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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > May  >
Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Organic Chemistry Online: Building Collaborative Learning Communities through Electronic Communication Tools
Rainer E. Glaser
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

Melissa J. Poole
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

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May 1999
Vol. 76 No. 5
p. 699
Abstract
How do we make the undergraduate "large lecture" class seem like a small learning community? How can we utilize the new computer-mediated communication tools on the Internet to enhance communication and engage students in active learning? In this article, we report on the use of group research projects in an undergraduate course in organic chemistry to build small learning communities. Students engaged in group research projects via online resources and developed reports that were published online. They also worked together in groups to review the online reports of their peers. This work was facilitated by use of electronic media, including the course Web site, email, and an electronic discussion list. The resulting projects far exceeded our expectations. Students reported that the process of collaborative group work was beneficial for studying as well as for project work. Future plans include refinement of the research project assignment, development of an automated Web tool for reporting and calculating peer review scores, and refinement of the course evaluation tools.
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*  Citation
 Glaser, Rainer E.; Poole, Melissa J. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 699.
*  Keywords
 Chemical Education Research; Organic Chemistry; Collaborative / Cooperative Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Internet; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 11, 1999
June 23, 2005
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