NOTES for Cooperative Glass Class合作玻璃的课堂笔记.doc

Syllabus and NOTES for Cooperative Glass ClassClass Meeting TimesM, W 5:00-6:30pm ESTURL /vgc/Access: Sign in with guest access and provide your name. You will appear as an attendee in the class list that will show on the left hand pod on the Breeze siteYOU will NEED to connect and access class info:- your laptop or a smart classroom- CLEMSON ID to be able to access BlackboardAll lectures will be recorded and available on Blackboard, so you will be able to access outside of classroom meeting time.InstructorsDr. Alex Clare, Alfred UniversityDr. Himanshu Jain, Lehigh UniversityDr. Mario Affatigato, Coe CollegeDr. Steve Martin, Iowa State UniversityDr. John Kieffer, University of MichiganDr. Eric Skaar, Clemson UniversityDr. Laeticia Petit, Clemson UniversityDr. Kathleen Richardson, Clemson UniversityThese instructors will be posting profiles on Blackboard so you know when and how to contact them.Blackboard accessYour local instructor is providing us your info and you will be issued a CLEMSON ID which will allow you to log into Blackboard to receive info, updates and announcements related to the classThis site will be established this weekend once we receive all student info from the various Universities.We will be establishing a one pager profiles for each faculty member with their contact info for your use.You can access Blackboard FAQ on the site with questions you have that your home instructor cannot answer. We can also access the Blackboard manual should you need that.Course ScheduleThis file has been uploaded onto the BREEZE site.Virtual Classroom ProtocolEach professor, like you, is experiencing this distant to many locations instructions for the first time. Hence, youll need to bear with us as well.Each professor will define how they want to communicate with YOU during the class. They will ask you to use the CHAT pod on the bottom of your screen to text in messages or questions or answers. At this point, we are evaluating if we need to have voice access available at the end of each lecture. In our practice runs, we found that the multiple universities discussion is really hard to coordinate. However, you will be able to enter questions AFTER lecture or at any time, through the CHAT pod.Each faculty member or team teaching a specific course module will be defining and assigning individual homework/quiz/project assignments related to their topic. You will be given due dates and form of this submission, along with how you will submit it (electronically to Blackboard) by the instructor.Class Grade DeterminationFinal grades will be determined by your participation in class and your completion of work associated with the various course modules. This info and your grades will be tabulated on a master course grade list on Blackboard, where you can see your grades for each module. Each module will have an assignment of some form associated with it, that will count 10% of your grade. A final group project will be assigned for your final exam.Your final grade will be submitted to your home institution by your local instructor.individual assignments per topic (70%)(assessment tool TBD for each topic shown = 7 x 10% of final grade)- review of glass transition, glass formation, basics on structure (Professor Martin, Iowa State Univ.) - Vibrational spectroscopy IR, Raman (Prof. Richardson/Dr. Petit, Clemson, Dr. Affatigato, Coe College)- NMR Spectroscopy (Professor Martin, ISU)- Electronic Spectoscopy (Professor Jain, Lehigh)- Scattering Studies Neutron and XRay Scattering (Professor Clare, Alfred)- Modeling and Simulation (Professor Kieffer, Univ. Michigan)- Effect of glass formation method on structure thin films, fibers, implanted, irradiated glasses (Professors Martin, Richardson, Jain)final project (30%)-