So, I am thinking of video-recording at least one of my lectures this term. I am teaching Organic II this spring (and possibly an Inorganic...). In my Organic class I have 1 student who needs both my class and another for her degree (2nd semester senior) at the same time, not enough students to have two sections in either course and I know mine probably couldn't have a time change nor would the senior faculty teaching the other course change his time...thus, I am looking to possibly record the lectures and share with all the students enrolled.
As some of us are frantically "dusting off" and "polishing up" our syllabi for courses this spring, I thought it might be interesting/useful to share lists of experiments that you do in your inorganic laboratory course (if you have one). So, tell us a little bit about your course (level, lab pre-requisites, concurrent or separate with lecture) along with your list of experiment titles. It might also be helpful to indicate if any specialized equipment is needed for an experiment other than standard glassware, IR, NMR, UV/Vis.
I have begun to use Moodle in my courses both as a content delivery tool and to foster more interaction amongst students and between faculty and students. I notice that I use different features depending on if I am teaching our large intro course or my smaller inorganic courses. I would love to hear how different folks are using tools like Moodle in interesting ways in their courses. Last spring, I tried a few assignments where I had students create a wiki. And this fall, in our large intro course, we set up a Database to collect lab results from all the different lab sections. I'
I am currently in the trenches grading many general chemistry and inorganic lab reports. I wonder what strategies you use to teach and grade reports. I provide students with detailed guidelines and a grading rubric. They seem to have no problem following the format but they still struggle with presenting a logical analysis of their results that lead them to a viable conclusion.
I am on sabbatical leave this year at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. It's wonderful!
Several chemistry faculty here are developing a new integrated organic/inorganic course for undergraduates. I think the students will have had some organic before they take this course and a very small amount of inorganic. I was just wondering if anyone is aware of any courses like this, either at the introductory or the more advanced level.