web-based learning tools for organic chemistry
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Web-Based Learning tools for Organic Chemistry. Jennifer Muzyka, Centre College 2014 BCCE. To Learn, retrieve. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WEB-BASED LEARNING TOOLS FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
JENNIFER MUZYKA, CENTRE COLLEGE
2014 BCCE
TO LEARN, RETRIEVE
“To be most effective, retrieval must be repeated again and again, in spaced out sessions so that the recall, rather than becoming a mindless recitation, requires some cognitive effort.”
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
Make it Stick
REACTION ZOO
http://chemserv.centre.edu/muzyka/reactionzoo/
STARBURST LAYOUT
Missing product
Missing reagent
Synthesis, missing reagent
Synthesis, missing starting material
TRADITIONAL LAYOUT
Product missing
Reagent missing
Synthesis, reagent missing
Synthesis, starting missing
Synthesis, product missing
STUDENT-DRAWN ANSWERS
DATABASE & DETAILS
>600 molecules
~1200 reactions
PHP / MySQL
SMILES
JavaScript
SPECTRAL ZOO
http://chemserv.centre.edu/muzyka/spectralzoo/
DATABASE DETAILS
78 unknowns, all with IR and 1H NMR
Some also have 13C NMR
IR from NIST database (gas phase)
NMR mostly from Widener University
CHEMSERV
http://chemserv.centre.edu
IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
JEOL Eclipse 300 FT-NMR
Nicolet Avatar 360 FTIR
JCAMP output
Shared directory
PHP
JavaScript
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ian Kaster, database design
Luke Hatcher, PHP in ChemServ
Xavier Prat-Resina, SMILES
Bob Hanson, Jmol, Jsmol
Robert Lancashire, JSpecView
Peter Ertl, JSME
Centre College Faculty Development Committee