Department of Defense Strategic Plan for Advanced Distributed Learning

Abstract

Section 378 of Public Law 105-261, the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (hereafter, The Act), requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategic plan for guiding and expanding distance learning initiatives within the Department of Defense, to include a provision for the expansion of such initiatives over five consecutive years, beginning in FY 2000 (Appendix A). Section 378 states that the Secretary may take into account the ongoing collaborative effort, between the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private industry, that is known as the Advanced Distribut[ed] Learning Initiative, but that the strategic plan must specifically focus on the education and training goals and objectives of the Department of Defense. The Strategic Plan (hereafter called the "Plan") will include two parts: a Strategy; and later, an Implementation Plan for carrying out the Strategy. This report provides the Strategy for using distributed learning technologies across the Department of Defense (DoD) on a broad scale and is DoD's initial response to the direction from Congress. It also responds to directions, from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, to develop a strategy for advanced distributed learning. For purposes of this report, "learning" encompasses the areas of education, training, and performance aiding, and it addresses concepts and methodologies that can be used by the Department, as well as other federal agencies, academia, and the private sector. These concepts and methodologies were developed through collaboration within the Department and with other public-sector, private-sector, academic, industrial, and government organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA471996

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Instruction
  • Computers
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Video Teleconferencing
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.