Hybrid, Online Courses for Optics & Photonics Education

Faculty Development Hybrid, Online Course – Fundamentals of Light & Lasers
As part of our efforts to provide faculty development in optics and photonics, OP-TEC has developed a hybrid, online faculty development course.  This course is being offered at no charge to high school, community college and technical college faculty interested in teaching a basic photonics course. This course covers OP-TEC’s Fundamentals of Light and Lasers and is taught online followed by a 3-day hands-on laboratory session in June 2012 at an OP-TEC partner college.
This Open Entry/Open Exit course is open October 3, 2011 through May 15, 2012.
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Employed Technicians – Hybrid, Online Course in Optics & Laser Fundamentals
OP-TEC is developing a hybrid, online course that provides a base for developing a basic understanding of optics and photonics.  This course will enhance the skills of technicians already employed in photonics related industries and provide technicians retraining into these industries a quicker path for becoming fully work ready.
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Dual Credit – Hybrid, Online Courses for High School Students
OP-TEC is currently pilot-testing an introductory hybrid, online photonics course for dual credit (secondary/post secondary). Students take the online portion of the course at their high school computer lab. Every two weeks, students travel to the college to complete the laboratory portion of the course. Upon completion of the course, students will receive high school credit for a technology course and college credit for a course that counts towards an associate degree in photonics.
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