Headquarters U.S. Air Force Integrity - Service - Excellence
Air Force Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Col James Miner Chief, Air Force Learning Division HQ AF/A1DL August 09
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1. REPORT DATE
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AUG 2009
00-00-2009 to 00-00-2009
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5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
Air Force Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
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Headquarters U.S. Air Force,HQ AF/A1DL,Air Force Learning Division,Washington,DC,20301 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
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ImplementationFest2009, 18-20 Aug 2009 14. ABSTRACT
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Overview
Current State Management/Utilization Challenges Inter-Service Collaboration Way-ahead
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Current State
Over 900K registrations since 2004 1,600 courses hosted RSO with CAC through AF Portal or User ID/PW login directly through https://golearn.csd.disa.mil After establishing an account, ADLS is accessible from anywhere (.mil, .com, .edu, etc.)
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Current State Cont’d Course Completions and Subjective Usability Ratings
150,000
DB Server Connectivity
CBRNE Awareness Course
UTM/UDM Portal
Release/Patch IIS & DB Issue
DISA Net – RSO & Web Seals Registration & PW/Profile
Server Settings & T/R Event
DMZ Network Cable
RAFB Exchange & Internet
200,000
DB H/W & Table Index
250,000
Note: Usability Ratings (bar colors) based on PM’s daily subjective evaluation of overall system performance. -- PM’s evaluation includes objective and subjective metrics and ADLS Help Desk feedback. Green = Good Yellow = Noticeable Performance Degradation Red = Severe Performance Degradation Black = No Metrics
DB Evictions
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Management/Utilization
Content selection and development is decentralized Functional mgrs (not ADLS Prog Office) ID trng reqs School houses (not ADLS Prog Office) ID delivery methodology Content developed/sustained by tng mgrs (not ADLS Prog Office)
Delivery is centralized (…depending) ADLS focuses more on training (ancillary, upgrade, supplemental) LMS S/W, infrastructure H/W, help desk sustained by ADLS Prog AF Education (AFIT, AU) utilize other technology
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Challenges
Resource and Policy Lag High cost of initial courseware development greatest challenge to progress – POM or find EOY fallout funds Air Force Instruction (AFI) changes take >12 months
Aligning institutional culture and resources to support and facilitate Distance Learning DoD IT Certification & Accreditation procedures impede program management speed, agility, and flexibility
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Site Partners
16 site partners utilize ADLS to deliver customized training to their communities Provides custom look and feel; utilizes baseline code Examples: Air Mobility Command, Medical Services, Civil Engineers, Security Forces, Financial Mgmt, Weather Partnership governed by a CCB to protect the capability AF Academy and AF Ops Test Center may join in FY10
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Inter-Service Collaboration
Obtained Marine Corps advice (lessons learned) to write an Air Force contract to convert over 1500 classroom hours of Air Force technical training to ADL Collaborating with Army (PEO STRI) to utilize their Computer-Based Instructional Dev (CBID) contract vehicle to develop new e-Learning Trainer Modules Provided the VA examples of Air Force ADLS courseware
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Way-ahead
Migrate more training to ADL Sustain current infrastructure with plan for growth Partner with AETC and MAJCOMS to determine future learning requirements, such as offline courseware delivery
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Future U.S. Air Force Worker
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