Curriculum Infusion: Using A Modular and Online Approach to Train Renewable Energy Technicians and K-12 Teachers

奥兰治堡-卡尔霍恩技术学院（OCTech）是一所为少数族裔服务的机构，它正在解决南卡罗来纳州对可再生能源技术人员日益增长的需求，通过开发可再生能源课程模块，将其融入为学生服务的社区学院和大学的课堂、在线和混合能源教育项目，以及中学在职和职前教师。课程注入项目(1)开发15个模块的可再生能源课程，(2)将可再生能源内容注入学院和南卡罗来纳州立大学的20个现有课程和12个项目中，(3)为180名中学教师，20名社区学院和大学教师以及25名助教提供可再生能源专业发展，(4)定义从高中到社区学院再到大学的2+2+2可再生能源教育途径。(5)将这些模块以电子方式传播给南卡罗来纳州的16所技术学院及其服务区高中。

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCTech), a minority-serving institution, is addressing South Carolina's growing need for renewable energy technicians by developing renewable energy curriculum modules for infusion into class-based, online, and hybrid energy education programs in community colleges and universities that serve students, as well as secondary in-service and pre-service teachers. The Curriculum Infusion project is (1) developing a 15-module Renewable Energy curriculum, (2) infusing renewable energy content into 20 existing courses and 12 programs at the college and South Carolina State University, (3) providing professional development on renewable energy to 180 secondary teachers, 20 community college and university faculty, and 25 teaching assistants, (4) defining a 2+2+2 Renewable Energy educational pathway from high school to community college to university, and (5) disseminating the modules electronically to South Carolina's 16 technical colleges and their service area high schools.