NASS is pleased to announce the upcoming third instance of Elements of
Dialing, our introductory course about sundials, their history, and the
science that makes them work. The free 13-lesson course, intended for
those are new to sundialing, runs from January 2024. The course
coordinator will be Steve Lelievre, our Secretary and editor of NASS'
journal, The Compendium. Steve will be assisted from time to time by
other NASS officers.
The course is self-study, meaning written lessons are emailed out for
course participants to work through in their own time. At the end of
each lesson script there are a few questions which participants are
expected to solve. One of these is a test question; the solution to it
must be submitted to the course coordinator in order to receive the next
lesson. To help things along, we schedule 'office hours,' conducted via
Zoom videoconferencing. These optional sessions allow participants to
discuss the lessons together and ask questions about the material.
The course is scheduled to start on January 6, 2024 and will normally
operate on a 2-week cycle, although occasionally there will be three
weeks between release of lessons.
To register, contact steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com no later than
December 16, 2023. Familiarity with basic geometry, algebra, and
trigonometry at High School level is assumed. Membership in NASS is not
required to join the course.
NASS acknowledges the efforts of Frans Maes, who developed the original
Dutch course which inspired our version.
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