C-MoR Project Philosophy

To provide students and faculty with another mode of learning and teaching - a visual channel

To entice the curious and/or advanced student to learn more without overwhelming the weaker and/or less curious

indeed we hope the C-MoR Modules will stimulate the natural curiosity that all students have

Flexible Use

as easily customizable as possible by faculty who want to use the modules
different emphases possible depending on choice of order
to provide each module in a form that can be used both as a lecture aid for use in class by the instructor and also as a tutorial for deeper exploration by the student

Focus each module on Concepts so that they can be used in a variety of places in the typical chemistry curriculum

Layered with different levels of material/theory/detail

so that they can be used to present a topic in several courses of differing level within a curriculum
to help generate coherence within the curriculum
to help students see the fundamental connections/dependencies that exist between courses and ideas
the hope is to help tie courses and concepts together

Visual images and animations designed to be memorable and supportive of teaching goals

to help both the teacher and the student by delivering images that are hard to present accurately either in words or in two-dimensional drawings (on a chalkboard or overhead), or that are hard for the student to accurately record
to allow presentations to be more accurate, less simplified, and more illustrative of the best theories

Web-based as much as possible, for maximum access by students

To provide the materials to the educational community in a manner that reduces the barrier as much as possible for use by interested individuals