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2005 Winter ConfChem: Trends and New Ideas in Chemical Education
Introduction
This conference will highlight several recent and emerging trends in chemical education. The schedule below lists the dates that each paper will be discussed. Monday is reserved as a reading day. Participants should send short questions to the author(s) via confchem@clarkson.edu on Tuesday. Authors will respond to the questions by Wednesday morning, and the paper topic will then be open for general discussion.
The conference organizers and presiders are:
Brian Tissue Department of Chemistry Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061 tissue@vt.edu |
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Donald Rosenthal Department of Chemistry Clarkson University Potsdam NY 13699-5810 rosen@clarkson.edu |
Papers & Schedule
Paper 1 - Send short questions Jan 18, Discussion Jan 19-21
"Projecting Computer Generated 3D Molecular Images in a Chemistry Lecture Hall"
Joseph Grabowski*
Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
*joeg@pitt.edu
Paper 2 - Send short questions Jan 25, Discussion Jan 26-28
"Peer-Led Team Learning: Promoting Conceptual Understanding and Reasoning Ability"
Mark S. Cracolice* and John C. Deming
Department of Chemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
*mark.cracolice@umontana.edu
Paper 3 - Send short questions Feb 1, Discussion Feb 2-4
"Using Just-in-Time Teaching in the Organic Classroom"
Colleen A. Fried*
Department of Chemistry, Hiram College, Hiram, OH 44234
*friedca@hiram.edu
Paper 4 - Send short questions Feb 8, Discussion Feb 9-11
"OpenSpectrum: A wiki-based learning tool for spectroscopy that anyone can edit" / (PDF version, 40 kB)
Stewart Mader*
Instructional Technology Group, Emerson College, Boston, MA 02116
*slmader@gmail.com
Paper 5 - Send short questions Feb 15, Discussion Feb 16-18
"IR Clickers and ConcepTests: Engaging Students in the Classroom" / (PDF version, 1.1 MB)
Margaret Asirvatham*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
*asirvath@spot.colorado.edu
Paper 6 - Send short questions Feb 22, Discussion Feb 23-25
"Remote NMR Instrumentation in the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory"
Robert M. Hanson*
Department of Chemistry, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
*hansonr@stolaf.edu
Open Discussion - Feb 26-Mar 2
CONFCHEM on-line conferences are organized by the ACS Division of Chemical Education's Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE).
Conference Articles
Abstracts of Papers:
Students often have difficulty visualizing the three-dimensionality of chemistry and all that such structural features imply. While chalk-boards, 2D drawing programs, “pseudo” 3D programs, and physical models are effective teaching tools, and used to a greater or lesser extent by most chemistry lecturers, inexpensive computer hardware has made it practical to project true 3D images in large lecture halls. To ease the concerns in designing and installing a 3D projection system for use by chemists, we outline the products we have used and the experiences we have had in upgrading our chemistry lecture hall to be capable of projecting stereo images for 3D visualization. The system described is readily adoptable by everyone and is a turn-key system for detailed projection of any molecule, large or small, as well as showing animated 3D reaction mechanisms.
In this paper I will present how we have used remote instrumentation in the sophomore organic chemistry laboratory at St. Olaf College to completely transform how NMR spectroscopy is carried out and how the concepts related to NMR spectroscopy are introduced. I will touch on the process we went through during the past few years to implement what we call 24/7 Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy, and I will show how the implementation we have put in place has enabled a completely new team-based approach to investigation by students at the sophomore level.
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