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Sidneyeve Matrix, the keynote speaker for the University of Delaware's 2012 Summer Faculty Institute (SFI), has said that “research shows that there is a correlation between social presence and student success. When students feel connected to a community of inquiry they are more enthusiastic, motivated, and they perform better. If that engagement, communication and awareness happens continuously and in real-time, as it does in a face-to-face classroom—all the better.”

That commitment to improving student engagement brings Matrix, a National Scholar and assistant professor in the Department of Media and Film at Queen's University, Canada, to this year’s institute.

UD Information Technologies (IT) is now offering 30-minute, hands-on review sessions that are similar to the LearnIT Express sessions but slightly longer. These sessions will focus on helpful, yet frequently overlooked, features of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint that can save users time and effort.