Collaborative Project: ChemEd Digital Library: An NSDL Pathway for Chemical Sciences Education

化学教育数字图书馆(CHIME DLIB)是美国化学学会(世界上最大的科学学会)和《化学教育杂志》(世界领先的化学科学教育期刊)的联合项目，旨在通过国家科学数字图书馆提供一条获取化学教育资源的途径。CHIME dlib收集加强化学科学教与学的数字资源，并在互联网上提供给大学教师、大学预科教师、家长、家庭学生、学生和普通公众使用。通过对科学感兴趣的学生，这些资源正在改善美国的科学和技术，并增强我们的全球竞争力。添加到集合中的每个项目都根据其主题、其教与学的方法、其在课程中的级别以及其与网络用户的互动模式进行分类。Chemed dlib使每个人都可以很容易地找到适用于他们特定需求的资源。界面的一个创新部分使用教科书的目录来查找资源。在CHIME数据库中收集的材料由教育学和内容方面的专家进行评估，并有效地利用网络来支持学习。CHIME DLIB正在发展以有机化学或物理化学等学科领域为中心的志愿者社区，以探究性学习等教学方法为中心，以及高中或两年制大学等课程水平为中心的志愿者社区。这些社区帮助评估和传播材料，并将在项目结束后继续开发新材料。

The Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DLib) is a joint project of the American Chemical Society (the world's largest scientific society) and the Journal of Chemical Education (the world's premier education journal in chemical sciences) to provide a pathway to chemistry educational resources through the National Science Digital Library. The ChemEd DLib collects digital resources that enhance teaching and learning of chemical science and makes them available on the Internet for use by college faculty, pre-college teachers, parents, home schoolers, students, and the general public. By interesting students in science, these resources are improving science and technology in the U.S. and enhancing our global competitiveness. Each item added to the collection is categorized according to its subject matter, its approach to teaching and learning, its level in the curriculum, and its mode of interacting with users of the Web. The ChemEd DLib makes it easy for everyone to find resources applicable to their specific needs. An innovative part of the interface uses tables of contents of textbooks to locate resources. Materials collected in the ChemEd DLib are evaluated by experts in pedagogy and content and use the Web effectively to support learning. The ChemEd DLib is developing communities of volunteers centered on subject-matter areas such as organic or physical chemistry, on pedagogical approaches such as inquiry-based learning, and on levels ofthe curriculum such as high school or two-year college. These communities aid evaluation and dissemination of the materials and will continue development of new materials after the project ends.