A Cloud-Based Scavenger Hunt: Orienting Undergraduates to ACS National Meetings
| Autor: | L. Kraig Steffen, Aaron R. Van Dyke, Amanda S. Harper-Leatherman, Jillian E. Smith-Carpenter, John R. Miecznikowski, Matthew A. Kubasik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cooperative learning
Science instruction Medical education business.industry 05 social sciences Educational technology 050301 education Cloud computing General Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Scavenger (chemistry) 0104 chemical sciences Education Chemical society Undergraduate research Selfie business 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Education. 93:1957-1960 |
| ISSN: | 1938-1328 0021-9584 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00445 |
| Popis: | American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meetings are valuable for the development of undergraduate researchers but can be overwhelming for first-time attendees. To orient and engage students with the range of offerings at an ACS meeting, we developed a cloud-based scavenger hunt. Using their mobile devices, teams of undergraduates “scavenged” items off a list by uploading “selfies” to designated folders within Google Drive, a cloud-based storage system. Time stamps offered by the cloud afforded real-time evidence of student participation. Items on the scavenger hunt were designed to integrate undergraduates into the meeting, exposing them to distinguished scientists, leading publishers, and instrument manufacturers as well as to networking opportunities. We employed this selfie-based scavenger hunt at three ACS National Meetings (Philadelphia, 2012; Boston, 2015; Philadelphia, 2016). Students reported that the scavenger hunt contributed to their learning. The cloud-based scavenger hunt is versatile and c... |
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