Online courses administered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show that it is possible to create an effective network of professors and students from across institutional and national borders all learning together — even in conceptually challenging subjects such as organic chemistry.
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Moore, J., Janowicz, P. Chemistry goes global in the virtual world. Nature Chem 1, 2–4 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.138
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