Electronic homework system in an organic chemistry distance education course: It's not just for homework anymore!

CHED 1790

Kay A. Sandberg, Kay_Sandberg@ncsu.edu, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Box 8204, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204
A combination of technology and creativity results in a distance education course that is as effective, interactive and challenging as that experienced in the traditional lecture setting. Key to the effectiveness of this course are the electronically delivered lecture work and homework components which give students immediate feedback. In addition to the traditional question types, organic skeletal structures and mechanism arrow drawings can be submitted for grading along with questions requiring the manipulation of the 3-D jmol structures. Representative examples will be featured along with how they are integrated into the animated and voiced-over lecture in order to elicit responses from students. These responses are then graded for accuracy via the electronic assessment tool, WebAssign. The use of randomized questions for both the lecture work assignments and the homework assignments requires higher level thinking of students engaged in giving effective guidance through the course discussion board.
 

Applications of Electronic Homework Systems
8:00 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, March 29, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N229, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007