Building the Virtual Department

Building the Virtual Department: A Case Study of Online Teaching and Research

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Rethinking the Academy:

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The names are referenced in the body of the texts that make up this work. If I were referring to this page, I would put in a hyperlink called demo, denoted by boldface and underline; I would expect that you would then turn to the page titled "Demo". References (what people in hypertextual, electronic environments like the World Wide Web would call links) included in this print version are marked in Bold. If you would like to know more, please turn to "Typographic Conventions".

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If you need help, send mail to kdorwick@uic.edu

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