We Should Keep Developing Digital Laboratory Resources in the Postpandemic Era

Assumptions about the feasibility of teaching chemistry laboratories online have been challenged by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that, despite the fact that pandemic social distancing restrictions will be eventually eliminated, the development of quality digital laboratory resources must...

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Published inJournal of chemical education Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 519 - 520
Main Authors Link, Renée D, Gallardo-Williams, Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Easton American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc 08.02.2022
Division of Chemical Education, Inc
American Chemical Society
Subjects
Anxiety
Chemistry
College Instruction
COVID-19
Disease control
Distance learning
Education
Higher education
Higher education institutions
Instructional Materials
Pandemics
Science education
Science Instruction
Science Laboratories
Teaching methods
Technology Uses in Education
First-Year Undergraduate/General
Upper-Division Undergraduate
Laboratory Instruction
Second-Year Undergraduate
Curriculum
Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning
Problem Solving/Decision Making
Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
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Summary:Assumptions about the feasibility of teaching chemistry laboratories online have been challenged by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that, despite the fact that pandemic social distancing restrictions will be eventually eliminated, the development of quality digital laboratory resources must continue to receive attention from the chemistry community. Even if higher education institutions fully return to in-person operating conditions, these materials could serve as prelaboratory preparation to reduce student anxiety, as supplementary support materials to enhance student understanding, as optional distance education resources for students unable to be present in the laboratory, and as training materials for teaching assistants.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01197