Clemson and MIT to develop ways to teach high-tech job skills.

• Date: 11 December 2019

Clemson University officials announced a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a new way to teach the skills needed to work in a high-tech industry that is key to creating a faster wireless internet.

The collaboration with MIT will give students and technologists across the country a new and interactive way to learn about manufacturing the light-based technologies that are crucial for a host of next-generation products and services, including high-speed wireless networks, according to a news release.

The experience will be designed to teach students about photonics manufacturing but not in the traditional book-and-lecture format. Students will learn in online "modules" that incorporate virtual reality, augmented reality, videos and programs that teach but in some cases feel like video games, the news release said.

Researchers expect their approach to make complex topics in photonics manufacturing more accessible to a wider range of students. The team developing the curriculum includes researchers from the MIT, Clemson and the University of...