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Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO)
What It Is
The Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO) extends the blessings of learning to students on campus and, through distance learning programs, to Church members and friends throughout Asia and the Pacific.
Why It Is a Priority
To stay current with the changes in technology and provide students and Church members throughout Asia and the Pacific with technology-enhanced learning across the curriculum, BYU-Hawaii must accelerate its integration of technology.
In today’s connected world, BYU–Hawaii students (on campus and around the world) who understand and make technologies work for them have a great advantage—even in developing nations.
BYU–Hawaii’s mission to educate students from Asia and the Pacific points to a global outreach effort in which those without access to campus benefit as the university makes its educational resources available via technology.
To develop and lift students, educators must apply technology to enhance the learning process in the classroom. While this can and must happen in the study of technology, technology-enhanced teaching must play an increasing role in every discipline.
What It Does and How It Helps
Under the CITO umbrella are three primary functions: (1) the school’s learning labs, which support students’ direct use and understanding of technology; (2) instructional technology assistance, which helps faculty in any discipline improve the classroom experience; and (3) continuing education, which, through technology, makes the BYU–Hawaii experience available to more people.
Technology can and ought to be used to bless lives. An understanding of technology and the ability to use it will help many students succeed academically and professionally. Others will be blessed by the enhanced education that a technologically advanced school can provide, and an even wider audience in Asia and the Pacific will have access to the educational benefits of a Church school through CITO’s distance learning efforts.
