Science is a global endeavor, and as such, we as instructors should be training our students to see science through an international lens. However, studying abroad is often too costly or disruptive to degree progress for most students. Therefore, other avenues of interaction with global science can provide such experiences to a wider range of students. As a part of a required undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory course in the US and a standalone Nanomaterials course in Brazil, the authors developed a virtual exchange course in which students in both the US and Brazil learned about principles, applications, and impacts of nanotechnology and also synthesize and characterize nanoparticles. During the course activities students interacted with the students from the other country to discuss their data and do assignments related to nanotechnology. In this presentation we will highlight the challenges that need to be overcome in order to create and run such a Global Learning Experience Module in an Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, as well as suggestions for how faculty in inorganic or other chemistry areas may create such modules in their courses.

Integrating a global learning experience into an inorganic chemistry teaching laboratory

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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