Organic chemistry by distance learning. (university level organic chemistry by correspondence)

Canadian Chemical News, March, 1991 by Lecouteur, Penny

When I was first asked if I would be interested in writing a distance learning course in organic NV chemistry, I had the same reaction that many of you reading the title of this article may be having. "I don't think it can be done ... .. It won't be very effective ... .. University level organic chemistry by correspondence?" And there are probably good reasons for having these doubts. Organic chemistry is intensely three dimensional, especially in an introductory course where students often have a great deal of difficulty visualizing the tetrahedral carbon atom and understanding the consequences of this simple but very important concept. Most organic chemistry teachers will have had the experience of having a student state that are two different compounds, this after a...

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