Transcript Communicating with Students Outside the Classroom

NFO 2016
Bob Burk
I Teach…
CHEM 1001/2 – Large, online, with labs
CHEM 2103, 2800, 3100 – Smaller, chalktalk and labs
CHEM 4502, 4800 – Very small, chalktalk only
What I had…
What They Have
Things change…
Years Ago
Today
Students study at home…
On-campus domain
Website Visits by Domain
Students study in the evenings…
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Students Cram…
Day of
midterm Test
Watching Lectures
Use of cuLearn
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Boiler-plate material (outline, syllabus, etc)
Daily / weekly news
Handouts, notes, etc
Assignments, solutions
Lab materials (safety videos, lab manual, …)
Connections to lab coordinators, TAs, PASS
facilitator, …
~5 visits per student per week
Homework Management Systems
WileyPlus (Wiley)
Mastering Chemistry (Pearson)
Sapling Learning
Enormous testbanks
Some have answer-specific feedback
Integration with cuLearn gradebook
YouTube
• Use others’ videos for teaching
• Post your own videos
– Lecture demos
– Lab preparation videos
– “How-to” videos
• How to operate an instrument
• How to use analytical glassware
• How to calculate uncertainties
YouTube Channel
52 videos in all:
- 17 first year classroom demos
- 16 first year lab demos
- 13 organic lab demos
- 10 analytical lab demos
- 2 environmental lab demos
> 3.3 M downloads
4,155 subscribers
File
Link
YouTube as a
Preparation Tool
YouTube as a Review Tool
Experiment
Performed
Formal Lab
Writeup Due
Student Comments
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I watched all of them
I watched each one in its entirety
I watched them before coming to the lab
They helped me:
– Visualize the equipment setup
– Waste less time in the lab
…the videos completely eliminated the "ughh what
am I doing" moment…
…helped prepare me for the labs as I am a visual
learner.
Use of Twitter
Homework Helps…
…Studying Helps