Thermodynamics Course Redesign Using Supplemental Videos and Adaptive Learning

This typically is the first course students take at the 300 level for the major. It is a bottleneck class with over 20% of CHE 302 students receiving repeatable grades (W, D or F). In this project, the following technological and pedagogical activities are pursued:<br />1. A set of video tutorials covering topics that students found difficult, are created and uploaded to internet, allowing students to review the course supplemental material anytime, anywhere. Practical examples and industrial type problems relevant to Chemical Engineering will be used to illustrate the fundamental concepts.<br />2. Clicker self-assessment questions are used to evaluate the students’ grasp of material in classroom.<br />3. Several discussion topics are developed to implement active group learning in the classroom.