A Regional WWW-Based FT-NMR for Chemistry Curriculum Improvements

正在通过使用傅里叶变换核磁共振光谱仪改进区域本科教学。学生通过一套核心讲座和实验室课程获得一套知识和技能。FT-NMR光谱学的基本方面（1H和13 C NMR光谱的获取和解释以及FT-NMR实验的性质）在该课程的早期课程中教授，为期一年的有机序列和仪器分析。FT-NMR光谱学的高级方面（异质耦合，温度和流动性之间的关系，以及多维NMR结构分析）在稍后的课程中教授，高级无机化学实验室。一个开放式的研究问题，要求学生创造性地整合他们的NMR光谱学知识，提供了一个顶点NMR经验，在有机化学的高级实验室课程。用于实现课程开发的工具是FT-NMR光谱仪和万维网（WWW）。FT-NMR位于州长州立大学，并通过万维网与圣弗朗西斯弗朗西斯和南郊学院相连，最终与南方都市地区高等教育联盟（SMRHEC）的所有成员相连。支持FT-NMR用户的教师发展包括：SMRHEC教师首次会议，专门演示仪器及其能力，建立区域FT-NMR用户组，以及用户组年度会议。年度会议提供了一个论坛，课程开发，促进机构之间的课程材料的转移，提供了一个论坛，为学生的研究介绍，并允许与邀请演讲者谁使用FT-NMR的高级应用程序进行讨论。

Regional undergraduate instruction is being improved through use of a Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectrometer. Students are provided with a single set of knowledge and skills through a set of core lecture and laboratory courses. Fundamental aspects of FT-NMR spectroscopy (the acquisition and interpretation of I H and 13 C NMR spectra plus the nature of the FT-NMR experiment) is taught in the earlier courses of the set, the year-long organic sequence and instrumental analysis. Advanced aspects of FT-NMR spectroscopy (heteronuclear coupling, the relationship between temperature and fluxioniality, and multidimensional NMR structural analysis) are taught in a later course, advanced inorganic chemistry lab. An open-ended research problem, calling on students to creatively integrate their knowledge of NMR spectroscopy, provides a capstone NMR experience, in a senior lab course in organic chemistry.The tools used to implement the curricular developments are a FT-NMR spectrometer and the World Wide Web (WWW). The FT-NMR is located at Governors State University, and is connected to the University of St. Francis and to South Suburban College, and eventually to all members of the South Metropolitan Regional Higher Education Consortium (SMRHEC), via the WWW. Faculty development, to support FT-NMR users, includes: an initial meeting of SMRHEC faculty devoted to a demonstration of the instrument and its capabilities, the establishment of a regional FT-NMR users' group, and annual meetings of the users' group. The annual meetings provide a forum for curriculum development, facilitate the transfer of curricular materials between institutions, provide a forum for the presentation of student research, and allow for discussions with invited speakers who use advanced applications of FT-NMR.