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ACS DIVISION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
COMMITTEE ON COMPUTERS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION (CCCE)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2004
The CCCE seeks to encourage, publicize and support the development,
assessment and use of computing technologies in chemical education.
This report summarizes some CCCE activities in pursuit of these objectives.
CCCE committee members are identified with an asterisk (*) after their
names (see membership list IX).
I. CONFCHEM - ON-LINE COMPUTER CONFERENCES
The conferences provide an opportunity for authors to present
papers on the CONFCHEM website -
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/>. Papers may include
multimedia materials. Generally, papers are discussed in the
following manner: - A day is devoted to short questions from
participants or authors. - Several days are then set aside for the
discussion of each paper using the CONFCHEM Discussion List which
has over 600 registrants.
Presentation of a paper does not preclude its subsequent
publication elsewhere.
CONFCHEM Conferences have been co-sponsored with other Divisions
of the American Chemical Society and other Committees of the
Division of Chemical Education. We hope to promote such joint
endeavors in the future.
Conferences held in 2004:
January 12 - February 10, 2004
"How and Why Should We Teach Chemistry for Non-Science Majors?"
Organized by Paul Kelter* and Renee Cole*
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2004/a/>
September 17 to October, 2004
"Teaching Computing in Chemistry Courses"
Organized by Carl H. Snyder* and Donald Rosenthal*
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2004/b/>
Future Scheduled Conferences:
January 17 - February, 2005
"Trends and New Ideas in Chemical Education"
Organized by Brian Tissue* and Donald Rosenthal*
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2005/a/>
July - August, 2005
"Technology in High School Chemistry" Organized by M. Gwen Sibert,
Mark T. Duncan, Michael St. Pierre and John Mauch
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2005/b/>
January - February, 2006
"Chemistry Discovery Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, Post-Grad"
Organized by Brian Tissue*
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2006/a/>
May - June, 2006
"Web-Based Applications for Chemical Education:
Experiences and Visions"
Organized by Robert M. Hanson and Robert E. Belford
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2006/b/>
Additional CONFCHEM Conferences are in early planning stages.
Archives of the 24 past CONFCHEM Conferences are available:
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/past.html>
The CONFCHEM website is managed by Brian Tissue*. The CONFCHEM
Majordomo Discussion List is managed by Donald Rosenthal*.
For more information see: <http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/>
II. COMPUTERS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
Spring and Fall issues of "Computers in Chemical Education
Newsletter" have been published in recent years.
These issues are available on the World Wide Web
(http://www.ched-ccce.org/newsletter/).
Articles in these issues were discussed using the CONFCHEM
Discussion List and are archived.
In 2004 only a Fall issue of the Newsletter was published.
<http://www.eclipse.net/~pankuch/Newsletter/Pages_NewsF04/F2004_News.html>
Brian Pankuch* is editor of the Newsletter.
Scott Van Bramer* chairs the on-line discussion of papers.
III. SYMPOSIA AND OTHER SESSIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS
Four CCCE members are currently members of the Division of
Chemical Education's Program Committee (Renee Cole*, Paul Kelter*,
Catherine Middlecamp* and Harry Pence*)
The CCCE and its members organize symposia at National ACS
Meetings and present papers.
Symposia sponsored by CCCE:
"What is the Next Big Step in the Use of Computers to
Teach Chemistry" organized by Harry Pence* and Laura Anna,
Spring 2004 ACS meeting in Anaheim, CA.
"Teaching Bioinformatics in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
organized by Jeremy Miller and Harry Pence*,
Fall National 2004 ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
IV. ON-LINE INTERCOLLEGIATE COURSES
During Fall 2002 a CONFCHEM Conference "Teaching Safety in High
Schools, Colleges and Universities" was organized by George Wahl,
Jr. <http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2002/c/>.
As a result of discussion at the end of the conference, it was
decided to organize an online intercollegiate course entitled:
CHEMICAL SAFETY: PROTECTING OURSELVES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
The course is jointly sponsored by the Division of Chemical Health
and Safety and the Division of Chemical Education.
Gary Trammell chaired the Organizing Committee and played a key
role in structuring the course. The course website may be found
at <http://science.widener.edu/svb/olcc_safety/>. There are
student and faculty online discussion lists. The course was
offered during the Fall 2004 term. Eight schools participated
(see the course website for additional details).
The CCCE offered four previous on-line intercollegiate courses
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/olcc/>.
V. COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Open and closed meetings of the CCCE are held at BCCE Meetings.
Meetings were held at the 2004 BCCE Meeting at Iowa State
University.
VI. CCCENET - COMMITTEE DISCUSSION LIST
The private discussion list CCCENET established in 1991 may be
used at any time to discuss committee matters. All CCCE members
are subscribed to CCCENET. A message sent to CCCENET is
distributed to all CCCE members.
VII. CCCE WEBSITE - <http://www.ched-ccce.org/>
This website is used to provide information about past, present
and future CCCE activities. The website is maintained by Brian
Tissue*.
VIII. OTHER ACTIVITIES
The CCCE assisted the International Center for First-year
Undergraduate Chemistry Education (ICUC) in establishing a private
(restricted) discussion list and a public ICUC-L Discussion List.
See <http://icuc.chem.uiuc.edu/icucwebsite/index.html>
for more information about ICUC.
In the past CCCE organized over a dozen CCCE National Computer
Workshops. The last workshops were organized at the BCCE meeting
at the University of Waterloo.
IX. CCCE MEMBERS 2004
The CCCE Committee consists of 20 members.
Names, affiliations and e-mail addresses are provided below.
Additional information about Committee member may be found at:
<http://www.ched-ccce.org/ccce/members/current.html>.
Charles Abrams
Truman College
abrams@ccc.edu
James M. Beard
Catawba College
jbeard@catawba.edu
Renee Cole
Central Missouri State University
rcole@socket.net
Elizabeth Dorland
Mesa Community College
liz.dorland@mcmail.maricopa.edu
Jack G. Goldsmith
University of South Carolina - Aiken
jackg@usca.edu
Paul B. Kelter
University of Illinois
paulkelter@yahoo.com
Thomas D. Kim
Youngstown State University
tdkim@cc.ysu.edu
George R. Long
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
grlong@iup.edu
Catherine H. Middlecamp
University of Wisconsin
chmiddle@facstaff.wisc.edu
Brian Pankuch
Union County College
pankuch@hawk.ucc.edu
Harry E. Pence
SUNY, College at Oneonta
pencehe@oneonta.edu
James H. Reeves
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
reeves@uncwil.edu
Donald Rosenthal
Clarkson University
rosen@clarkson.edu
Michael J. Sanger
Middle Tennessee State University
mjsanger@mtsu.edu
Carl H. Snyder
University of Miami
csnyder@miami.edu
Brian Tissue
VPI & State University
tissue@vt.edu
Scott E. Van Bramer
Widener University
svanbram@science.widener.edu
Walter Volland
Bellevue Community College
vollggw@blarg.net
Gabriela C. Weaver
Purdue University
gweaver@purdue.edu
Theresa J. Zielinski
Monmouth University
tzielins@monmouth.edu
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Committee on Computers in Chemical Education