Summer 1999 CONFCHEM
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A week will be devoted to the discussion of each paper on the CONFCHEM Majordomo mailing list. Consideration of each paper is scheduled to begin on a Friday. Short Questions may be sent by participants to the author or other participants and by the author to participants on Friday. Authors and participants will have an opportunity to prepare answers to the Short Questions over the weekend. ANSWERS to the Short Questions are to be sent to the CONFCHEM Majordomo mailing list early on Monday when DISCUSSION of the paper (and topic) will BEGIN. Discussion will continue from Monday through Thursday.
Session I: General Papers in Chemical EducationABSTRACTS |
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Donald Rosenthal - rosen1@clarkson.edu Department of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY 13699 |
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AN INTERNET SITE FOR FRESHMAN CHEMISTRY Chung Chieh - cchieh@uwaterloo.ca Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 Discussion archive of Paper I-1 (39 KB text file). |
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INTERPRETATION OF THE SPECTRA OF FIRST-ROW TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES (textbook problems) Robert John Lancashire - rjlanc@uwimona.edu.jm Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, JAMAICA Discussion archive of Paper I-2 (59 KB text file). |
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NEW TOOLS TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS IN PROBLEM SOLVING Bert Ramsay - Bert@chemicalc.com Chemical Concepts Corporation, 32 North Washington St., Suite 9-B, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197-2662 (Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University.) Discussion archive of Paper I-3 (63 KB text file). |
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DEPARTMENTAL COMPUTER LABS - ISSUES TO CONSIDER Iris K. Stovall - istovall@uillinois.edu Program Coordinator, Illinois Online Network, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801-2991 Discussion archive of Paper I-4 (45 KB text file). |
Session II: Distance and Collaborative Education Using the InternetABSTRACTS |
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Brian Tissue - tissue@vt.edu Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212 |
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AN INNOCENT TRIES DISTANCE EDUCATION Carl H. Snyder - CSnyder@miami.edu Chemistry Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 Discussion archive of Paper II-1 (142 KB text file). |
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VIDEO-BASED DISTANCE LEARNING IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY: OPTIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND OBSTACLES Doris R. Kimbrough and Gabriela C. Weaver - dkimbrough@castle.cudenver.edu Chemistry Department, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364 Discussion archive of Paper II-2 (117 KB text file). |
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GOING THE DISTANCE: EXPLORING WAYS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH INSTRUCTOR "CONTACT" IN A DISTANCE LEARNING GENERAL CHEMISTRY COURSE Gabriela C. Weaver and Doris R. Kimbrough - gweaver@carbon.cudenver.edu Chemistry Department, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364 Discussion archive of Paper II-3 (43 KB text file). |
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ON-LINE COURSES IN CHEMISTRY AM ("Lindy") Harrison - aharriso@eagle.ycp.edu York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17405 and Leonard J Archer - archer@griffon.mwsc.edu Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, 64507 Discussion archive of Paper II-4 (127 KB text file). |
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY ON-LINE: MAXIMIZING YOUR POTENTIAL Deborah Sauder - sauder@hood.edu Hood College, Frederick, MD 21701 and Marcy Hamby Towns - 00mhtowns@bsu.edu Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306 Discussion archive of Paper II-5 (79 KB text file). |
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MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY: CHEMIST, PRACTITIONER, CURSED ADMINISTRATOR Joseph S. Merola - jmerola@vt.edu College of Arts and Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0405 Discussion archive of Paper II-6 (100 KB text file). |
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On-Line Evaluation Form - Thanks to George Wiger at CSUDH for developing the form!
The number of registered participants during this CONFCHEM ranged from approximately 650 to 800. CONFCHEM CONTENTS FILE May 14 to August 20, 1999 (19 KB text file). (Useful as an cross reference to find discussion messages by subject.) |
This on-line conference ended Aug. 19, 1999.
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For more information contact one of the organizers listed above. The listserv was managed by Don Rosenthal and the web site was managed by Brian Tissue. See the CONFCHEM Home Page (http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/) for a schedule of upcoming conferences and an archive of other past conferences.
CONFCHEM on-line conferences are organized by the ACS Division of Chemical Education's Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE). Send additions or corrections for this page to Brian Tissue at tissue@vt.edu. |
