (Basic Photovoltaics), PV 205 (Intermediate Photovoltaics), and PV 301 (PV Design and Installation Lab).
This is a 40-hour course consisting of eight hours of online lecture materials in advance of four days of hands-on activities working on PV systems in Central Wisconsin.
Tuesdays, May 21-June 11, 2013: online portion (PV 101 and PV 205)
June 17-20, 2013: onsite lab activities (PV 205 and PV 301) - Central Wisconsin locations
*Additional advanced trainings are planned in conjunction with The Energy Fair, which begins on June 21, 2013.
This year, with the underlying theme of innovation education in an electronic world, presenters and keynotes will be selected to advance the STEM agenda and “ways to maximize innovation and creativity education utilizing the best practices, pedagogy, and technology available.” Major topics of the 48th Annual National Association for Workforce Improvement (NAWI) Conference include: What is effective online delivery?, problem-based and experiential learning, innovative funding models for STEM education, developing the next generation of makers, and defining education success in an "e-world."
This hands-on workshop focuses on wetlands, and explores the characteristics, the functions and the value of wetlands. Each topic will be illustrated with activities that educators can use with their classes. Each participant will receive a copy of WOW!: The Wonders of Wetlands, a nationally acclaimed educators’ guide to wetland education. The WOW educator’s curriculum guide includes over 50 hands-on activities for grades K-12 that are correlated to the National Science Education Standards.
The Association for Psychological Science's Annual Convention brings together psychological researchers and academics for an exciting program that covers the entire spectrum of innovative research in psychological science.
This workforce summit includes panels on Priming the Pump, The Biofuels Production and Analysis Industry, Biofuels Production and Analysis Programs at Community Colleges, and What Do Biofuels Technicians Do? The summit also includes Breakout Sessions for Biofuels Production and Analysis, and Report Out on Biofuels Production and Analysis.
This workshop will provide college faculty with lecture material and laboratory techniques that can be used to teach these topics to undergraduate students at their home institution. The workshop will introduce participants to a variety of topics in biotechnology and molecular genetics, with a particular emphasis on modern techniques for DNA sequencing, genotyping and the statistical analyses for the evolution of populations and species.
Topics to be covered:
Introduction to molecular biology and cloning - The workshop will provide an overview of the central dogma of Biology: transcription and translation of genes. Discussion will include DNA replication, types and implications of mutations, in vitro cloning, and basics of DNA extraction, PCR, DNA genotyping and sequencing.
DNA genotyping and sequencing – Laboratory techniques will be performed to analyze genetic variation to examine evolution of populations and species. Several types of DNA genotyping and DNA sequencing techniques will be covered and performed in the laboratory.
Data mining and analysis – Computer analysis will be used for DNA genotypic analysis and DNA sequence analysis to determine variation within and among populations and comparison of species.
Modeling in population and evolutionary genetics - Models in population and evolutionary genetics are important to understand the complex processes of divergence and adaptation of populations and species. Simple models and computer programs will be used to conduct population genetic simulations that will examine the effect of genetic drift, mutation, selection and gene flow in population and evolutionary genetics.
What are the best practices to help female students succeed and thrive in science, technology engineering and math programs? There are proven, low-cost strategies that high schools, colleges and universities can implement right away so that more female students will complete their STEM education.
At the webinar, participants will learn:
*How to create a campus-wide retention effort to boost success
*Tools to get students off to a positive start & breed confidence
*Ways to engage female students when the numbers in STEM are small
*Real world success: Actionable examples of women in STEM programs
