1. Electronic chemistry conferences: Seven years of CONFCHEM Scott E. Van Bramer, Donald Rosenthal Brian M. Tissue

2. History of CONFCHEM

3. First Conference Summer 1993 Applications of Technology in Teaching Chemistry, An On-Line Computer Conference 450 participants FTP, Gopher, Listserv

4. 14 Subsequent Conferences 1995 Faculty Rewards: Can We Implement the Scholarship of teaching? 1996 New Initiatives in Chemical Education 1997 On-line Chemistry Education Conference

5. Subsequent Conferences 1998 On-Line Conference on Chemical Education Switching Students on to Science

6. Subsequent Conferences 1999 Chemical Demonstrations Trial Session Proposals For Change in the Introductory Chemistry Course General Papers in Chemical Education Distance and Collaborative Education Using the Internet What Should Students Know When They Leave General Chemistry? Teaching Spectroscopy

7. Subsequent Conferences 2000 The Role and Nature of Research by Undergraduates in Chemistry The Use of Computer Simulations in General Chemistry Assessment of Model Creation and Use by Chemistry Students

8. Subsequent Conferences 2001 Lecture Demonstrations in Chemistry on the World Wide Web Environmental Issues and Risk/Benefit Analysis in the K to 12 Curriculum* On-Line Teaching Methods*

9. Structure of CONFCHEM Papers Discussion Timeline Archiving

10. Papers http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/ 10 pages Links Multimedia –images –CHIME –video/audio

11. Discussion Listserv Majordomo 600 to 800 registrants 50 countries 50 messages per week

12. Timeline Read papers Short questions via Listserv Response from author Discussion

13. Archiving Papers Discussion –search –threaded Hit Rates (per week) –CONFCHEM home page 50 hits –Past sessions 15 hits –past papers 0-30 hits

14. Organization of CONFCHEM Topic selection Soliciting authors Posting papers Managing discussion

15. Advantages of On-line Conferences Author Participant Logistics

16. Author Advantages Depth Feedback Wide audience Archiving Asynchronous discussion

17. Participant Advantages More detail Multimedia Discussion –quantity (20 to 40 per paper) –quality –asynchronous

18. Logistics Advantages Low attendance cost Very wide audience Timing and scheduling Low barriers Asynchronous discussion

19. Disadvantages of On-line Conferences Author Participant Logistics

20. Author Disadvantages Prior publication Abstracting Professional recognition No personal contact

21. Participant Disadvantages Confusing threads No personal contact Poor discussion Time consuming –read papers –read e-mail

22. Logistics Disadvantages Technical difficulties Small number of papers Permanence

23. Conference Format Easy access Easy technology Promote discussion

24. Other On-line Conferences

25. International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry http://www.mdpi.org/ecsoc/ Online poster session with Listserv

26. Electronic Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry. http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/echet98/ Online conference with Listserv

27. Format Changes Forum or discussion board Whiteboard Abstracting by CA CD-ROM Cost

28. Acknowledgments ACS Division of Chemical Education CCCE Tom O’Haver Donald Rosenthal Brian Tissue CONFCHEM participants

29. Questions http//www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/

30. Evaluation Results CHEMCONF ‘97 9% response –Papers 3.8/5.0 –Discussion 3.5/5.0 –Overall 4.0/5.0

31. Evaluation Results Number of papers 11 Papers read 7.5 Time reading papers 5.6 hours Time for discussion 13 hours