Products and Outputs
Publications
Herrington, D.G. & Sweeder, R.D. (2025, Open Access: PMCID# PMC11823403). Is this a helpful YouTube video? A research-based framework for evaluating and developing conceptual chemistry instructional videos. Journal of Chemical Education. 102(2)., 621-629. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01085
Presentation
Talks
American Chemical Society 2026 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Mar 2026. Organic Chemistry on YouTube: What makes a good video? (J. Stenlund)
American Chemical Society 2026 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Mar 2026. Chemistry On Screen: What are students seeing on YouTube vs. what do we want them to find? (D. Herrington)
Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, HI, Dec 2025. Chemistry On Screen: What are students seeing on YouTube vs. what do we want them to find? (R. Sweeder & D. Herrington)
American Chemical Society 2025 Fall National Meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 17-21 2025. Phoning it in: Using students’ cell phones to provide meaningful formative assessment in general chemistry. (R. Sweeder & D. Herrington)
American Chemical Society 2024 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 17-21 2024. How do we help our students access quality chemistry instructional videos? (R. Sweeder & D. Herrington)
University of Sydney School of Chemistry, Sydney Australia, Feb 2025. Using Chemistry Education Research to Support effective Student Learning Outside the Classroom. (R. Sweeder)
Posters
Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, July 6-11, 2025. Chemistry On Screen: What are students seeing in YouTube chemistry videos? (R. Sweeder & D. Herrington)
American Chemical Society 2024 Fall National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 18-22, 2024. What do Students Find when Searching Core Chemistry Concepts on YouTube? (D. Herrington, & R. Sweeder)
Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, July 9-14, 2023. Are YouTube Chemistry Videos Supporting Your Students? (R. Sweeder, L. Zajac, & D. Herrington)
Posters Presented by Students
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education 2026, Madison, WI, Student Scholars’ Day, Grand Valley State University, UURAF, Michigan State University 2026. Collisions and Chemistry on Screen: Evaluating Kinetics Content on YouTube. (L. Geiger, M. Hastings, A. Ivanov, O. Kollovozi, K. Paudel, M. Rendeiro, D. Herrington, & R. Sweeder) Also presented at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Festival, Apr 2026, Michigan State University; and 2026 Student Scholars Day, Apr 2026, Grand Valley State University.
Undergraduate Scholars Day, University of North Texas, March 2026. When Reaction Mechanisms Go Viral: Evaluating Organic Chemistry Learning on YouTube. (Julich, J.; Stenlund, J. L.; Herrington, D. G.; Sweeder, R. D.; Atkinson, M. B.)
American Chemical Society 2026 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2026. Order, Disorder, and the Algorithm: Finding Quality Entropy Content on YouTube. (L. Forestieri, L. Geiger, O. Kollovozi, G. Palombo, K. Paudel, M. Rendeiro, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington) Also presented at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Festival, Apr 2026, Michigan State University; LBC Research Showcase, Feb 2026, Michigan State University; and MID-SURE, Jul 2025, Michigan State University.
American Chemical Society 2026 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, LBC Research Showcase (2026), and MID-SURE (2025), Michigan State University, 2026. Maintaining Equilibrium: Investigating Educational Content of Buffer Videos on YouTube (O. Kollovozi, K. Paudel, A. Ivanov, L. Geiger, M. Rendeiro, D. Herrington & R. Sweeder) Also presented at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Festival, Apr 2026, Michigan State University; and LBC Research Showcase, Feb 2026, Michigan State University.
American Chemical Society 2025 Spring National Meeting, San Diego, CA March 23-27, 2025. How can I learn about gas behavior? An analysis of how YouTube videos help support students’ understanding of gas behavior. (R. Chenoweth, G. Palombo, I. Senkowski, L. Forestieri, S. Gudinas, A. Ivanov, D. Herrington, & R. Sweeder) Also presented at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Festival, Apr 2025, Michigan State University; 2025 Student Scholars Day, Apr 2025, Grand Valley State University; and LBC Research Showcase, Feb 2025, Michigan State University.
American Chemical Society 2025 Spring National Meeting, San Diego, CA March 23-27, 2025. Intermolecular Mayhem! What are the forces holding together a quality conceptual video of IMFs on YouTube? (L. Forestieri, A. Ivanov, S. Gudinas, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington) Also presented at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Festival, Apr 2025, Michigan State University; 2025 Student Scholars Day, Apr 2025, Grand Valley State University; and Lyman Briggs Research Showcase, Feb 2025, Michigan State University.
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Lexington, KY, July 28-Aug. 1, 2024. Chemistry Concepts on YouTube: How Well do Educational Videos Support Conceptual Learning of Intermolecular Forces? (S. Gudinas, L. Zajac, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington)
MID-SURE, Michigan State University, July 2024. Chemistry concepts on YouTube: How well do educational videos support conceptual learning of intermolecular forces? (S. Gudinas, L. Forestieri, A. Ivanov, V. Chisholm, S. Scrader, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington)
American Chemical Society 2024 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA March 17-21, 2024. Bonding with YouTube! What Can Students Learn about Covalent and Ionic Bonding? (L. Zajac, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington)
2023 LBC Research Symposium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 2023. Education Videos: How Can Students Search Smarter? (L. Zajac, R. Sweeder, & D. Herrington)