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digiPro - Improving understanding Chemistry by using a digital problem-based learning environment

Research Projects by Prof. Dr. Sascha Schanze

digiPro - Improving understanding Chemistry by using a digital problem-based learning environment

Led by:  Prof. Dr. Sascha Schanze
E-Mail:  zehler@idn.uni-hannover.de
Team:  Dennis Zehler
Year:  2019
Funding:  MWK- Programms "Qualität plus-Programm zur Entwicklung des Studiums von morgen"
Duration:  01/2019-12/2021
Is Finished:  yes

Practice module

An overarching goal of the project is to link teaching, learning and diagnosis more closely through special tasks: Tasks for self-diagnosis with corresponding feedback show necessary learning occasions. In more complex learning tasks, knowledge is applied. Explained sample solutions in e.g. explanatory videos depict teaching situations. In addition to teaching and diagnosing relevant subject concepts, the focus is on promoting chemistry-specific problem-solving and representation skills.

Collaboration

Furthermore, the support of learning in small groups through peer-tutor-led mechanisms for finding learning groups and a forum promotes the social integration of the students. Particularly in the first semester, learning phases that can be designed more flexibly thus take better account of heterogeneous performance and educational biographies and individual study situations (e.g. parenthood).

Modern teaching formats

The digital learning environment supports the design of the lecture modules as blended-learning courses (e.g. flipped classroom). It will be implemented for at least two modules within the framework of the project and can be transferred to others if necessary. In the first step of the project, the focus will be on the basic lecture General Chemistry. In preliminary work, learning modules for teaching subject content have already been designed and used in preparation for lectures. The task-based learning environment of this project can build on these.

In cooperation with

Institute of Anorganic Chemistry (Dr. Andreas Schneider), ZQS/elsa