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Jessica K. Holien; Lachlan Coff; Andrew J. Guy; Jennifer C. Boer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
During COVID-19 lockdowns, online learning activities had to be developed for the Undergraduate and Masters by Coursework Bioinformatics students at RMIT University. Therefore, we designed an integrative, industry-based research assignment, which guided the students through a drug discovery project from target identification to lead optimization.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Drug Therapy, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Campbell, Craig D.; Challen, Ben; Turner, Kristy L.; Stewart, Malcolm I. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Since the sudden emergence of COVID-19 global pandemic, all educational institutions have looked to move resources and delivery online. Some institutions had already embraced delivering instruction in this way; however, broader adaptation to this teaching style is new to many educators. While the teaching of theoretical concepts is more easily…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Training, Distance Education
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George-Williams, Stephen; Motion, Alice; Pullen, Reyne; Rutledge, Peter J.; Schmid, Siegbert; Wilkinson, Shane – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Educators around the world have been challenged to adapt their teaching and pastoral care rapidly in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this article, we, the academic members of the Chemistry Education and Communication Research Theme (CECR) from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, reflect on the challenges and successes…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Chemistry
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Sandra McLaren; Eleanor C. R. Green; Marion Anderson; Melanie Finch – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
In the Australian state of Victoria, the city of Melbourne endured the world's longest number of lockdown days, with severe government health orders and travel restrictions in place for extended periods of 2020 and 2021. In common with others, we found the provision of field teaching in introductory geology, structural geology, and volcanology,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Peer Teaching, Geology, Teaching Methods
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Brittany Vermeulen; Jenny Pizzica; Adrian Renshaw; Jason Reynolds – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
Virtual mobility experiences provide a valuable option to enrich student learning and development from home. However, there is a lack of evidence of how these online experiences are leveraged in STEM and their potential positive effect on students' critical thinking capabilities. This study explores and details the design of a short-term virtual…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Instruction, Sustainable Development, Objectives
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Schweiker, Stephanie S.; Levonis, Stephan M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The COVID-19 lockdown in Australia forced Bond University to transition from their normal face-to-face delivery mode to a remote delivery mode during the first trimester of 2020. In this communication, we discuss the experiences in transitioning to an online teaching model, and we discuss the challenges faced and the outcomes achieved. We reflect…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
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Carpendale, Jared; Delaney, Seamus; Rochette, Emily – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
As the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, universities around the world reacted quickly by shifting classes online. To varying extents, this rapid change required chemistry teacher educators to rethink and redesign their units and delivery. Some teacher educators may have perceived this shift as a timely…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Technological Literacy
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Costabile, Maurizio – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
At the University of South Australia (UniSA), Biochemistry is a second year undergraduate course. The student cohort is diverse, with students enrolled in courses with a laboratory focus, such as Laboratory Medicine, Medical Science, Nutrition and Food Science and Pharmaceutical Science. The course is taught in a traditional manner, with weekly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Pather, Nalini; Blyth, Phil; Chapman, Jamie A.; Dayal, Manisha R.; Flack, Natasha A.M.S.; Fogg, Quentin A.; Green, Rodney A.; Hulme, Anneliese K.; Johnson, Ian P.; Meyer, Amanda J.; Morley, John W.; Shortland, Peter J.; Štrkalj, Goran; Štrkalj, Mirjana; Valter, Krisztina; Webb, Alexandra L.; Woodley, Stephanie J.; Lazarus, Michelle D. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Australian and New Zealand universities commenced a new academic year in February/March 2020 largely with "business as usual." The subsequent Covid-19 pandemic imposed unexpected disruptions to anatomical educational practice. Rapid change occurred due to government-imposed physical distancing regulations from March 2020 that…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Science Instruction, Educational Practices, Disease Incidence