Talks (past ~5 years and upcoming)
Upcoming Talks
- Are Publishing Patterns in Chemistry Education Tea Leaves for Future Innovation? Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2026, Madison, WI, July 2026
- Pathways for general chemistry classes to be “easy bein’ green”, Thomas Holme, Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 2026
Talks in the Past ~5 Years
- “Helping students visualize the chemistry of how to address complex Earth and societal challenges through systems thinking”, Thomas Holme, Micke Reynders, One Year Anniversary of the Stockholm Declaration 24-Hour Webinar, May 2026
- “Understanding the chemical basis of sustainability as a core motivation for learning chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Kritzler Lecture, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, April 2026.
- “Measuring how students make connections between chemistry and Earth and societal systems”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, April 2026
- Impact of special issues of the Journal of Chemical Education, Thomas Holme, American Chemical Society Spring 2026 National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2026
- Green chemistry in higher education: How did we get here?, David Laviska, Amy Cannon, Jane Wissinger, Irvin Levy, Thomas Holme, and Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal, American Chemical Society Spring 2026 National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2026
- Evaluating undergraduate general chemistry students’ conceptual understanding in a gamified online homework system, Morgan Clark and Thomas Holme, American Chemical Society Spring 2026 National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2026
- Learning with Gamified Homework, Morgan Clark and Thomas Holme, Center of Excellence for Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University (virtual), March 2026
- Using aspects of systems thinking and sustainability to map out chemistry's connections to wildfires in first-year chemistry, Micke Reynders and Thomas Holme, Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, December 2025
- Investigating students’ conceptual understanding with a gamified online homework system and eye tracking, Morgan Clark and Thomas Holme, Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, December 2025
- Promoting Student Help Seeking with Curated Chatbots, Morgan Clark, Micke Reynders, and Thomas Holme, Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, December 2025
- A decade of thematic chemistry application examples to introduce components of systems thinking in general chemistry, Thomas Holme, Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, December 2025
- Implementation and analysis of a free-form intelligent tutoring system for general chemistry calculations, Thomas Holme and Emily King, Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, December 2025
- “Trajectory towards sustainability as a key theme in General Chemistry”, Thomas Holme for the Committee on the Environment and Sustainability, ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2025.
- “Combustion friend or foe: Sustainability connections in general chemistry”, Thomas Holme, 29th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2025.
- “Incorporating systems thinking and sustainability at scale in large lecture settings”, Thomas Holme and Micke Reynders, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2025.
- “Adding Systems Thinking to First-Year Chemistry and it’s Impact on Learning”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, University of California – Davis, Davis, CA, February 2025
- “Contemplating the Role of Systems Thinking in Chemistry and Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, February 2025
- Student Perceptions on a ChatGPT-enabled Final Exam, Morgan Clark, Micker Reynders, and Thomas Holme, American Chemical Society Fall 02024 National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2024
- “From Concept Maps to SOCMEs: Connecting Chemistry to Sustainability”, Thomas Holme, Micke Reynders, International Conference on Chemical Education, Pataya, Thailand, July 2024, Keynote Speaker
- “Tools to Assist Student Writing and Learning about Chemistry within Earth and Societal Systems”, Thomas Holme and Annabelle Lolinco, Graduate Student Selection Seminar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 2024
- “Tips for Publishing Educational Innovation in Discipline-based Education Journals”, Thomas Holme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, July 2024.
- ChatGPT vs Students: Who wrote it better?, Morgan Clark, Micke Reynders, and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2024, Lexington, KY, July 2024
- Systems Thinking in Chemistry and Visualizing Complexity for Sustainability, Micke Reynders and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2024, Lexington, KY, July 2024
- Utilizing eye-tracking in a gamification study, Morgan Clark and Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2024, Lexington, KY, July 2024
- “Learning from the use of curated chatbots to engage with students in chemical education”, Annabelle Lolinco and Thomas Holme, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, MN, Canada, June 2024
- Learning from the use of curated chatbots to engage with students in chemical education, Anabelle Lolinco, Emily King, Morgan Clark, and Thomas Holme, AAAS-IUSE Summit, Washington D.C., June 2024
- “Emerging Trends in the Use of Generative AI in Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Emily King, Annabelle Lolinco, Micke Reynders, ESCIP Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, May 2024
- “Understanding Assessment of Learning and the Connections to the Complexity of Content being Assessed”, Thomas Holme, Chemistry Departmental Seminar, George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 2024
- “Personalizing the introductory student connection to chemistry by incorporating sustainability”, Thomas Holme, Micke Reynders, Morgan Clark, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2024
- Curated syllabus chatbot to aid students when they need it most, Emily King, Annabelle Lolinco, Morgan Clark, and Thomas Holme, Joint Midwest-Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting 2023, Saint Charles, MO, October 2023
- Breaking Down and Comparing Student Actions in the Open Response Chemistry Cognitive Assistant Tutor, Emily King, Thomas Holme, Joint Midwest-Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting 2023, Saint Charles, MO, October 2023
- Tips for Publishing Educational Innovation in Discipline-Based Education Journals, Thomas Holme, Center for Teaching Excellence Roundtable Presentation, Rice University, Houston, TX, March 2023
- Old and New Ways to Support Student Writing about Chemistry Connections to Systems Thinking, Thomas Holme, Annabelle Lolinco, Texas Community College Teachers Association General Convention, Houston, TX, March 2023.
- From Context to Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education, Thomas Holme, Keynote Speaker, 44th National Convention of the South African Chemistry Institute, Stellenbosch, South Africa, January 2023
- Analyzing the evolution of chemistry teaching responses to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Thomas Holme, Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry, Morocco, December 2022
- Exploring the role of Journal Special Issues in translating theory into practice, Thomas Holme, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 2022
- “Using systems thinking concepts to build a connecting thread of real world applications for general chemistry topics.” Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022.
- “Moving along the pandemic response continuum from survival towards intentionality.” Melanie Cooper, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022
- “Where we’ve been. Where we are. Where we’re going.” Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022.
- “Implementation and analysis of a free-form intelligent tutoring system for general chemistry calculations.” Emily King, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022
- “Student interactions with open-response chemistry tutors.” Emily King, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022
- “Helping students synthesize chemistry with context through soundboarding.” Annabelle Lolinco, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022
“Integrating chatbots into the chemistry classroom.” Annabelle Lolinco, Thomas Holme, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, West Lafayette, IN, August 2022
- “Systems thinking in foundational chemistry: connecting chemistry content to earth and societal systems”, Thomas Holme, Plenary Talk, International Conference on Chemical Education, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2022 – delivered remotely due to Covid-19
- “Analysis of efforts in computational chemistry education published in the Journal of Chemical Education”, Thomas Holme, 12th Trienial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2022
- “Likert Scales and Some Alternatives for Measuring Affect Related to Teaching Changes”, Thomas Holme, Jiwoo An, Chris Bauer, Mary Emenike, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, AB, Canada, June 2022
- “Student Writing as a Key Component of Assessing Sustainability and Systems Thinking in General Chemistry”, Thomas Holme, Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Reston, VA, June 2022
- “Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Open-Ended Problem Solving in Chemistry”, Thomas Holme, David Yaron, Emily King, Sandra Raysor, Maxwell Benson, Jonathon Sewall, Kenneth Koedinger, IUSE-Summit, Washington, DC., June 2022
- “Contemplating the Role of Systems Thinking in Chemistry and Chemistry Education”, Thomas Holme, Keynote Speaker, Lester Andrews Graduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, May, 2022
- “Measuring student learning of connections of general chemistry content to broader societal contexts”, Thomas Holme and Annabelle Lollinco, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2022
- “Exploring student conceptions of scientific instruments and measurements”, Thomas Holme and Jiwoo An, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2022
- “Editors Panel on Publishing and Academic Bullying”, Arianna Colosio, Thomas Holme, Charlotte Payne, Jonathan Sweedler, Academic Parity Movement 2nd Annual Conference, East Lansing, MI (Virtual), March 2022.
- “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (virtual), February, 2022.
- “Combating Compartmentalized Chemistry Knowledge with Systems Thinking”. Chinese Chemical Society - American Chemical Society Chemical Education Forum, Beijing China (Virtual), November, 2021
- “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Departmental Seminar, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, November, 2021.
- “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, 1st International Seminar on Chemistry and Chemical Education, Keynote Speaker, Pattimura University, Ambon-Maluku, Indonesia (Virtual) September 2021.
- “New Affordances in Measuring Student Conceptual Knowledge in Chemistry via Technology”, Thomas Holme, Latsis Symposium 2021: STEM, Zurich, Switzerland, September, 2021
- “Communicating scholarly efforts in chemistry education over the past century in the Journal of Chemical Education”, Thomas Holme, ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA (Virtual), August, 2021
- “Ammonia: Smelling Salts for Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education”. Marc Whalen, Peter Mahaffy, Jaclyn J. Stewart, Thomas Holme, Stephen A. Matlin, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, QC, (Virtual), August, 2021
- “Incorporating Systems Thinking Within the Constraints of the General Chemistry Curriculum Using Human Health as a Context”. Thomas Holme Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, QC, (Virtual), August, 2021
- “From Busy Hands to Busy Minds: General Chemistry Labs - What Does the Future Hold?” Rebecca Eikey, Pamela Auburn, Thomas A. Holme, 2-Year College Chemistry Consortium Community Forum, (Virtual), March 2021
- “Sustainability conversations to connect general chemistry to Earth and societal systems”. Texas Community College Teachers Association Conference (online) Houston, TX, February 2021
- “Complexity and Chemistry Content when Teaching in Interesting Times” Education Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, England, October 2020.
- “Complexity and Chemistry Content when Teaching in Interesting Times” Seminar, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, September 2020.
- “Expanding boundaries in general chemistry to build a systems thinking approach to life cycle analysis for a pharmaceutical molecule”, Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Thomas A. Holme, on-line, June 2020.
- “Using Systems Thinking Concepts in General Chemistry to Combat Compartmentalized Knowledge Acquisition”, Thomas Holme, Gomberg Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2020.
- “Helping Foundations Flourish: Systems Thinking as a Means to Connect Introductory Chemistry to Broader Science Studies”, Thomas Holme, Colloquium, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto - Mississauga, Toronto, ON, January 2020