New Initiatives in Chemical Education
An On-Line Symposium, June 3 to July 19, 1996
Sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society.
Organized by Donald Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry , Clarkson University,
and by Tom O'Haver, Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, The University of Maryland at College Park. Technical support from the
Computer Science Center, University of Maryland at College Park, Jennifer Fajman, Acting Director.
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Internet addresses
The abstracts, papers, and other information for this symposium are available at:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/FacRes/ChemConference/ChemConf96/Home.html
gopher://gopher.inform.umd.edu:70/11/EdRes/FacRes/ChemConference/ChemConf96
Technical Program and Schedule
April 8 to June 1: Participants will register for the Symposium
June 1, 1996: Papers will be made available for Session 1
June 3 - June 7: Short Questions for Papers 1 to 5 (Submitted by Conference registrants.). (Paper 1 on Monday, Paper 2 on Tuesday, etc.)
June 10 and 11: Discussion of Paper 1.
What is AAAS Project 2061? Why should Chemists Care?
Jerry A. Bell, et. al., Education and Human Resources Directorate, American Association for the Advancement of Science
June 12 and 13: Discussion of Paper 2.
The Role of Representations in Problem Solving in Chemistry
George M. Bodner and and Daniel S. Domin, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
June 14 and 17: Discussion of Paper 3.
The Role of Molecular Structure and Modeling in General
Chemistry
Loretta Jones, Department of Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado
June 18 and 19: Discussion of Paper 4.
Development and Delivery of Chemical Education
Hypermedia Using the World-Wide Web
Brian Tissue, Department of Chemistry, VPI and State University
June 20 and 21: Discussion of Paper 5.
What Should a
Chemical Education Journal Be in an Age of Electronic Information?
John W. Moore et al, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
June 22: Papers for Session 2 will be available
June 24 - June 28: Short Questions for Papers 6 to 9
July 1 and 2: Discussion of Paper 6.
Recent Applications of Hyperactive Chemistry and
the World-Wide-Web
Henry Rzepa, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London
July 3 and 8: Discussion of Paper 7.
Networked Instructional Chemistry
Stanley Smith and Iris Stovall, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
July 9 and 10: Discussion of Paper 8.
Personalizing the Large General Chemistry Lecture Experience
Paul Kelter and James D. Carr, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska
July 11 and 12: Discussion of Paper 9.
Use of the Internet in Teaching Chemical Information Sources
Gary Wiggins, Chemistry Library, Indiana University
July 15 - July 19: General Discussion and Evaluation
Other Chemistry Online Conferences and Internet Resources
Technical Stuff
For more information, contact:
Donald Rosenthal OR Thomas C. O'Haver
Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Clarkson University University of Maryland
Potsdam NY 13699-5810 College Park MD 20742
ROSEN@CLVM.BITNET to2@umail.umd.edu
315-265-9242 301-405-1831
This page is maintained by Prof. Tom O'Haver , Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, The University of Maryland at College Park.
Comments, suggestions and questions should be directed to
Prof. O'Haver at to2@umail.umd.edu.