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Three Functional Areas Emerge From CITO

As part of Brigham Young University Hawaii's ongoing reorganization, the former Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO) has split into three functional areas:

  • Educational Outreach, managed by Edna Owan, includes those programs "most people think of as Continuing Education," said Dr. Max L. Checketts, BYUH Vice President for Academic Affairs. "They will have responsibility for ongoing programs coming from outside campus, as well as some other activities. They are a self-funding group. They have to generate their own operating revenues."
  • Development of Online Curriculum (DOC), under the acting supervision of Dr. Chad Compton, newly named Associate Academic Vice President. Checketts noted "they work primarily out of their offices in the Library area."
  • Faculty development and improvement, also under the supervision of Dr. Compton. "This is a small but important function or responsibility," Checketts said.

He noted that Educational Outreach will actually be a littler smaller than its predecessor organization; and said that former CITO Dean Dr. Robert Hayden left BYU-Hawaii at the end of June to accept a position as academic vice president in Colorado, while Owan's former position will not be filled.

"We're finally getting the last of the dominoes to fall into place," continued Checketts, who characterized current outreach functions as "fairly small, and we'll probably maintain a fairly small program; but we believe it provides some opportunities for those in the community. Where we're really looking to focus more of our energies and planning is in the DOC part."

He also explained that matriculated, degree-seeking students will enroll through the regular admissions process, whereas non-degree-seeking students will work through Educational Outreach.

Compton pointed out the DOC "is presently developing a series of GE [General Education] and EIL [English as an International Language] classes targeted to students in their home countries who need to further develop their English language proficiency in order to be admitted to BYU-Hawaii."

"The DOC is also charged with additional developments in distance learning that will further assist BYUH in lowering its costs," he added.