Information Technologies (IT) for the Enhancement of Undergraduate Science Education: IT or not IT, that is the Question.

Abstract Links I. What is a Paradigm? II. The Wilderness Years: 1981-1990 III. The Realization Years: 1990-1993 IV. The Experimentation Years: 1993-1995 V. The ImplementationYears: 1995-1997 VI. What has worked VII. Continuing obstacles VIII. Vision of the Future IX. A Vision to Give All Forms of Spectroscopy "the Same Look" by the Use of IT Adv Org Chem Lab -- Ease of Use --Educational Value  X. An IT Vision: Merging of instuction and research through IT and discovery based learning. ESR Module Acknowledgements

I. What is a paradigm?   Thomas Kuhn: "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"   A. Kuhn's concept of the paradigm and scientific research B. Normal research C. Emergence of anomalies and the new paradigm D. Clash of paradigms: Scientific revolutions   When there is general agreement that something is wrong with an intellectual system, the time is ripe for an intellectual revolution. Innovation in chemical education appears to be involved in a paradigm shift.     [NEXT SLIDE]