A collaborative, wiki-based organic chemistry project incorporating free chemistry software on the Web

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-768

  Evans, Michael J ^a   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioorganic chemistry; Collaborative cooperative learning; Computational chemistry; Computer based learning; Curriculum; Internet web based learning; Organic chemistry; Second year undergraduate; Student centered learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957655513     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100517g     Document Type: Article

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28. Instructors who wish to use Jmol Interface for their own courses are freely available to do so, and may contact J.S.M. (jsmoore@illinois. edu) or M.J.E. (evans23@illinois.edu) for additional information.