Abstract
Making a laboratory science course accessible to distance learners requires eliminating certain barriers. This paper describes one semester introductory chemistry courses for science and non-science majors that feature laboratory experiments that students can do at home, using materials readily available from local grocery and hardware stores. Courses using this approach have been offered successfully for several years at the University of Colorado at Denver, Cape Fear Community College and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and the laboratory experiences of the distance learners compares favorably with that of traditional students. This paper describes the important features of the distance learning courses, and provides assessment results that indicate the suitability of these experiments as replacement for traditional laboratories.
Highlights
It is an especially difficult challenge to offer a distance learning course in a laboratory science, but this challenge must be met if undergraduate degree programs for distance learners are to be successful
The resulting experiments have been utilized in general chemistry courses for non-science majors at the University of Colorado at Denver, and for science majors at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW)
The kitchen chemistry experiments are available on the World Wide Web, and feature interactive questions for both the introduction and discussion portions, as well as videos of important lab procedures and complete lists of all materials needed to carry out each experiment
Summary
It is an especially difficult challenge to offer a distance learning course in a laboratory science, but this challenge must be met if undergraduate degree programs for distance learners are to be successful. This paper describes one semester introductory chemistry courses for science and non-science majors that feature laboratory experiments that students can do at home, using materials readily available from local grocery and hardware stores.
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