Organic chemistry in the ChemgaPedia encyclopaedia: Useful visualization tools for e-teaching and e-learning

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Torsten Winkler, twinkler@oc.uni-kiel.de, Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Kiel, Germany, Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, D-24118 Kiel, Germany and Rainer Herges, rherges@oc.uni-kiel.de, Institut f. Organische Chemie, Universität Kiel, Otto-Hahn Platz 4, Kiel, D-24098, Germany.
The ChemgaPedia encyclopaedia is based on the project „Vernetztes Studium – Chemie“ (VS-C, „networked chemistry studies“). Starting in 1999, 16 workgroups from Germany, Switzerland and Great Britain created substantial learning material covering all aspects of chemistry and related topics. Currently, there are 15000 pages and 25000 media files available (graphics, movie clips, 3D models, animations, www.chemgapedia.de). After the official termination of the VS-C project at the end of 2004, the project coordinator FIZ CHEMIE Berlin is continuing the development towards the ChemgaPedia learning system.

Organic chemistry was represented by the workgroups of Prof. Gregor Fels (Paderborn, Germany) and Prof. Rainer Herges (Kiel, Germany), who closely collaborated, sharing their respective results and expertise. The aim of our material is to enhance the visualization of organic reactions and structures and thus to improve their comprehensibility. Furthermore, streaming video clips, optional exercises, a search function and a glossary section add to the value of this learning system.

 

Chemical Information and Organic Chemistry: The Road Ahead
1:10 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 125, Oral

Division of Chemical Information

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006