1. NFO 2016
Bob Burk

2. I Teach…
CHEM 1001/2 – Large, online, with labs CHEM 2103, 2800, 3100 – Smaller, chalktalk and labs CHEM 4502, 4800 – Very small, chalktalk only

3. What I had…

5. What They Have

7. Things change…
Years Ago
Today

8. Students study at home…
On-campus domain
Website Visits by Domain

9. Students study in the evenings…

10. …and not on the weekends
LMS Traffic is Low

11. …and certainly not on “study” breaks

12. Students Cram…
Day of midterm Test

13. Watching Lectures

14. ~5 visits per student per week
Use of cuLearn
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

15. Homework Management Systems
WileyPlus (Wiley) Mastering Chemistry (Pearson) Sapling Learning Enormous testbanks Some have answer-specific feedback Integration with cuLearn gradebook

18. 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

19. 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

22. File
Link

24. YouTube as a Preparation Tool

25. YouTube as a Review Tool
Experiment
Performed
Formal Lab Writeup Due

26. Student Comments 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.

27. Use of Twitter

28. Homework Helps…

29. …Studying Helps