Enhancing learning and teaching quality: Intranet hierarchy optimisation and application of stereochemical molecular representations

• Published in: Information services & use Vol. 20; no. 2-3; pp. 125 - 138
• Main Authors: Sosabowski, Michael H., Aljawhiri, Steve, Herson, Katie, Olivier, George W.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 2000
• Subjects: Brighton University, UK; Chemistry; Educational technology; Intranets; Universities
• ISSN: 0167-5265; 1875-8789
• DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2000-202-308

This article deals with the ongoing use and development of Intranet-based technologies within the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton. The course used as a test model is the M.Pharm. degree, a 4-year course with approximately 120 students per level. The student subjects of this study are the then Level 2 students. In this article we examine the continued optimisation of a School Intranet learning resource with regard to optimisation of the hierarchical structure. In response to a requirement previously identified, this work then focuses on the use of manipulatable molecular representations to enhance the learning and teaching of stereochemistry.