Application
We are not currently accepting applications but hope to have funding for another round next summer. Please email microlaboratoryproject@gmail.com if you want to receive information about future offerings.
We are not currently accepting applications but hope to have funding for another round next summer. Please email microlaboratoryproject@gmail.com if you want to receive information about future offerings.
All materials are or will be posted as they are finalized and anyone is welcome to use them. If you plan to do so and would like to be part of the community of implementers, email microlaboratoryproject@gmail.com and request access to the Trello community.
All materials are or will be posted as they are finalized and anyone is welcome to use them. If you plan to do so and would like to be part of the community of implementers, email microlaboratoryproject@gmail.com and request access to the Trello community.
Do you need to find a safe way to deliver labs for your analytical course in the fall or spring while your students are at home or at a social distance? Would you like to include labs that challenge students to think more deeply and give them more flexibility to investigate?
Do you need to find a safe way to deliver labs for your analytical course in the fall or spring while your students are at home or at a social distance? Would you like to include labs that challenge students to think more deeply and give them more flexibility to investigate?
We invite applications for a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) supported project “Making Introductory (Analytical) Courses Real while Online (MICRO): Development and deployment of microfluidic based labs in analytical chemistry”. Multiple participants from the same partner institution are welcome as a team. There is no cost to join the project and participants will be supported (both with some materials and professional development) to implement paper microfluidic labs as a safe alternative to traditional wet chemical labs.
We invite applications for a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) supported project “Making Introductory (Analytical) Courses Real while Online (MICRO): Development and deployment of microfluidic based labs in analytical chemistry”. Multiple participants from the same partner institution are welcome as a team. There is no cost to join the project and participants will be supported (both with some materials and professional development) to implement paper microfluidic labs as a safe alternative to traditional wet chemical labs.
MICRO labs are targeted for the first course in analytical chemistry (quantitative analysis or similar). Experiments will use chemicals embedded in paper as a way to safely and flexibly deliver traditional methods of analysis while challenging students to be more actively involved in experimental design and data interpretation. Topics typically covered in an analytical chemistry course such as titrations, spectrophotometry, and evaluation of figures of merit of a method can be carried out with paper-based experiments.
MICRO labs are targeted for the first course in analytical chemistry (quantitative analysis or similar). Experiments will use chemicals embedded in paper as a way to safely and flexibly deliver traditional methods of analysis while challenging students to be more actively involved in experimental design and data interpretation. Topics typically covered in an analytical chemistry course such as titrations, spectrophotometry, and evaluation of figures of merit of a method can be carried out with paper-based experiments.
Future applicants should be teaching an introductory analytical course either in the Fall 2021 or Spring 2022. Because this is a grant-funded project, participants will need to be willing to implement the MICRO labs either in a distance learning or on-campus format as well as participate in professional development and assessment.
Future applicants should be teaching an introductory analytical course either in the Fall 2021 or Spring 2022. Because this is a grant-funded project, participants will need to be willing to implement the MICRO labs either in a distance learning or on-campus format as well as participate in professional development and assessment.
Benefits to participants:
Benefits to participants:
Access to an anticipated set of 6-8 experiments with associated instructor and student support materials
Access to an anticipated set of 6-8 experiments with associated instructor and student support materials
A less expensive alternative to commercially available lab kits
A less expensive alternative to commercially available lab kits
Access to professional development from national leaders in microfluidics, active learning and chemical education
Access to professional development from national leaders in microfluidics, active learning and chemical education
Engagement with a community of peers to support teaching, particularly during this unusual period
Engagement with a community of peers to support teaching, particularly during this unusual period
Expectations of participants:
Expectations of participants:
Participants will ...
Participants will ...
*Implement a minimum of 3 MICRO labs in the fall and/or spring term
*Implement a minimum of 3 MICRO labs in the fall and/or spring term
*Submit requested materials and surveys for assessment purposes
*Submit requested materials and surveys for assessment purposes
*Work with researchers to collect data on student learning, and
*Work with researchers to collect data on student learning, and
*Engage in an online training/professional development workshop that will be scheduled during the week of August 3-6, 2020 as well as participate in the online community throughout the 20-21 academic year
*Engage in an online training/professional development workshop that will be scheduled during the week of August 3-6, 2020 as well as participate in the online community throughout the 20-21 academic year
Applicants will be invited to participate starting June 21, 2020.
Applicants will be invited to participate starting June 21, 2020.