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Thomas Poon,
tpoon@jsd.claremont.edu, Joint Science Department, Claremont
McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, W.M. Keck Science Center, 925
N. Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 and Tracy Morkin,
tmorkin@emory.edu, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 208
Atwood Hall, Atlanta, GA 30322.
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| A hybrid of two established pedagogies, distance
learning and active learning, has been utilized in the general and
organic chemistry curricula in the Chemistry Department at Emory
University and the Joint Science Department of the Claremont Colleges,
respectively. Two forms of educational technology, streaming Quicktime
media and video podcasts, were employed to communicate chemistry. These
technologies allowed for the delivery of chemistry instruction from a
distance, which in turn facilitated active learning in the classroom
through group activities and through the use of personal response
systems (clickers). This paper will discuss the strategies and
experiences from this approach which allowed for the increase in depth
of chemistry instruction without sacrificing breadth of instruction. |