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Elements of Science Education
Joint PerkinElmer and University of Illinois - Springfield pilot on collaborative chemistry.
Nic Encina, PerkinElmer
Layne Morsch, PhD, University of Illinois Springfield
March 18th, 2014 ACS Dallas
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Intro: Nic Encina
History & Trends
Review of PerkinElmer Elements
Overview of Pilot
Pilot: Dr. Layne Morsch
University of Illinois Springfield
Future opportunities
Agenda
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Technology is ubiquitous:
Laptops, Mobile, Tablets, Wearables, Home, etc
Information has become social:
Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, etc
Todays kids expect it, and if its not an app or on a website somewhere then its not worth knowing.
Need to engage students in a way that feels
modern yet natural.
Software is Everywhere
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The way that students engage with science is static and
dated.
This affects their
perspective.
Which affects how
they learn.
It also affects how
they interact with
their professors.
Ultimately, it leads to an overall negative experience.
And Yet
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But Science is Evolving
OLD NEW
Mainframe Cloud
Centralized Distributed
Concrete Virtual
Isolated Social
Secretive Public
Local
Labs Globalization
Distributed
Research Technology
Social &
Immediate
Distributing Discovery
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Todays research is possible due to
yesterdays discoveries.
We are constantly
losing valuable
data.
Imagine the overall
cost of this data
loss.
Source: The Atlantic, Dec 19, 2013
Science is Additive
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A modern learning environment that delivers information
how students are accustomed to consuming it.
A platform that addresses the deficiencies in todays research labs and teaches future researchers the skills and
habits that will
empower them.
New technologies that
make todays science curriculum relevant
and exciting.
We Need:
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So What Can We Do To Create A Better Learning Environment?
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Create an online collaborative platform for science where students can absorb material and upload their own data.
Coordination by Design Model research workflows
Integrate across disciplines
Make science immediate and social
Provide an additional medium of communication
We created an environment that will feel natural to students familiar with apps, cloud, social.
Software as a Service (Saas)
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Modeling Research Workflows
System Record
Compound Protein
Protocol
Reactants & Reagents
References Tool compound
Chemist Biologist
Evolutionary Applications
elements pages workflows SOPs
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Lets bring modern technologies that enhance student engagement into the classroom.
Science can be interesting, relevant & cool.
Start In The Classroom
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Elements Pilot University of Illinois Springfield - Education Perspective Background and Framework
Elements Overview
Intuitive to set up
Sharing for research or teaching
Flexible for many experimental designs
From very simple experiments to complex
Dashboard
Login Screen shows materials on left
Prompts in the middle
Creating New Experiments
Can create from a blank layout
Or use a template you have created
Deliver Lab Material
The experiment can be used to deliver background and instructions to the students
Questions can be included for the students to answer (shown in red)
ChemDraw Integration
There is a ChemDraw element that allows for drawing reaction schemes, mechanisms and products
Lab Procedure
Students can write their detailed lab procedure just as they would in a paper lab notebook
Incorporate Spectra into the Notebook
PDF files of Spectra can be uploaded into the notebook
Elements windows can be arranged full width or shared
Incorporate Spreadsheets into the Notebook
Excel spreadsheets can be uploaded into the notebook
Sharing Experiments and Notebooks
Collaborators can be invited to share a single experiment or an entire notebook
Permissions for each collaborator can be set
Pilot Testing
Students have begun using Elements in place of their carbonless copy lab notebooks
Instructor shares a template, which students can use to create their experiment
All student experiments are created in a shared folder allowing for grading
Teaching Advantages Students cannot lose their lab notebook
Students cannot forget to turn in lab
Students cannot claim to have completed lab if not finished
Students can be asked to create and organize their own experiment
Integration of pictures (TLC, product crystals) and spectra into lab notebook
Ideas for Future Development Spreadsheet, graphing incorporation
Multiple text Elements usable for a variety of uses Questions to be answered
Adding a gradable rubric
Student analysis of spectral peaks
Multiple ChemDraw Elements Reaction scheme
Mechanisms
Product structure along with spectra
Apparatus drawing templates
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Acknowledgements
The New Speed of Science
Tanya Tan, laboratory instructor, University of Illinois Springfield Kara McElwrath, Assistant Director of Client Services, University of Illinois
Springfield
Brian Gilman, PerkinElmer Hans Keil, PerkinElmer