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Impacting Education through Technology from distance learning to customized hands-on models. Ognjen Š. Miljanić Department of Chemistry • University of Houston. Cottrell Scholar Conference Tucson, AZ • 07 .11.2013. Diverse Strategies for Diverse Students. University of Houston
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Impacting Education through Technology from distance learning to customized hands-on models OgnjenŠ. Miljanić Department of Chemistry • University of Houston Cottrell Scholar Conference Tucson, AZ • 07.11.2013
Diverse Strategies for Diverse Students University of Houston 40,750 students 33.1% white 23.5% Hispanic 19.3% Asian American 12.1% African American 66% receive some form of financial aid Diverse racial, ethnic, and income backgrounds, but also… diverse future plans, career prospects, work situations
eLectures: Digitized Recordings of Writing & Voice www.chem3331.com 48,000+ visits since first launched also used at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and New York University Abu Dhabi
CHEM4397: New Course on Energy Issues Energy Issues presented in a focused fashion, in one place www.chem4397.com Offered in Fall 2013, as ENRG 3310—new minor! Prof. Joseph Pratt Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business University of Houston
Customized 3D Printed Teaching Models Three-dimensional printing allows easy customization: NYSE-listed 3D Printing Companies 3D Systems DDD 4.8 billion Stratasys SSYS 3.5 billion ExOne XONE 0.9 billion AutoDesk (software) ADSK 7.7 billion 3D printed models for teaching Physical Organic Chemistry REPOSITORY of 3D models for teaching chemistry?
Dream Outcomes! When was the last time you bought a $250 book? using your own money? $85 in a museum store $54 on Amazon
Dream Outcomes! Get rid of overpriced textbooks for organic chemistry: …textbooks are designed to maximize sales, not to prepare students for research in new and undefined fields… We can also use the Web to trade good ideas for free. George Whitesides (Harvard), 2007 Priestley Medal address