Chemistry
Project: “BeArS@Home(link sends e-mail), A Choose Your Own Adventure Online Laboratory Platform”
Cohort 2020-2021
BeArS@home(link sends e-mail) brings resilience to UC Berkeley's chemistry curriculum by creating a versatile digital platform for our unique laboratory coursework. Our team of teaching faculty, graduate student researchers, and instructional support staff created online versions of 64 experiments in support of 9 unique chemistry classes, serving 5900 students across 4 semesters. We will present an initial assessment of the effectiveness of the BeArS@home(link sends e-mail) platform which has spread to other UC campuses. Our platform not only allows laboratory instruction to continue during a global pandemic, but also increases the accessibility of chemistry coursework to students experiencing illness, family emergencies, etc. for semesters to come.
- Alexis Shusterman
- Anne Baranger
- Michelle Douskey
- Peter Marsden