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The mission of Integrated Learning Online (ILO) is to advise and assist faculty in the use of teaching technologies, in order to effectively enhance student learning in the real or virtual classroom.

To realize this mission, ILO manages a carefully selected suite of educational computer applications, available for use by all Dalhousie instructors. ILO also provides:

Regularly scheduled workshops which facilitate training and sharing ideas with colleagues.
Advice from professional educators on how to enhance learning.
Assistance in the resolution of problems.

The impact of new technologies on learning and teaching is one of the greatest pressures on institutions of higher education to change. Bates (2000) defines the rationale for using technology in higher education:

To improve the quality of learning.
To provide students with IT skills?required for the modern life.
To widen access to education and training.
To respond to the "technological imperative."
To reduce the costs of education.
To improve the cost-effectiveness of education.

The ILO team, in cooperation with other campus resources, is positioned to assist with institutional change as instructors experiment with and adopt technology in order to complement in-class activities or teach fully online.

Bates, A.W. Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders. San Francisco: JB Publishers, 1999. (P8)