ERIC Number: EJ1277111
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Publication Date: 2020-Oct
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The 3Dmol.js Learning Environment: A Classroom Response System for 3D Chemical Structures
Seshadri, Keshavan; Liu, Peng; Koes, David Ryan
Journal of Chemical Education, v97 n10 p3872-3876 Oct 2020
Classroom response systems are an important tool in many active learning pedagogies. They support real-time feedback on student learning and promote student engagement, even in large classrooms, by allowing instructors to solicit an answer to a question from all students and show the results. Existing classroom response systems are general purpose and not tailored to the specific needs of a chemistry classroom. In particular, it is not easy to deploy molecular representations except as static images. Here we present the 3Dmol.js learning environment, a classroom response system that uses the open-source web-based 3Dmol.js JavaScript framework to provide interactive viewing and querying of 3D molecules. 3Dmol.js is available under a BSD 3-clause open-source license, and the learning-environment features are all available through http://3dmol.csb.pitt.edu/ without any software installation required.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Programming Languages, Audience Response Systems, Active Learning, Feedback (Response), Molecular Structure, Web Based Instruction, Open Source Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH//DHHS); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R01GM108340; CHE1654122
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