{"id":10699,"date":"2013-06-06T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=10699"},"modified":"2013-06-06T13:48:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:48:18","slug":"secrets-of-a-university-lecturer-1981-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=10699","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of a university lecturer: 1981-1983."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"10699\">\n<p>Many moons ago, when I was a young(ish) lecturer, and much closer in time to my laboratory roots of organic synthesis, I made some chemistry videos. One of these has <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/blog\/videoarchive\/2013\/05\/21\/chemistry-teaching-videos-1981-1993\/\" target=\"_blank\">resurfaced<\/a>, somewhat \u00a0(to me at least) unexpectedly. Nowadays of course, such demonstrations are all carried out using virtual simulations (Flash animations etc) as the equipment itself becomes less common.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/blog\/videoarchive\/2013\/05\/21\/chemistry-teaching-videos-1981-1993\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10700\" alt=\"trolley-pump\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/trolley-pump.jpeg\" width=\"515\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If anyone knows of any other unlikely video demonstrations, made by people who rarely practised what they were preaching, do leave a comment!<\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 10699 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many moons ago, when I was a young(ish) lecturer, and much closer in time to my laboratory roots of organic synthesis, I made some chemistry videos. 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