TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual Computational Chemistry Teaching Laboratories - Hands-On at a Distance
AU - Kobayashi, Rika
AU - Goumans, Theodorus P.M.
AU - Carstensen, N. Ole
AU - Soini, Thomas M.
AU - Marzari, Nicola
AU - Timrov, Iurii
AU - Poncé, Samuel
AU - Linscott, Edward B.
AU - Sewell, Christopher J.
AU - Pizzi, Giovanni
AU - Ramirez, Francisco
AU - Bercx, Marnik
AU - Huber, Sebastiaan P.
AU - Adorf, Carl S.
AU - Talirz, Leopold
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chemistry teaching practices globally as many courses were forced online, necessitating adaptation to the digital platform. The biggest impact was to the practical component of the chemistry curriculum - the so-called wet lab. Naively, it would be thought that computer-based teaching laboratories would have little problem in making the move. However, this is not the case as there are many unrecognized differences between delivering computer-based teaching in-person and virtually: software issues, technology, and classroom management. Consequently, relatively few "hands-on"computational chemistry teaching laboratories are delivered online. In this paper, we describe these issues in more detail and how they can be addressed, drawing on our experience in delivering a third-year computational chemistry course as well as remote hands-on workshops for the Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry and the European BIG-MAP project.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chemistry teaching practices globally as many courses were forced online, necessitating adaptation to the digital platform. The biggest impact was to the practical component of the chemistry curriculum - the so-called wet lab. Naively, it would be thought that computer-based teaching laboratories would have little problem in making the move. However, this is not the case as there are many unrecognized differences between delivering computer-based teaching in-person and virtually: software issues, technology, and classroom management. Consequently, relatively few "hands-on"computational chemistry teaching laboratories are delivered online. In this paper, we describe these issues in more detail and how they can be addressed, drawing on our experience in delivering a third-year computational chemistry course as well as remote hands-on workshops for the Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry and the European BIG-MAP project.
KW - Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
KW - Computer-Based Learning
KW - Distance Learning/Self Instruction
KW - First-Year Undergraduate/General
KW - Graduate Education/Research
KW - Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives
KW - Internet/Web-Based Learning
KW - Laboratory Instruction
KW - Physical Chemistry
KW - Upper-Division Undergraduate
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00655
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00655
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9584
VL - 98
SP - 3163
EP - 3171
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
IS - 10
ER -