Welcome to the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign
UNT is the largest provider of online credit courses among Texas public universities.
The Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign supports the University's goal of enhancing learning-centered environments, thereby helping students get the most from their academic experience. Not only do we assist faculty in the creation, design, implementation, and assessment of distributed learning courses -- we also serve as the liaison for various administrative and technical support functions, thereby saving faculty's time, talent, and creative energies for their students.
Our Pledge to Instructors
The Center recognizes that you, as UNT Instructors, are the key to the University's ability to thrive in the highly competitive and volatile environment of distance education and we pledge to assist you by:
- Providing initial consultation to help you determine the best combination of technologies that will enable your students to succeed
- Providing team that will assist in implementing the instructional approach that you choose
- Enabling you to increase your understanding, skills, and comfort level with distributed learning technologies
- Acting as a liaison to support functions including the library, registrar, admissions, legal, The Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Helping you to obtain grants to support the re-engineering of your courses
- Assisting in evaluating the outcomes of your distributed learning courses
 Dr. Matteson's PowerPoint Presentation Video Archive of Presentation |
Brown Bag Spotlight: Dr. Sam Matteson, Professor of Physics "Listening to Learners" |
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Technology is a tool that can facilitate learning, but only if it is used sensibly and with some skill. Recent technological advances in RF response systems (aka "clickers") permit real-time student interaction ad the practical implementation of classroom assessment techniques (CATs). Matteson has used "clickers" for several years in various forms of CAT in a large classroom setting (up to 300 so far). He presented how one can get started using "clickers" using a step-by-step tutorial and simulations for those in attendance at the Brown Bag. He also suggested effective strategies for employing the systems to enhance learning based on his personal experience and the relevant research. He also told a cautionary tale or two in the hope of saving his listeners some angst and pain. If you have ideas of specific faculty doing interesting things in the online learning environment, please send your ideas to Jennie Hoffmann and she'll be happy to schedule a presentation. The Brown Bag meets once a month in Please bring your lunch and CLEAR will provide dessert! |
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