Adapting Meaningful Strategies to Design two Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Courses (Hybrid Learning)

Bose, Ishani

Adapting Meaningful Strategies to Design two Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Courses (Hybrid Learning)

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Ishani_CIRTLReport_ISU_Digital_Repository.pdf (364 KB)

Date

2021-01-21

Authors

Bose, Ishani

Organizational Units

Organizational Unit

Graduate College

The Graduate College is responsible for more than 140 distinct programs across the entire spectrum of the university’s schools and colleges, including interdisciplinary and certificate programs, as well as for coordinating academic programming between the university’s undergraduate and graduate divisions.

History
The Graduate College was founded in 1916 to support graduate study in the university's land-grant areas of agriculture, engineering, home economics and veterinary science.

Organizational Unit

Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry seeks to provide students with a foundation in the fundamentals and application of chemical theories and processes of the lab. Thus prepared they me pursue careers as teachers, industry supervisors, or research chemists in a variety of domains (governmental, academic, etc).

History
The Department of Chemistry was founded in 1880.

Dates of Existence
1880-present

Related Units

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)

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Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL)’s mission is to enhance excellence in undergraduate education through the development of a national faculty committed to implementing and advancing effective teaching practices for diverse learners as part of successful and varied professional careers. It was established with the intent of preparing future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty across the nation, to ultimately improve the STEM learning of all students, at every college and university, and thereby to increase the diversity in STEM fields and the STEM literacy of the nation. The three CIRTL core ideas are Evidence-based Teaching, Learning Communities, and Learning-through-Diversity.

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Graduate CollegeChemistryCenter for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Herein describes the reasoning behind the approach and the employment of the present web-based course content in two of the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory courses at the department of chemistry, Iowa State University (ISU). The design utilizes both virtual and in-person educational rudiments to enhance students' overall learning experience. This paper aims to assist the two courses overall and other instructors seeking to improve the effectiveness of their teaching.