Caroline Christian Sloan, Ph.D.

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Chemical Educator

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Education

Ph.D., 2010, Chemistry, North Carolina State University

Dissertation title: Examining Chemistry Students Visual-Perceptual Skills using the Visual-Spatial Chemistry Specific (VSCS) tool and Interview data
Research advisor: Maria Oliver-Hoyo

M.S., 2005, Teaching of Chemistry, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

M.S., 2003, Chemical Biology, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Research Advisor: Robert Gennis
B.A., 1999, Major: Chemistry, Minor: Physics, Concordia University, River Forest, IL

Area of Expertise

  • Video developer, LMS host, and Online interactive module creator
  • Chemistry instruction
  • Science, science teaching, bench scientist
  • Instructional Design

Work Experience

May 2015 – August 2016
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate

  • Developed online videos from conception to delivery.
  • Created course material for a SCALE-UP classroom, where students learn by deductive methods.

October 2013 – Present
Element Learning
Raleigh, NC
Chemistry Education Specialist

  • Assisted in the design of chemistry tutoring online resources and website – elementlearning.com.
  • Will be tutoring chemistry students of multiple disciplines in all different age and ability levels.

February 2013 – October 2013
Advanced Instructional Systems – WebAssign
Raleigh, NC
Chemistry Author

  • Authored general chemistry questions and tutorials and organic chemistry tutorials.
  • Managed a group of six chemistry authors by giving assignments, and holding monthly one-on-one phone calls.

January 2011 – February 2013
Advanced Instructional Systems - WebAssign
Raleigh, NC
Chemistry Editor

  • Supervise a team of five chemistry coders by administering assignments, holding weekly meetings, and providing progress reports.
  • Manage multiple projects at once.
  • Review code and chemistry content of publisher chemistry questions and various other types of sources.

Teaching Experience

August 2016 – Present
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC
Adjunct Professor: Nursing and regular General Chemistry classes, online classes, and labs

  • Won grant to develop online interactive modules for chemistry students.
  • Taught general chemistry to nursing majors, wrote exams and graded all homework and exams.

August 2016 – May 2017
Duke University
Durham, NC
Instructional Staff: General and Organic Chemistry Labs

  • Taught and graded general and organic chemistry labs.
  • Managed a special project of watching and critiquing organic chemistry videos.

January 2014 – Present
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
Primary Instructor: Nursing and regular General Chemistry classes, online classes, and labs

  • Taught general chemistry to nursing majors and chemistry majors, wrote exams and graded all homework and exams. Developed and taught two different online chemistry courses.

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