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Consulting

CLEAR provides consulting services for all types of instruction and all faculty at UNT. Upon request, CLEAR team members are available to assist the faculty member or course designer with improving their course. We can help you evaluate the course in the following areas using standard rubrics and will provide a detailed report with suggestions for improvements.  Whether you are teaching your course for the first time, building a new course, or converting your course from traditional learning to distributed learning—these are all excellent times to re-confirm the validity and relevance of your existing course objectives and modify them if necessary.

Online Teaching

CLEAR's online teaching consultants have considerable expertise in best practices for teaching in the online learning environment and in designing online courses that meet national quality standards. Our consultants also provide training on a variety of technologies that support online and blended learning. The table below shows the instructional consultants who specialize in online learning and the departments to which they are currently assigned.

If your school, college, or department does not appear on this list, contact clearhelp@unt.edu or the Center of Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign at 940-369-7394 to determine your consultant assignment or to have a consultant assigned to you.

 

  • Lauri Morrow
    Instructional Consultant
     (940) 369-8175
    Lauri.Morrow@unt.edu
  • Economics, College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism, College of Public Affairs and Community Services, Military Science, Sociology,and Psychology.
  • Samuel Gist
    Instructional Consultant
     (940) 369-7829
    Samuel.Gist@unt.edu
  • College of Business, College of Music, Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre, Philosophy and Religion Studies, Radio, Television & Film, and Women's Studies
  • Alese Smith
    Online Instructional Designer
     Alese.Smith@unt.edu
  • Online accelerated master's program special project, Teacher Education and Administration, and non-academic departments
  • Adam Wear
    Instructional Consultant
     (940) 565-2143
    Adam.Wear@unt.edu
  • College of Engineering, College of Information, College of Visual Arts and Design, Journalism, English, History, World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, Linguistics & Technical Communication, and Political Science
  • Heidi Ash
    Instructional Consultant
     (940) 369-7670
    Heidi.Ash@unt.edu
  • Counseling and Higher Education, Kinesiology, Health Promotion & Recreation, Educational Psychology, Geography, Geology, Aerospace Studies, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Math, Speech and Hearing Sciences and Physics

Classroom and Hybrid/Flipped Teaching

CLEAR's consulting services for classroom teaching include the Instructional Consultants, Faculty Development Specialist, Academic Professional and other members of the CLEAR team. While CLEAR has focused on large enrollment courses for many of its initiatives, we can provide consultation and strategic conversation with faculty about courses of ANY size.

  • Dr. Mike Simmons
    Senior Associate Director
     (940) 369-7520
    Mike.Simmons@unt.edu
  • Strategic intiatives, general academic and instructional consulting, large course and online course consulting.
  • Dr. Nancy Fire
    Faculty Professional Development Specialist
     (940) 369-8744
    Nancy.Fire@unt.edu
  • General instructional consulting and faculty development programs.
  • Jenna Ledford
    NextGen Program Manager
     (940) 369-7243
    Jenna.Ledford@unt.edu
  • Backward course design, technology-enriched classrooms, large courses, and general instructional consulting.