====== Interactive Learning Center ======

| [[#message_from_the_director|Message from the Director]] |
| [[#history|History]] |
| [[#mission_and_vision|Mission and Vision]] |
| [[#core_values|Core Values]] |
| [[#list_of_services_or_programs|List of Services or Programs]] |

=== Message from the Director ===
The UP Manila Interactive Learning Center (ILC) was established to transform how health professions educators teach. Over two decades on, that mission remains.\\
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We develop faculty expertise in blended learning, educational technology, and evidence-based instructional design. Through our workshops, faculty consultations, and management of the Academic Resources and Accessible Learning (ARAL), the UP Manila Virtual Learning Environment VLE, we have supported hundreds of educators in becoming more deliberate and effective teachers.\\
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More recently, the ILC has taken a leading role in shaping institutional policy on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in education. \\
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Our outcomes are measured not only by the number of faculty trained, but by the ripple effect of better-prepared educators on students, patients, and communities. We remain committed to equipping UP Manila's health sciences faculty with the tools and confidence to teach with innovation, intentionality, and lasting impact.\\
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**Dr. Iris Thiele C. Isip- Tan, MSc**\\
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=== History ===
The UP Manila Interactive Learning Center (ILC) was established on April 27, 2004 pursuant to the approval of the establishment of interactive learning centers by the UP Board of Regents (minutes of the 1175th Meeting of Board of Regents September 25, 2003).\
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It has transitioned from supporting faculty in developing multimedia instructional materials to supporting faculty in blended learning and use of learning management systems. More recently, the ILC has been at the forefront of developing policy for the use of AI tools in education.\\
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=== Mission and Vision ===

**Mission**\\
The ILC Supports UP Manila's Mission by developing faculty expertise in blended learning and the use of educational technology.\\
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**Vision**\\
The center of excellence for faculty transformation in health professions education at UP Manila, where educators are continuously equipped to teach with innovation, intentionality, and impact\\
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=== Core Values ===
  - **Excellence:** rigorous, evidence-based approaches to educational design and faculty development
  - **Collaboration:** working across colleges as an academic partner.
  - **Innovation with Integrity:** embracing educational technology critically
  - **Continuous Learning:** modeling the very growth mindset the ILC asks of faculty

=== List of Services or Programs ===
We offer workshops for the faculty. We are also able to hold workshops on request if a group of at least 10 faculty members request assistance.\\
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The ILC also runs the UP Manila VLE and supports UP System VLE for UP Manila, also known as ARAL.\\
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^ Service Name: ^ VLE and ARAL LMS technical support ^
| Clients: | UP Manila constituents |
| Contact Information: | upm-ilc@up.edu.ph |
| Description: | For any questions, concerns, requests regarding UP Manila Learning Management System VLE and ARAL, you may reach us via our official Email. |

^ Service Name: ^ VLE and ARAL or any other related topics training/seminar session ^
| Clients: | UP Manila faculty members |
| Contact Information: | upm-ilc@up.edu.ph |
| Description: | For any workshop/ training requests, you may reach us via our official Email as long as you can vouch for the attendance of the minimum number of participants per session. |