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<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Spring 2016 term will be the first term in which Texas A&M University-Commerce will officially offer blended courses. The addition of the blended course type means we will have three course types—fully online (W), blended (B), and
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached find the document<i> Course Type Definitions </i>which describes the three course types.<i>
</i> The Provost and College Deans have agreed to these definitions as a means of uniform communication and course coding.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation (CFEI) has professional staff members who are certified with the Online Learning Consortium in the development of effective and andragogically sound blended courses. We are ready to assist
you in the development of your blended course(s). Information on course design workshops and tools will be shared with faculty in the near future. Please reach out to Greta Spradling, CFEI Course Design & Development Manager, at
<a href="mailto:Greta.Spradling@tamuc.edu">Greta.Spradling@tamuc.edu</a> or 903.886.5511, for assistance or with questions regarding blended course design.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Julie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Julie McElhany, Ed.D.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Academic Affairs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<span style="color:black">Tel. 903.468.8164 </span><span style="color:#7F7F7F">l</span><span style="color:black"> Fax 903.886.5991</span>
<span style="color:#7F7F7F">l</span> <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu"><span style="color:blue">www.tamuc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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