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ChemCAL prelabs online Charlesworth, B., Devlin, M., McFadyen, D. and Tregloan, P. 2002, ChemCAL prelabs online, in UniServe Science 2002 : Proceedings of the Scholarly Inquiry in Flexible Science Teaching and Learning Symposium Proceedings, Uniserve Science, [Sydney, N.S.W.], pp. 25-30. Title ChemCAL prelabs online Author(s) Charlesworth, B. Devlin, M. McFadyen, D. Tregloan, P. Conference name UniServe Science Scholarly Inquiry Symposium (2002 : Sydney, N.S.W.) Conference location Sydney, N.S.W. Conference dates 4-5 Apr. 2002 Title of proceedings UniServe Science 2002 : Proceedings of the Scholarly Inquiry in Flexible Science Teaching and Learning Symposium Proceedings Publication date 2002 Start page 25 End page 30 Publisher Uniserve Science Place of publication [Sydney, N.S.W.] Summary ChemCAL Online is a suite of web-deliverable interactive multimedia tutorials covering a full range of topics in first year chemistry, developed at The University of Melbourne. The resources form an integral part of our first year courses and the system typically delivers over 500,000 pages of information, interactive questions and animations to students in our large first year classes each year. In 2001, the program was developed further with the addition of the Online Prelab resources - modules of questions and animations, which students must complete before undertaking each laboratory class. The objective was not to replace direct laboratory time or experience for our students, but to increase the effectiveness of this core but expensive aspect of our undergraduate teaching program. Examples from the now over 40 ChemCAL and 16 Prelab modules will be described and demonstrated. Our evaluation incorporates observations of patterns of use of the product, pre-use and post-use questionnaires and focus group interviews with users. Results indicate that students find the product extremely valuable in their learning and that the inclusion of graphics and interactive features that cannot be found in other media are of particular benefit. Some guidance on possible enhancements is also provided from the analysis. The results are discussed in the context of the wider student experience, especially the now established need for campus-based, full-time students to have access to high quality learning resources that they can access and use flexibly. Language eng Field of Research 130306 Educational Technology and Computing Socio Economic Objective 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30026010 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: School of Education Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 13:25:27 EST Mon, 29 Nov 2010, 11:40:56 EST Mon, 29 Nov 2010, 11:45:06 EST Mon, 29 Nov 2010, 11:48:23 EST Tue, 30 Nov 2010, 07:44:23 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 256 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 13:25:27 EST

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