Greetings, workshop participants!

This page is a work in progress.  Additional readings and documents will be added as the workshop gets closer.

This landing page will help you find materials for different sessions of the 2023 workshop held at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND June 12-16.

Please remember to record a video introduction (Are we still using Flipgrid?  Need a new link for this year.)

Some activities will be posted on our Moodle page at https://moodle-spaces.centre.edu. (Will we still use the Moodle page?  It's handy for sharing pdf files and OpenOChem.)

You might want to participate in informal discussions about organic chemistry in the OrganicERs Slack workspace.  Here's the invitation link:  (We need a new Slack invite link)

Workshop Leadership Team

Gretchen Stanton  
Justin Houseknecht Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
Alex Leontyev North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Jennifer Muzyka Centre College, Danville, KY
Cathy Welder Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Katie Wissman North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, Department of Psychology
Previous workshop participant  

 Participant Team Assignments

Team 1. Aldehydes and Ketones  
Team 2. Alkenes  
Team 3. Aromatic Substitutions  
Team 4. Carboxylic Acids and Acid Derivatives  
Team 5. Spectroscopy  

General Schedule

Date Time Activities
Monday, 6/13 5:30 pm Meet in the lobby of Candlewood Suites (1831 NDSU Research Park Drive, Fargo, ND) to walk to campus for dinner followed by session 1.  A laptop or tablet is recommended for each session.
Session 1
Monday, 6/13
  • Dinner together
  • Welcome and Icebreaker (Jennifer Muzyka)
  • Workshop Preview (Alexey Leontyev)
  • Team Formation (Cathy Welder)
6 - 8:30 pm Pre-session Activities
During Session

Post-session Activities and Resources

Session 2
Tuesday, 6/14
  • Breakfast
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Jennifer)
  • Backward Design and Writing Learning Objectives (Cathy)
8 am - noon Pre-session Activities (Don't forget to also prepare for Session 3!)

During Session (starts at 8:45)

Post-session Activities and Resources

Session 3
Tuesday, 6/14
  • Lunch
  • Flipping the Classroom without Videos using Learning Objectives (Justin Houseknecht)
  • Flipping the Classroom with Videos (Matt Casselman)
  • Working Problems during Class (Cathy)
12 - 5 pm Pre-session Activities

During Session (starts at 1:30)

Post-session Activities and Resources

  • Welder, C. O. An All-In Approach to Flipping the Organic Chemistry Classroom Using Elements of Peer-Led Team Learning with Undergraduate Learning Assistants in Active Learning in Organic Chemistry: Implementation and Analysis, ACS Symposium Series #1336, pp119-148, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2019-1336.ch008
  • Optional video on how Cathy uses recorded videos to support students in lab (3:45). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMbAuBHEV5Y
Session 4
Wednesday, 6/15
  • Breakfast
  • Formative Assessment: Learning Assessment Techniques (LATs) and Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs) (Justin)
  • Clickers and Response Devices (Jennifer)
8 am - noon Pre-session Activities

During Session (starts at 8:45)

Post-session Activities

Session 5
Wednesday, 6/15
  • Lunch
  • Cognitive Psychology in Teaching Organic Chemistry (Katie Wissman)
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) (Alexey)
12 - 5 pm Pre-session Activities

During Session (starts at 1:25)

Post-session Activities and Resources

Session 6
Thursday, 6/16
  • Breakfast
  • Active Learning in Large Classrooms (Matt)
  • Specifications Grading (Jennifer and Justin)
8 am - noon

Pre-session Activities

During Session (starts at 8:45)

Post-session Activities

Session 7
Thursday, 6/16
  • Lunch
  • Open Education Resources (OER) (Jennifer)
  • Using and Training Learning Assistants (Matt)
  • Introducing Active Learning to Students and Colleagues (Jennifer)
  • Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) Preferences Poll
12 - 4:30 pm

Pre-session Activities

  • Complete OpenOChem activity in Moodle by 9 am Thursday.

During Session (starts at 12:45)

Post-session Activities

Session 8
Friday, 6/17
  • Breakfast
  • How Will You Change Your Teaching? (Jennifer)
  • Discussion with a previous workshop participant (Gidget Tay)
  • Meet Your Faculty Learning Community (Alexey)
  • Wrap Up Activities (Alex and Justin)
  • Box lunches to go.
8 am - noon

Pre-session Activities

During Session (starts at 8:45)

Post-session Activities