Ognjen Š. MiljanićDepartment of Chemistry • University of Houston

Impacting Education through Technologyfrom distance learning to customized hands-on models

Cottrell Scholar ConferenceTucson, AZ • 07.11.2013

Diverse Strategies for Diverse Students

Diverse racial, ethnic, and income backgrounds, but also…

diverse future plans, career prospects, work situations

University of Houston

40,750 students

33.1% white23.5% Hispanic

19.3% Asian American12.1% African American

66% receive some formof financial aid

eLectures: Digitized Recordings of Writing & Voice

www.chem3331.com48,000+ visits since first launched

also used at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and New York University Abu Dhabi

CHEM4397: New Course on Energy Issues

Prof. Joseph PrattCullen Distinguished Professor of History and BusinessUniversity of Houston

Energy Issues presented in a focused fashion, in one place www.chem4397.com

Offered in Fall 2013, as ENRG 3310—new minor!

Customized 3D Printed Teaching ModelsThree-dimensional printing allows easy customization:

NYSE-listed 3D Printing Companies

3D Systems DDD 4.8 billionStratasys SSYS 3.5 billionExOne XONE 0.9 billionAutoDesk (soft ware) ADSK 7.7 billion

3D printed modelsfor teaching

Physical Organic Chemistry

REPOSITORY of 3D models for teaching chemistry?

Dream Outcomes!

When was the last time you bought a $250 book?using your own money?

$85 in a museum store$54 on Amazon

Dream Outcomes!Get rid of overpriced textbooks for organic chemistry:

…textbooks are designed to maximize sales, not to prepare students for research in new and undefined fields… We can also use the Web to trade good ideas for free.

George Whitesides (Harvard), 2007 Priestley Medal address