Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (cudos)

More about the program

CUDOS is a research consortium between five Australian Universities. The first teacher visit to the CUDOS labs was held in late 2006 here at Macquarie University as part of a pilot for the CUDOS National Outreach Program, coordinated by Kali Madden. The goal was to establish fruitful local relationships with high school science teachers, and to see whether, by visiting researchers for three days, teachers felt that their teaching experience had been enhanced and enriched.

The pilot was rather novel in that teachers participated in the program scheduling, suggesting what would most enhance their experience over the course of the visit. The program was thus developed in real time, tailored to the unique needs of the participants and the availability of the research team along with other areas teachers had expressed an interest in.

Should the program prove workable for all, CUDOS hopes to roll out the scheme to other participating universities in other states in collaboration with the administrators of the program, CSIRO Education. We eagerly await the 2007 feedback reports from the four recent participants to add to the three received early this year to determine future directions for teacher-researcher collaborations.

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About the Participants & Their Experience

Click on the name or photo of each teacher to find out more.

About the Program Activities

See the three day schedule and pictures.

Read an article on the visit [coming soon].

Past Program Activities

Read about the 2006 teacher visit.

Future Program Activities

If you are interested in participating in our future teacher or student programs at CUDOS, please contact Kali.

If you would like more information on the CSIRO Teacher Research Scheme contact the coordinator in your state.

Stay tuned for more teacher and student visits on our Outreach page.