Advanced Distributed Learning
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ADL sets the standards for the SCORM.
The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, through collaborative efforts, develops standards for industry to create software tools which deploy Web based e-training materials in a reusable and interoperable manor.
About Advanced Distributed Learning
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD P&R) was tasked with leading a collaborative effort to harness the power of information technologies to modernize structured learning. Through the sponsorship of the OUSD P&R, the creation of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative was formed as a developer and implementer of learning technologies across the Department of Defense (DoD).
ADL employs a structured, adaptive, collaborative effort between the public and private sectors to develop the standards, tools and learning content for the learning environment of the future. The vision of the ADL Initiative is to provide access to the highest-quality learning and performance aiding that can be tailored to individual needs and delivered cost-effectively, anytime and anywhere.
In 1999, the ADL Initiative created the first of several ADL Co-Laboratories (ADL Co-Labs) in Alexandria, Virginia. The Alexandria ADL Co-Lab, under the direction of Paul Jesukiewicz, is the main ADL Co-Lab and ADL's central organization for guiding, coordinating and integrating the operations of the ADL Co-Lab Network. The Workforce ADL Co-Lab in Memphis, Tennessee is the hub of ADL implementation in industry. Under the direction of Xiangen Hu, Eric Mathews, and Dan Rehak, it serves as the facilitator of the development and integration of ADL technologies in industry to enhance the learning and training of the workforce of the future. The Academic ADL Co-Lab under the direction of Judy Brown serves as the focal point for academia in promoting high quality, reusable content for distributed learning. In Orlando, Florida the Joint ADL Co-Lab integrates instruction and technology to meet the military’s training requirements under the direction of Jean Burmester.
There are also ADL Tech Centers in the United States and Partnership Laboratories around the world dedicated to advancing the ADL Initiative.
External links
- [The Official Advanced Distributed Learning Web site]
- [An explanation of ADL history by Phillip Dodds]
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