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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
request that you participate in this study if you have not already done so. The
study "Digital Capability and Differentiation of Online Utilization"
is sponsored by Texas A&M University-Commerce. The survey associated with this
study asks about faculty’s beliefs regarding technology, their teaching
experience, their accessing electronic resources, and their personal usage of
the computer and the Internet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You
are invited to participate in this study by completing a survey, which should
take approximately 15 minutes. Anonymity will be maintained. Names, identification
numbers, and other identifiable information are not retrievable from the online
administration of this survey. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ongoing
summary results of the survey will be available to interested participants
immediately following each participant’s completion of the survey.
Additionally, final survey results will be available by contacting Dr. Jiaming
Sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You
are invited to participate in the survey by clicking the<span style='color:
#1F497D'> <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9VJyAi42tede42c_2bsXR_2btw_3d_3d">campus
survey</a> </span>now.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Please complete the
online survey by Wednesday, April 30<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you!<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jiaming
Sun, Ph.D.<span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department
of Sociology and Criminal Justice <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas
A&M University-Commerce, Office Telephone: 903-886-5322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email:<span
style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:jiaming_sun@tamu-commerce.edu">jiaming_sun@tamu-commerce.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Website:<span
style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jsun">http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jsun</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Julie
A. McElhany, Ed.D.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coordinator
for Instructional Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Texas
A&M University-Commerce</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>903.468.8164
(office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email:
<a href="mailto:julie_mcelhany@tamu-commerce.edu">julie_mcelhany@tamu-commerce.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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