The University of California Irvine is making its
university-level chemistry curriculum and educational resources available
through a new partnership with the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and
the California Community Colleges (CCC) systems. The partnership will make
full-captioned lecture videos freely available to students and faculty around
the world.
As part of the collaboration, UC Irvine’s Open Chemistry
(OpenChem) curriculum will be offered to the CSU and CCC systems. OpenChem consists
of 16 quarter-length undergraduate and select graduate lecture classes and is
available at no cost.
UC Irvine is also collaborating with other providers of
open educational resources, such as the UC Davis
ChemWiki textbook.
“This partnership extends UC Irvine’s commitment to
open education and its worldwide impact, with a focus on the needs of students
in the California public education system,” said Gary W. Matkin, dean of
continuing education, distance learning, and summer sessions at UC Irvine. “It
advances our goal of a world where high-quality education is available to all
for free.”
