Free Online Beer Chemistry Course

[passedpawn]

Hey organic chemistry fans, you know what you can make with H, C, and O? HOOCH. That's weird. OK, back to your regularly scheduled program.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

In

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Home Brew mobile app

 

[kuredood]

Anybody get word yet from OU? It is supposed to start in less than 2 weeks and I have not heard anything. Might have to buy a text book or something?

 

[passedpawn]

Anybody get word yet from OU? It is supposed to start in less than 2 weeks and I have not heard anything. Might have to buy a text book or something?

I think I read (in the course description) that all materials were online. Not sure where though.

 

[whitehause]

Yeah....that's kind of the way I read it too.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I'm going through the basic chemistry course which is open and all the materials are in the janux environment. Combination of materials to read and videos to watch so far.

 

[tankmech]

I am also signed up for this class and looking forward to it.

 

[PNP]

Signed up. PNP = P-N-P since there's a 5 letter minimum. :-/

 

[PLOVE]

Just signed-up. PLOVE = lovellp

Should be a blast.
I-chem
O-chem : )
B-chem : (
Beer-chem ?? - Finally a reason to "like" chemistry.

 

[Darby0626]

Has anyone received an e mail about the course? Its starts soon and haven't gotten anything from the school.

 

[mmorvant]

All,

Thought I would answer a couple of questions:

Course Materials -

There is not a required textbook. All of the content, video and reading, will be on the platform (janux.ou.edu) or linked from the platform to open access sites. There are some great books out there, but in an attempts to have an Open Course without additional required costs I have attempted to find all open access content.

I should also note that the platform allows you to take notes and share notes in the system. You can make a note for yourself or to share with your friends or with the whole class. Therefore, I wanted to maximize the utility of the platform by on boarding as much content as possible.

Tablets (iPad) -

There will be an iPad app coming out soon. Hopefully, by the start of class. The beta version looked great.

I have been able to use the site on my iPad for the General Chemistry course. The platform is going through updates on a weekly basis and the new courses may be running on a separate server. That being said, the goal is that the site will work on most browsers (with the exception of older versions of IE) and on most mobile devices, specifically iOS devices.

If the site does not work on your browser or device once the class goes active, please let me know.

General Chemistry Course -

The General Chemistry course was for "flipped" support for students enrolled at OU. This is one of the reasons that there is little activity on the site. We also were building the course on-demand. I am hopeful that the Organic Chemistry section in the General Chemistry course will be up by January 13.

The "Chemistry of Beer" course is an online course at OU and I expect that the discussions and online interactions will be much richer and social. Also, the course is near completion. I just have to finish up a few assessments and the video team is working on some graphics. Everyone working on the project is excited about the course and interest.

I hope to send out a class e-mail soon. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your interest. This should be fun.

Prof

 

[MedicMang]

Thanks Teach. I'm very excited to take the course.

 

[pharaohpierre]

Sweet, I just signed up. This should be good

 

[bren2426]

I just signed up name on there is brenle2426 see you all on the 13th.

 

[ultravista]

Signed up but no correspondence from the school yet. I start an Operations Management course on 01/06 too.

 

[IanJ]

Signed up as well, hoping to get some chemistry education as I couldn't comprehend it in highschool.

Edit-

Created a group for HomeBrewTalk on the Janux site, maybe we can all join and represent. Group name is HomeBrewTalk.com

To join:
Log in: https://janux.ou.edu then go to contacts > groups > join group > then enter code: s5yrUMqbKYa

 

[coyote68]

Getting Closer......can't wait.

 

[ianw58]

Signed up as well, hoping to get some chemistry education as I couldn't comprehend it in highschool.

Edit-

Created a group for HomeBrewTalk, maybe we can all join and represent.

To join, go to contacts, groups, join group and enter code: s5yrUMqbKYa

What's the name of the group, Ian?

 

[IanJ]

HomeBrewTalk.com should be the group name

 

[ianw58]

I must be missing something. Where did you create this group? HBT?

Not seeing it in the list.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I must be missing something. Where did you create this group? HBT?

Not seeing it in the list.

from your Brewing Chemistry page: Click contacts, then groups, then join groups, then enter his code: s5yrUMqbKYa
then the HomeBrewTalk group shows up.

 

[ianw58]

I don't see any groups there...

 

[ianw58]

Found it!

The site is not set up for Safari or iPad.

 

[coyote68]

also to enter the code you have to type it in, it wouldn't let me copy and paste it.

see you in class

 

[sandyeggoxj]

Pretty excited for this to start. Thanks to op for letting every one know! Cheers!

 

[brandonhagen1]

it wont let me click on join im on firefox dont know what the problem is i found it at the bottom hard to see

 

[helibrewer]

Joined the group, looking forward to this class.

 

[Ridire]

Has anyone gotten the email we are supposed to get with details? I signed up but haven't heard anything since.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

The prof wrote a note Thursday or Friday and said he'd send out an email this week. Also all necessary materials will be within janux (or linked to outside content that is free). No need to buy any books or any materials.

 

[garvinator70]

I signed up today and revived an E Mail, starts 1/13/2014.