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Mary Jane Patterson

Department of Chemistry, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX 77566

J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (5), p 554

DOI: 10.1021/ed077p554

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2000

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

With the increasing popularity of Internet-based classes, more faculty are being asked to develop them (1). In Texas, the Virtual College of Texas (http://www.vct.org) even provides a forum that allows community colleges to advertise their distance-learning classes, and it paves the way for a college to offer a distance-learning class from any other college in the state. The two colleges simply work out a Memorandum of Understanding, mutually deciding how to administer the class, divide fees, set enrollment limits, among other details. While some classes are easily adapted to an Internet format, lab sciences raise a number of issues that must be tackled before a quality course can be developed in this new medium. I will raise some of those issues and offer a few possibilities.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Curriculum

Keywords (Feature):

Association Report: 2YC3

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Internet / Web-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Learning Theories

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