Nowe technologie on-line w dydaktyce chemii
Journal Title: Wiadomości Chemiczne - Year 2015, Vol 69, Issue 1
Abstract
The development of on-line technologies in the last years provided us with a possibility for the efficient video teaching in e- or blended- chemistry learning [1–10]. In this publication we reviewed materials which are available on the YouTube or specialist educational platforms [14–38]. The analysis indicated that on-line teaching has progressed rapidly over recent years (Fig. 1, Fig. 2). This refers also to chemistry. In particular we focused on organic chemistry. The on-line aided teaching of experimental chemistry can also support the traditional courses [9] Our experience indicated that even in bench chemistry on-line teaching can significantly improve the performance of the students. The e-chem project of the educational platform, started for the chemistry students in the University of Silesia in 2005 [15], is an example of the blended chemical teaching that was partially published on the YouTube website (Tab. 2). A number of other chemistry materials are available on YouTube. Some chemistry courses are also available directly at the websites of the universities while the Inducate, Skillup or Coursea [39–42] are examples of the websites that provide further useful addresses for chemistry on-line teaching. A concept of massive open on-line courses (MOCC) [43, 44] that appeared recently inspired several projects of commercial platforms for e-learning, providing a potential bases for the global teaching. The Coursera, Udacity, EdX, Canvas Network are examples of the complex educational portals for MOCCs. At the same time the important universities are vigorously playing in this area in a way to global university. At the moment the MOCC chemistry available was reviewed (Tab. 3). In summary, the development of the on-line technologies provides a possibility for the efficient blended learning based video-aided chemistry teaching. In our opinion this potential is currently controlled not by technical limitations but rather by psychology barrier and formal regulations in local educational law. However, these problems will certainly be solved with the increasing availability of the on-line courses that could be supported by additional real lab classes and/or certified by exams. Global university will be of course a strong competition for a traditional education. On the other hand this also means chemical on-line courses will be better and better developed on the basis on the available on-line technologies. Eventually, this competition will also improve a quality of the traditional chemical education.
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Justyna Lampert, Jarosław Polański
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