And you can still expect the qualities of excellence, power and reliability that have made OWL the #1 online learning system for chemistry for more than a decade:
Click here to take a Sneak Peek at the New OWL. NEW! EXPECT ADVANCED REPORTING AND GRADE BOOK FEATURES THAT GIVE YOU MORE POWER AND FLEXIBILITY. OWL offers easy and useful ways for you to assess the progress of your class as a whole and track each student's individual progress, allowing you to identify students who may need help and to maximize the effectiveness of your lectures and office hours:
And OWL's instructor support is second to none. Instructor's Resources are accessible within OWL, and our Technology Service & Training Program features online and on-site support from professors around the country who are experts in using OWL, as well as access to Online Seminars, Self-Training Videos, and complete Technical Support. For the latest details and to take a Sneak Peek at the new OWL, visit us on the web. NEW! EXPECT MORE VALUE FOR YOUR STUDENTS
For the latest details and to take a Sneak Peek at the new OWL, visit us on the web. NEW! EXPECT ENHANCEMENTS THAT SAVE YOU TIME AND GIVE YOUR STUDENTS MORE LEARNING OPTIONS For you, OWL offers new time-saving pre-set assignments that are fully customizable:
For your students, OWL offers enhancements for every learning style:
NEW! EXPECT EASY-TO-NAVIGATE, EASY-TO-CUSTOMIZE ASSIGNMENT LIST PAGES The new OWL offers new assignment list pages that allow you to:
NEW! EXPECT A MORE MODERN INTERFACE WITH MOST IMPORTANT TASKS JUST A CLICK AWAY Intuitive and easy to use, the new OWL is redesigned throughout to save you time, whether you're setting up assignments, running reports, or checking student progress. The new OWL features:
Even easier to use and navigate, OWL offers a new look that is modern and inviting.
NEW! EXPECT EASE OF USE featuring a 3-step assignment set-up wizard OWL's new, 3-step Assignment Wizard makes setting up your course a breeze with "out of the box" assignments that are timed and correlated at both the section and chapter level to ensure an appropriate amount of homework for your students. And both you and your students will appreciate OWL's clean, modern interface and intuitive navigation.
NEW! EXPECT THE BEST CONTENT WITH NEW QUESTIONS AND NEW PROBLEM TYPES OWL offers more assignable, gradable problems than any other system—more than 100,000 for general chemistry and over 6,000 for organic chemistry. And OWL provides more ways for students to master concepts than any other system, including:
NEW! EXPECT EXCEPTIONAL GRADE BOOK OPTIONS AND REPORTS WITH NEW INSTRUCTOR-FRIENDLY FEATURES With OWL, you can get a weekly or daily snapshot of your class's progress, so you can plan your lecture topics accordingly. The new OWL features:
And generating the reports you want is easy. OWL's built-in options and filters ensure you get just the data you need. NEW! EXPECT A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS . . . INCLUDING AN ENHANCED E-BOOK Offer your students a complete e-Book in OWL when you use any of Brooks/Cole's 2009/2010 texts— or order the e-Book as a text replacement. The e-Book includes the complete textbook as an assignable resource fully linked to OWL homework content. Students can personalize the e-Book by adding and saving their own notes, bookmarks, and highlighted text. Please consult your Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning representative for pricing and bundling options. "The e-book is nice when you need to quickly look something up for a certain chapter. With the e-book you also don't have to worry about carrying a big book around with you. The direct link for e-mailing the professor is a nice feature in case you have questions on any of the material. I believe OWL to be very easy to use and to understand." EXPECT UNSURPASSED CHEMICAL, NUMERICAL, AND If your students ever get confused when the chemical systems in problems change (such as sodium to potassium or methyl to ethyl), they'll appreciate OWL's mastery approach that allows students to work at their own pace as they truly master chemical concepts. When a student misses a question, OWL generates a new problem with different chemistry so students can practice solving problems of the same type with different chemicals, different numbers, and even different problem wording. This helps improve their conceptual understanding as well as their performance on exams.
Students can work as much as they need, on different versions of the same question. Not only does this help reinforce chemical understanding rather than memorization, it also minimizes cheating, while providing opportunities for students to engage in collaborative learning without sharing work. EXPECT A SYSTEM THAT MEETS STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF SKILL LEVEL OWL's unique mastery learning approach ensures that students who really need help, get help. With OWL, the "A" students who know the material get the problems right and move on, while the students who are struggling continue to work problems until they show they have mastered the concept. Extensive feedback within each problem helps students every step of the way until they truly understand the concept, and students are NOT penalized for receiving hints. EXPECT MORE FLEXIBILITY & CONTROL Only OWL gives instructors so many choices. Easily customizable to specific course goals and student needs, OWL allows instructors to choose how many times students can attempt a problem, whether the student receives feedback and hints, and how much credit to give each step and each problem. OWL reduces faculty workload and makes learning and homework management a breeze as it helps students master chemical concepts. EXPECT BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR STUDENTS OWL offers the best communication system between instructors and students available. If a student e-mails you from OWL reporting homework trouble, OWL sends along complete information on exactly where the student ran into trouble, including the number of times attempted, the time spent in OWL, and the exact concept the student is struggling with. This saves you time in back and forth and ensures that students get the help they need when they need it. For example, if a student emails you that he or she is having trouble with “stoichiometry problem 3”, that’s not much help to you because you then have to dig through the system and view progress to see what “problem 3” is, in which assignment, etc… When students email you through the OWL system, all relevant information is included so that you help the student quickly and effectively. EXPECT SUPERIOR SERVICE & TRAINING When you become an OWL user, you can expect service that goes far beyond the ordinary. In addition to Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning support (including technical support, training, and personalized service), you have the dedication of University of Massachusetts chemistry faculty who developed and continue to refine the system. And the OWL Training Program is second to none, featuring online and on-site support from faculty, lead teachers, and power users who are experts in using OWL and can customize a training format to meet your specific course, instructor, and student needs. EXPECT RELIABILITY YOU CAN COUNT ON Only OWL was developed from the ground up BY CHEMISTRY instructors FOR teaching chemistry and has been class-tested, fine-tuned, and continually improved over 12 years of classroom use by people who know the needs of undergraduate chemistry students. This ensures that OWL offers more reliability — and more accuracy in problems and solutions — than any other system. In addition, whenever new content is added, the updated OWL system is scrupulously tested with classes at the University of Massachusetts before it is ever made live for other users. With OWL, instructors have everything they need to ensure that students do more THINKING and less memorization, put more effort into their homework, and come to class more prepared. Hundreds of thousands of students have used OWL's mastery system to visualize chemical concepts, improve problem-solving skills, and earn better grades. And instructors report that students who use OWL on a regular basis earn grades one letter grade higher on average than those not using OWL. |
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