How can we take advantage of the many well-developed chemistry teaching resources available? An advanced undergraduate chemistry course that integrates symmetry, group theory, and computational chemistry will be described. The course provides a case study on how to “crowdsource” a course by using resources from various web-based collections, including VIPEr (www.ionicviper.org). These resources support active learning, visualization, and the integration of the chemical literature with learning. The impact of the course on students’ understanding of molecular orbital theory was tested by comparing their performance to students in an introductory inorganic chemistry course where molecular orbital theory is also taught.

Teaching molecular orbital theory and computational chemistry at the frontiers of inorganic chemistry

251st National Meeting (2016)

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