[labnetwork] Online Microfabrication course

[Jugessur, Aju S]

Dear colleagues,


The UIMF/OSTC together with UI Distance and Online Education is launching a new Online 3 s.h. course in Micro and Nanofabrication, with remote and real-time lab sessions in the fall 2017.

https://myui.uiowa.edu/my-ui/courses/details.page?_ticket=YK8k1mpn9ICJPH2SIqN6VhZJ3sxV9FxR&id=840635&ci=169614


This is a new endeavor that is attempting to bring various state-of-the-art labs in micro/nafabfrication to students, including both on-campus and remote students. This pilot project was made possible through the UI Innovation in Teaching with Technology Awards that was recently awarded. As a start, we are introducing several basic remote teaching and training technologies that will enable students to connect in live labs sessions and run various tools and experiments remotely. A potential phase II of this project will involve the introduction of more advanced virtual reality tools in training and education.
As you can imagine, this is an ambitious project but the introduction of virtual and real-time labs in science and engineering courses, particularly, in the micro/nanofabrication area will have significant impact on the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers. According to several reports [1], the learning outcome achievement is equal or higher in courses involving remote labs versus traditional courses with on-site labs. The remote lab sessions will undoubtedly bring a more fiscally efficient, opportunistic and asynchronous education to a demographically and geographically wider student population.

[1] James R. Brinson,  “Learning outcome achievement in non-traditional (virtual and remote) versus traditional (hands-on) laboratories: A review of the empirical research”, Computers and Education 87, 218-237 2015.

I would be grateful if you would share/distribute this widely with your students and staff within your respective labs and institutions and encourage them to enroll in this online course.

Thanks for your support.

Regards
Aju





Aju Jugessur, Ph.D.
Director, University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility (UIMF)
Optical Science and Technology Center
Professor Adjunct, Physics and Astronomy
University of Iowa
Office: IATL 202, Tel: 319-3532342
Labs: IATL 170, 172, 174
https://ostc.uiowa.edu/uimf






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