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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"'>Thank
you to those who have already participated in this study by completing the
requested survey. The survey is open until May 8<sup>th</sup>. If you have not
already responded, please consider doing so by clicking this <span
style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9VJyAi42tede42c_2bsXR_2btw_3d_3d">campus
survey</a></span> link.<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"'>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. The survey should take <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>approximately
15 minutes to complete. 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>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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