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Daniel T. Woo , Benjamin T. Hudson , Joji C. Mori , Evey S. M. Ngan and Wing-Yee Pak

School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

Ronald S. Haines

School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (6), p 967

DOI: 10.1021/ed084p967

Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007

Abstract

While chemists are usually aware of the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration in chemical research they may be less aware of the possibilities of such collaboration in education. This article documents an ongoing collaboration between a chemist and computer scientist to co-supervise computer science students engaged in developing software for chemical education, highlights the benefits to both the chemistry and computer science students, notes some unexpected outcomes, and provides guidance to those planning such collaborations. The experiences described in this work should motivate chemistry educators to approach their colleagues in other disciplines with proposals for joint research projects. The collaboration described here initially resulted in the development of student-friendly software for operating a spectrophotometer. Recent co-supervised students have begun developing other software for chemical education.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary

Keywords (Feature):

Interdisciplinary Connections

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Collaborative / Cooperative Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Laboratory Computing / Interfacing

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