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COMPUTERS IN CHEMICAL
EDUCATION NEWSLETI'ER
ISSN 8756-8829
Brian J. Panltuch. Ed1lor
Department of Chemislly
Unton County College
Cranford. New JeiSeY 07016
Donald Rosenthal. Consulting Editor
Department of Chemislly
Clarkson University
Potsdam. NY 13699-5810
Contents
FROM THE CHAIR
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE (Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)
Department of Chemistry, Clarkson University
Potsdam NY 13699·5810
Phone: 315-268·2352
Brian Pankuch, Editor
Book Review
Book Review2· by Brian Pankuch
General Chemistry Classes Held in the Computer Lab
by Carolyn Sweeney Judd, M.A., Chemistry Faculty Britt Taylor-Burton, Student Computer
Lab Specialist Central College, Houston Community College System
1300 Holman Houston TX 77004
HyperChem in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory
David Whisnant
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC 29307
"Learning Networks:
A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online"
by Linda Harasim, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Lucio Teles
and Murray Turoff
The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 1995
ISBN 0·262·08236·5 $ 35
Donald Rosenthal
INFORMATION ABOUT AND EVALUATION OF
THE SPRING 1996 SEMESTER ON-LINE INTERCOLLEGIATE COURSE
"ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY"
Donald Rosenthal, Chair, CCCE
Programming Methods for the World-Wide
Web
Brian M. Tissue
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg VA, 24061·0212
"Some Reflections On the Intercollegiate On·
Line Course: Industrial and Environmental Chemistry"
James M. Beard, Chair of the Organizing Committee
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC