학술논문
Virtual Computational Chemistry Teaching Laboratories--Hands-On at a Distance
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Reports - Descriptive
Author
Kobayashi, Rika (ORCID 0000-0002-0672-833X ); Goumans, Theodorus P. M.; Carstensen, N. Ole; Soini, Thomas M.; Marzari, Nicola (ORCID 0000-0002-9764-0199 ); Timrov, Iurii; Ponce´, Samuel; Linscott, Edward B. (ORCID 0000-0002-4967-9873 ); Sewell, Christopher J.; Pizzi, Giovanni (ORCID 0000-0002-3583-4377 ); Ramirez, Francisco; Bercx, Marnik; Huber, Sebastiaan P.; Adorf, Carl S. (ORCID 0000-0003-4962-2495 ); Talirz, Leopold (ORCID 0000-0002-1524-5903 )
Source
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0021-9584
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted chemistry teaching practices globally as many courses were forced online, necessitating adaptation to the digital platform. The biggest impact was to the practical component of the chemistry curriculum--the so-called wet lab. Naively, it would be thought that computer-based teaching laboratories would have little problem in making the move. However, this is not the case as there are many unrecognized differences between delivering computer-based teaching in-person and virtually: software issues, technology, and classroom management. Consequently, relatively few "hands-on" computational chemistry teaching laboratories are delivered online. In this paper, we describe these issues in more detail and how they can be addressed, drawing on our experience in delivering a third-year computational chemistry course as well as remote hands-on workshops for the Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry and the European BIG-MAP project.