#ivice14 Going online to

enhance face-to-face chemistry

teachingDr Simon J Lancaster

S.Lancaster@uea.ac.uk

@S_J_Lancaster

www.chemistryvignettes.net

Is it time to stop being so precious about the content of our degrees and our relationship with and ownership/authorship of that content?

Flipping Roles

Vignettes Twitter Open Educational Resources

(OERs) The Question Chemical Concept Inventories

‘Screencast’?

A screencast is a recording of the evolving image on the screen during a presentation synchronised with the speaker’s audio narration.

We record using Camtasia Studio but other solutions are available.

‘Vignette’?

A vignette is a short segment of a screencast covering a critical concept which may be augmented by an interactive component introduced during the editing process.

The Scenario

Synoptic final examination questions. Formative revision peer presentations

and handouts.

Require students to produce vignettes.

Interactive revision tools available at time of examination.

Support

Student authored vignette

Uptake

When was the exam?

Evaluation quotes

“Thought about information in a different way when preparing interactive questions”

“You can add more to existing presentation which is good”

“Made you go over material you might have forgotten”

“Had lecture notes and additional material (narration)”

“Highlights key areas”

“No experience made preparation difficult”

“Students don’t have a lot of time to do it. Takes longer than actual powerpoint”

“Need more Camtasia experience/easier software”

“Very good revision tool if a lot of effort is put into producing it”

“Quality may differ and affect revision – can’t rely on them”

Peerwise

Cooperative sourcing through Twitter

1. To keep in touch with the subject / education community. Networking!

2. To facilitate your life. Plugging into the net.

3. To provide a novel and very immediate means of communication with students over a particular topic or module. Building a Network.

@CHE2C32: Supporting a ModuleExample tweets from @CHE2C32 :

"Super-toxic" dimethylmercury is this week's Chemistry in its element #podcast subject. Careful now! http://bit.ly/cHswSp

Example tweets from followers (students):@CHE2C32 made some great black shiny crystals

today :D@CHE2C32 Tutorial work and dolly mixtures -

happy times :)@CHE2C32 is in the house and my experiment

chooses this time to start going wrong. Thank you God.

How do academics use Twitter?

Widgets to the rescue

Tweeting in the lab!?

#phonarchem

What is the default copyright status of everything published on the internet?

Your work is automatically protected under copyright!

Alternative copyright Licensing

Open Educational Resources (OERs)

ChemTube3D

Symmetry at Otterbein

Chemical education ScoopIt

Lessons from Physics!

Force concepts inventory A simple to administer multiple choice

test. Rigorously designed and tested. Huge uptake and high credibility.

Chemistry

Chemical Concepts Inventory A simple to administer multiple choice

test? Rigorously designed and tested? Huge uptake and high credibility?

Concept Inventories

Chemical Concepts Inventory

The principle claim to the title “Chemical Concepts Inventory” appears to lie with Douglas R. Mulford and William R. Robinson of Purdue University for “An Inventory for Measuring College Students' Level Of Misconceptions in First Semester Chemistry.”

A New Chemical Concepts Inventory

Madeleine Schultz and Gwendolyn Lawrie (Queensland) have been working on a derivative of the CCI.

A question of phase

ChemistryVignettes.net

Conclusions

Never miss another #chemed conference. Share resources Mix it up Record it Interact Flip Let the students do the instruction Follow the chemical concept inventory Beware the Hawthorne effect Go to Variety in Chemical Education

Inspirations

Dr Michael Seery

Dr Claire McDonnell

Prof Tina Overton

Dr Paul Yates

Dr David Read

Prof Simon Bates

Dr Ross Galloway

Dr Paul Taylor

Dr Natalie Rowley

Dr Katherine Haxton

Dr Madeleine Schulz and Dr Gwendolyn Lawrie