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)，一家为少数族裔服务的机构，正在通过开发可再生能源课程模块来满足南卡罗来纳州对可再生能源技术人员日益增长的需求，以融入服务于学生以及中等在职和职前教师的社区学院和大学的基于班级的、在线的和混合能源教育项目。课程灌输项目是(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门现有课程和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名教学助理提供可再生能源的专业发展，(4)确定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，以及(5)以电子方式向南卡罗来纳州的16所技术学院及其服务地区高中传播这些模块。

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.