The UAB Chemistry Interactive Learning Center- A Vehicle forInnovative Instructional Formats and Multimedia Technology Applications

化学系的目标是到2000年为本科生提供一流的化学教育，为了实现这一目标，化学系正在为化学互动学习中心（CILC）配备16台基于奔腾的计算机和1台SGI Indigo2工作站。该中心是一个高级教学设施，允许学习以综合灵活的教学形式进行，对于实施课程变化，增强学生对现实世界工作场所的培训至关重要。课程改革的目标是利用尖端的计算机和多媒体技术，将概念学习与以下化学专业课程的沟通、管理、批判性思维和解决问题的能力的发展结合起来：基础无机化学、定量分析、物理化学、仪器分析和聚合物化学。CILC可以成为化学专业学生学习基础设施的重要组成部分。本中心将作为其他大学化学系在综合课程/实验教学中使用多媒体技术将概念学习与技能发展结合起来的典范。

In accordance with the Chemistry Department's goal of providing a premier education in chemistry for its undergraduates by the year 2000, the department is equipping the Chemistry Interactive Learning Center (CILC) with a network of 16 Pentium-based computers and 1 SGI Indigo2 Workstation. This center is an upper-division teaching facility that permits learning to take place with integrated flexible instructional formats and is essential for the implementation of curricular changes that enhance student training for the real-world workplace. The curriculum changes target the use of cutting-edge computer and multimedia technologies to integrate concept learning with the development of communication, management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in the following chemistry major courses: Basic Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, and Polymer Chemistry. The CILC can be a crucial segment of the learning infrastructure available to chemistry students. The CILC is to serve as a model for other university chemistry departments considering the use of multimedia technologies to integrate concept learning with skills development in integrated course/laboratory instruction.