(396e) Chem Quest: An Adaptive Pre-Freshman Online Chemistry Course

The Chemical Engineering and Food Technology (CEFT) cluster in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) offers different undergraduate programs – (1) Chemical Engineering, (2) Pharmaceutical Engineering, and (3) Food Technology. A pre-freshman Chemistry course is necessary because 95% of the matriculated students are polytechnic diploma holders from diverse programs, including marginally related programs (e.g. Logistics).

Chem Quest is an SIT initiative to bridge the knowledge gap between pre-university and freshman Chemistry. In order to reach as many pre-freshmen as possible, Chem Quest is offered as an online course. Recognising that the Chemistry competencies of pre-freshmen is at differing levels, Chem Quest is also made adaptive, where learners with lower Chemistry competencies undergo a more vigorous course while learners with higher Chemistry competencies experience Chem Quest as a refresher course. Chem Quest will be initially rolled out to pre-freshmen in the CEFT cluster.