Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign

Services

The Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign provides distributed learning assistance from initial concept to final evaluation. We are here to listen to your ideas and help you explore the many possibilities for innovative and effective teaching through technology. See the

CLEAR Services Agreement

The following is a list of services that the CLEAR currently provides:

Consultation - The Center consults faculty members on how to design courses, accomplish deadlines, program and course approvals and course administration.
Production - The Center provides assistance on all aspects of production including media design, production schedules and cost analysis.
Marketing - The Center's marketing specialist is available to assist departments promoting their distributed programs and courses in a variety of media.
Copyright - The Center provides information on Copyright issues such as Fair Use and faculty and student rights.
Administrative Guidance for Departments - CLEAR provides guidance to department chairs and program coordinators who are currently offering or are interested in implementing distributed learning courses or programs.
Assessment - The development of high quality assessments is part of the next generation of course redesign for large classes facilitated by CLEAR. This course redesign is the major focus of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for which CLEAR is responsible. A comprehensive assessment plan is in place to address QEP support and training for faculty, development of a community of practice, program evaluation, and reporting.
Faculty Development - The Center offers a variety of services to enhance teaching and learning throughout the university for both face-to-face and online classes. The Center is available for one-on-one consultations as well as custom workshops for individual departments. Topics can include a broad range of subjects in teaching, learning, and assessment techniques.

Name/Title	Responsibility
Patrick Pluscht Director	Program planning Distributed learning financial planning Distributed Learning Funding Model issues Out of State Teaching Fee issues Budgeting for distributed learning Creating intellectual property agreements Program / course planning Administrative consultation Videoconference consultation
Jane Himmel Associate Director Mary Speight Instructional Consultant Dave Denny Instructional Consultant Michelle Farley Instructional Consultant Laurie Morrow Instructional Consultant Brett Patchen Instructional Consultant	Web course design, production, and management Blackboard course support Training Faculty support Videoconference consultation
Vishal Malhotra Instructional Media Specialist	Art direction Graphic design Audio/video production Photography
Joesph Hoffmann Production Manager Matthew Fields Instructional Programmer	Programming
Brenda Ritz Videoconference Coordinator	Point of contact for UNT personnel regarding videoconference resources Coordinate scheduling Ensure proper operations of videoconference equipment Videoconference equipment training
Amber Bryant Senior Marketing Specialist	Course Information Database UNTeCampus Promotion Marketing of online courses
Dr. Philip Turner Interim QEP Director	Point of contact for Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Assist faculty, adjuncts, and teaching assistants/fellos with designing, creating, implementing, and evaluating innovative classroom instruction
Dr. Ron Carriveau Assessment and Measurement Specialist	Facilitating assessment component of course redesign project QEP assessment components Workshops in training on assessment
Dr. Bradley Shope Faculty Professional Development Specialist	Course Design Classroom Management Learning Environments Higher Level Learning Active Forms of Learning Student Response Systems