In recent years, there has been a drive to offer more courses either as a mix-mode course or fully online. With introductory STEM courses being a gateway into the physical sciences, there is a need to make these courses more accessible to students as they are still taught primarily in a traditional manner. Not only is it important to develop STEM courses that can be adapted to an online platform, but it is important that students can learn and be engaged throughout. The following research adapts a large enrollment fundamentals chemistry course to be taught on a mix-mode platform. The lecture content was offered through online videos on webcourses, which is the learning management system employed at the University of Central Florida. The lecture videos that were constructed for this study used novel multimedia instruction to engage students and help them build a stronger foundation in chemistry. In order to gauge students’ understanding of the material, they were assessed through online quizzes before coming to class and with iClicker questions at the beginning of class. The results from this study were compared to a previous semester in which this course was taught Face-to-Face but with an active teaching approach. Comparison of overall grades, exam scores, and student perception of these courses were also compared to better understand how students responded to this course when taught as a mix-mode platform.<br/>

Comparison of course modalities for a fundamental chemistry course using novel multimedia instruction

2019 Spring National Meeting

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