Abstract
The traditional teaching methods, for both on-campus and distance students, employed by the Department of Mathematics and Computing (M&C) at Central Queensland University combined with the increasing size and diversity of its student population is creating a number of challenges. An approach being taken to address these challenges is the development of integrated online learning environment (OLE) to enable the appropriate use of online learning by all Department units.

This paper describes what an integrated online learning environment is, discusses the design guidelines and features of the online learning environment (OLE) being developed by M&C and provides examples of how students and teachers might use the system. Included in the paper will be a pointer to the OLE's WWW pages that contain more information on the system and provide access to the system itself. The paper also discusses existing online learning systems and explains why another system is being constructed. Finally the paper will describe some issues that will need to be addressed when implementing such a system.