Via Facebook:
Hello, my name is Emily Buginsky, and I am currently a graduate student of
chemistry at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. My graduate work focuses
on chemistry education research. My adviser, Dr. Darrin York, and I (along with
the help of our eLearning team), are in the process of creating a chemistry
MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The class is called "Preparation for General
Chemistry" or ChemPrep. To give you a little background, this class is
typically reserved for students who have been unsuccessful in general chemistry
I. We have been offering a partial online version of it the past year during
summer and winter sessions, but have had trouble getting many students enrolled
because of the cost. To combat this, we are opening it to everyone (not just
Rutgers students), completely free of charge. The course has a suggested
schedule, but it can be done at the student's own pace.
This summer will be the first time we are launching the MOOC. Rather than
targeting students who have already been unsuccessful in general chemistry, we
want to reach students before the enter in, in order to ensure that they have a
proper background. This course can also be used to prepare students for
AP-level chemistry/Chemistry Subject Tests, as it reviews many of the concepts
they will have learned in their first high school-level chemistry course.
The major problem is that we are currently unable to reach out to teachers and
students about this class on a wide-spread scale, aside from contacting
individual schools. My team and I were hoping it might be possible for the
NEACT to post information about this. I can send the flyer if you would like.
Here is the link for the course: https://www.coursera.org/course/chemprep
I would greatly appreciate any help or advice you can offer. If you have
further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
(embugins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
-Emily Buginsky
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