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Resource Development Team 2024
| Authors | Sharon Brewer, PhD Lindsay Blackstock, PhD |
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| Contributing Author | Ashlynn Jensen |
| Content Creators | Sharon Brewer, PhD Lindsay Blackstock, PhD Ashlynn Jensen C. Esther Ojukwu |
| PASS Framework Developers | Sharon Brewer, PhD Lindsay Blackstock, PhD Verena Roberts, PhD |
| Publishing Manager | Dani Collins, MEd |
| Copy Editing | Kaitlyn Meyers, BA |
| Production | Jessica Obando Almache, BCS |
Resources
PASSchem by Sharon Brewer and Lindsay Blackstock has been created from a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from the following open text publications:
General Chemistry 1 (TRU Course Code CHEM1500):
CHEM1500: Chemical Bonding and Organic Chemistry
- Background material
- Quantum Theory and Electronic Structure of Atoms
- Periodic Relationships Among the Elements
- Chemical Bonding I – Basic Concepts
- Chemical Bonding II – Molecular Geometry and Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals
- Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids
- Organic Chemistry I – Bonding and Structure
- Organic Chemistry II – Stereochemistry
- Organic Chemistry III – Conformational Analysis
General Chemistry 2 (TRU Course Code CHEM1510 or CHEM1520):
TRU: Fundamentals and Principles of Chemistry (CHEM1510 and CHEM1520)
- Background
- Gases
- Thermochemistry
- Kinetics
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Acid-Base Equilibrium
- Buffers, Titrations and Solubility Equilibria
- Entropy and Free Energy
- Electrochemistry
You can find both these resources on the Thompson Rivers University LibreText Bookshelf.
Funding and Support
The content development for this OER resource was made possible by funding and other support from:
2024
- TRU Open Press
- “[To] offer wrap-around supports for the creation and development of open educational resources, open scholarship, and open pedagogy projects.”
2023
- TRU Instructional Innovation Grant (TIIG), awarded to Dr. Blackstock & Dr. Brewer (excerpt included)
- “[To] enhance and build the classroom experience by adopting or experimenting with instructional approaches that challenge, support, and encourage students.”
2021
- TRU Open Educational Resources Grant, awarded to Dr. Blackstock, Dr. Brewer, and Dr. Verena Roberts
- Development of the PASS framework
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- “To support faculty to integrate OER into their courses (through course release or other financial support/incentive) [and] to build capacity at TRU for creating and adapting open textbooks and other OER that are up to date and appropriate for TRU curricula.”
Special Thanks to…
PASSchem has been an evolving project since 2021.
Dr. Verena Roberts: an instrumental team member of the original TRU OER Development grant.
- Thank you for your foundational work in investigating OER resources as part of the Zero Textbook Cost initiative. For accruing and curating the available general chemistry OER practice problems collection, for your collaboration on the PASS framework, and your invaluable insight into instructional design and literature based rationale behind pedagogical practices
TRU Grant Management/Coordinators:
- Christine Miller (TRU, University and Employment Preparation) – Thank you for coordination of the 2021/2022 TRU OER Development Grant project
- Dr. Diane Janes (TRU, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching) – Thank you for your coordination of the 2023/2024 TRU Instructional Innovation Grant project
