{"id":1996,"date":"2019-06-11T17:45:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photonics.creol.ucf.edu\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:48:53","slug":"op-tec-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/photonics\/op-tec-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"OP-TEC Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1996\" class=\"elementor elementor-1996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0aa420 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0aa420\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556fa55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"556fa55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c950ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c950ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2004 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/photonics.creol.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/OP-TEC-logo-transparent-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/photonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/OP-TEC-logo-transparent-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/photonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/OP-TEC-logo-transparent-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/photonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/OP-TEC-logo-transparent.png 865w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics is host for the Course Materials and Faculty Teaching Materials that were created by OP-TEC: The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education.<\/p><p>The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, OP-TEC, was a consortium of two-year colleges, high schools, universities, national laboratories, industry partners, and professional societies funded by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. 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