{"title":"A Learning Object Model for Chemistry Courses","authors":"Jaime Muñoz-Arteaga;Lea Yvonne Muñoz-Lozano;César Velázquez Amador;Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori;Agustín Adúriz-Bravo","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2023.3301388","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Currently, there are a large number of virtual learning objects (LOs) available to chemistry students and teachers. These LOs present interactive contents that complement the study of chemical phenomena in classrooms and laboratories. Given the diversity and heterogeneity of the educational contents addressed and the methods used by the available offer, the present work proposes a model to design and evaluate LOs, especially those that integrate simulation as a basic mechanism to support in particular practical activities. The simulation is proposed to help the student to put in practice chemical processes, prove the chemical model and validate theoretical concepts. A case study presents the structure of Biochemical courses composed of several LO’s integrating the simulation mechanism. Finally, an evaluation instrument is proposed to identify how the simulation mechanism supports practical activities offered in a learning object as part of a chemistry course.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10201914/","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Currently, there are a large number of virtual learning objects (LOs) available to chemistry students and teachers. These LOs present interactive contents that complement the study of chemical phenomena in classrooms and laboratories. Given the diversity and heterogeneity of the educational contents addressed and the methods used by the available offer, the present work proposes a model to design and evaluate LOs, especially those that integrate simulation as a basic mechanism to support in particular practical activities. The simulation is proposed to help the student to put in practice chemical processes, prove the chemical model and validate theoretical concepts. A case study presents the structure of Biochemical courses composed of several LO’s integrating the simulation mechanism. Finally, an evaluation instrument is proposed to identify how the simulation mechanism supports practical activities offered in a learning object as part of a chemistry course.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.