[ARCHIVED] Any ideas on how to teach a chemistry lab in an online format?

[sryland]

Like many colleges, my school is looking to move to a fully online environment for the spring quarter, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to teach advanced O-Chem and General Chemistry labs without physically being in the lab. Any ideas/advice?

[sethgurell]

One of my favorite ideas I've seen so far is asking students to analyze a dataset (new or existing). Not ideal, but it is low tech and extends across different course designs.

[sethgurell]

Also, you may want to take a look at WICHE's NANSLO project.

[sryland]

The data analysis route is great, and the NANSLO project is something totally new to me! thanks for your help; these will definitely go a long way towards helping students this spring.