TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-Part Approach to Remote/Residential Organic Chemistry Lab during the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Silverberg, Lee J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12/14
Y1 - 2021/12/14
N2 - In the Spring 2021 Organic Chemistry Lab class at Penn State Schuylkill, COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty required a flexible plan. The first 4 weeks of 15 were fully remote, and videos of standard organic techniques were used, followed by an exam. In the next 5 weeks, some students were in the lab and some were remote. A document camera was used to show one of the in-class students carrying out reaction experiments, mistakes and all, and this was broadcast to the remote students. In the final 6 weeks, the in-class students did a research project, report, and short presentation. The remote students were given a new literature project in which they were each assigned a process research chemistry paper from Organic Process Research and Development. They gave a longer presentation on the process used to prepare a drug. All three parts of the course are discussed in this paper.
AB - In the Spring 2021 Organic Chemistry Lab class at Penn State Schuylkill, COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty required a flexible plan. The first 4 weeks of 15 were fully remote, and videos of standard organic techniques were used, followed by an exam. In the next 5 weeks, some students were in the lab and some were remote. A document camera was used to show one of the in-class students carrying out reaction experiments, mistakes and all, and this was broadcast to the remote students. In the final 6 weeks, the in-class students did a research project, report, and short presentation. The remote students were given a new literature project in which they were each assigned a process research chemistry paper from Organic Process Research and Development. They gave a longer presentation on the process used to prepare a drug. All three parts of the course are discussed in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00900
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00900
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120040113
SN - 0021-9584
VL - 98
SP - 3898
EP - 3903
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
IS - 12
ER -