1. Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts
Open Education Resource
Work done as part of AICTE approved FDP on Use of ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning
RC1006_Team7
Cindrella Louis
NIT, Tiruchirappalli, 2016.
OER Submission by NIT, Tiruchirappalli, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You are free to use, distribute and modify it, including for commercial purposes, provided you acknowledge the source and share-alike.
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2. Open Education Resource: Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts
Table of Contents
Section Details Page No
1. Open Education Resource: Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts
About the OER 1
Learning Objectives 1
Documentation for Tool Use 2
2. Design Decisions 3
Nature of Decisions taken 3
3. OER Description 4
Active OER 4
Screenshots
4. Evaluating Effectiveness of OER 8
Effectiveness at the student level 8
Effectiveness at consumer level 8
5. Consolidated Log of Work 9
6. Building a Community of MOODLE and Flipped Classroom Adopters 10
Possible Sources for Community Building 10
Plans for Community Building 10
7. Works Cited 11
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Section 1: Open Education Resource - Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts
About the OER
The open education resource is a collection of Lessons to understand Quantum chemistry and symmetry properties of molecules. There are four lessons as part of this OER, and they are: 1.Failure of classical mechanics, 2. Quantum mechanics, 3. Photoelectric effect, 4. Symmetry elements and their applications
OER is downloadable from: -Failure of classical mechanics
- Application of solutions of Schrodinger wavefunctions
- Photoelectric effect
- Symmetry properties of molecules
Target Audience: M.Sc. Chemistry Students
Tags: Classical mechanics failure, Simple systems of wave mechanics, photoelectric effect, symmetry properties of molecules
OER has been developed as video lectures with quizzes in MOODLE
This resource is licensed under CC-BY-SA ver 4.0. You are free to use, distribute and modify it, including for commercial purposes, provided you acknowledge the source and share-alike. To see more details about the license visit
Learning Objectives
After using this OER, learner will be able to:
• Understand the limitation of classical mechanics
Become familiar with the applications of wave mechanics in Chemistry – As a learner and as a Teacher
• Analyze the wave-particle duality of the microscopic particles and the resultant phenomena
Symmetry properties of molecules.
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Tools used
[1] For design and development of Lesson Activity - MOODLE (an Open Source Tool) [2] For screen casting - Screencast-O-matic (a Free Tool) [3] For Slides – MS office powerpoint (Licensed version)
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Section 2: OER Design Decisions
1. Content Decision
The content decisions related to: Easy understanding of quantum chemistry, its variation from classical mechanics and explanation without using mathematical equations.
2. Pedagogic Decision
a. Out-of-class segment (Video lectures and lesson content uploaded in MOODLE) : Questions to be asked along with the resources – Mostly Recall and Apply level question
In-Class segment ( Problem solving and creative level testing) for out of class and Create Level question for in-class
b. Assessment Strategies – Multiple choice questions for out of class using MOODLE, Team-Pair-Solo strategy for in-class
3. Technology Decision
a. Tool used for creating screencast – Screencast-O-matic (Out-of-Class activities)
MOODLE for Out-of-Class activities and quizzes (Out-of-Class activities)
MS Powerpoint for slides (In-class activities)
Open Education Resource: Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts

6. Section 3: OER Description
Active OER
For checking the active OER, following link can also be used. (
Lesson Settings
Screenshots 1-3 shows the general settings of a Lesson.
Screenshot 1: Lesson setting in MOODLE
Screenshot 2: Quiz in MOODLE
Screenshot 3: Short answer question setting in MOODLE
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Section 4: Evaluating Effectiveness of OER
The OER effectiveness can be assessed at two levels:
1. At the student level
2. At the consumer level
Effectiveness at the student level
Number of students those who access the resource and the duration of their stay in the webpage learning.
The Moodle lesson report on marks (based on their answers to MCQs). Additionally there is an option for teacher to grade short answerrs.
Effectiveness at consumer level
OER consumers are typically teachers and self-learners.
Their feedback on Ease of Use, Concept Coverage and Concept Complexity can help in identifying the effectiveness of this OER at consumer level.
Implementing Survey
Every user who downloads this resource will be asked for their address and as a follow up the survey will be sent to their address.
Survey Questions
Metric: Ease of Use
I found it easy to download the Lesson Activity
I found the instructions to setup the Lesson Activity useful in setting the activity in my Course
I was able to successfully create Lesson in my own course
Concept Coverage
The Lesson covers the required concepts for understanding Quantum Chemistry and symmetry of molecules
Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree (5-point Scale)
Open Education Resource: Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts

11. Section 5: Consolidated Log of Team Work
The consolidated log of team work is as shown below:
Activity
Team Member
Amount of Time
Additional Logs
Discussion
Dr.Cindrella Louis
5 h
Tool Exploration
PPT Creation
Screencasting and OER Documentation
7 h
Uploaded
in Wiki
Individual
Reflection (Diary
Logging)
OER Evaluation h
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12. Section 6: Building a Community of
MOODLE and Flipped Classroom Adopters
Possible ways for Community Building
Integrating
• Teachers who are using MOODLE
• Teachers who plan to use Flipped Classroom Strategies
Plans for Community Building
The resource is made available in the and it is open for all. If users wish to contact, id and contact numbers are provided. Thus easy connectivity is ensured.
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Citations:
[1] Screencast-O-matic
[2] MOODLE
[3] MS Powerpoint 2015
Open Education Resource: Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry concepts