University of North Texas College of Information at the University of North Texas

University of North Texas

College of Information

 

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Research Focus

The college has three research centers and an excellent and growing record of success in obtaining research funding. Faculty and graduate students are highly productive in a wide variety of research efforts related to human information seeking, learning, and use behaviors; human-computer interactions; development, delivery, and evaluation of information and education systems and services; and information and education policies and ethics in public and private sectors.

The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (TxCDK) is a dynamic, entrepreneurial research and consulting services organization focusing on digital knowledge in the networked environment. Its mission is to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research encompassing theoretical frameworks and practical applications that can enhance the creation, storage, organization, retrieval, use, and evaluation of information in a wide variety of digital formats. TxCDK sponsors lectures and workshops and provides research support services for faculty and graduate students.

The Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET) is designed to promote research and development collaboration among universities, school districts, the Educational Service Centers and the technology industry for the purpose of integrating the use of technology into Texas schools. Educational technology information and products are disseminated statewide via monthly publications transmitted in print and electronically. Research projects focusing on technology development, use and quality are supported.

The Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning (IITTL) promotes the infusion of information technologies into daily teaching/learning practices. IITTL conducts research in the field of teaching and learning at the local, national and international levels.