chemwiki

Name

The UCD ChemWiki

Type

Educational

Link

http://ChemWiki.ucdavis.edu

Creators

Larsen, Delmar

Contact

dlarsen@ucdavis.edu

Creation Date

2008-03-01

The ChemWiki project is a collaborative approach toward chemistry education where an Open Access textbook environment is constantly being written and re-written partly by students and partly by faculty members resulting in a free Chemistry textbook to supplement conventional paper-based books. Success of the project will be gauged by the number of students who consult the ChemWiki and the number of Chemistry courses that eventually adopt the ChemWiki as the sole textbook for class needs. Anyone can view, although a freely available account is required to edit the site modules.

The ChemWiki is the pilot STEMWiki developed to demonstrate efficacy of the Dynamic Textbook Project, which is a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access textbooks to improve STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels of higher learning. The central aim of the Dynamic Textbook Project is to develop and disseminate free, virtual, customizable textbooks that will substitute for current, commercial paper texts in multiple courses at post-secondary institutions. Other STEMWikis in the Dynamic Textbook Project include the BioWiki, the GeoWiki, the StatWiki, the PhysWiki and the MathWiki.

The success of the ChemWiki lies in hands of the faculty and students that develop and use this free resource. Please consider contributing (non-financially) to the project to ensure its growth and eventual success. All effort, no matter how small, is appreciated. You do not need special knowledge of chemistry to contribute - just a desire to change the status quo. Contact Dr. Larsen for details.