Our Class Wiki - So Far

Unfortunately, I didn't contribute anything except for my bio to our class wiki.....But the issue is constantly on my mind. Lately, I was doing some translation work for my close friend from Poland for her PhD thesis. Coincidently, her PhD thesis covers e-learning technologies :) She asked me for help to research ADL initiative because it was implemented here, in the US. That is how I came across sth I thought I can share with my class thru our wiki.......
(source http://www.adlnet.gov/ )
In the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) of 1996, the Department of Defense (DoD) identified several factors that highlighted the need for DoD to provide on-demand training for individuals and units worldwide. DoD developed a Department-wide strategy to harness the power of learning and information technologies to standardize and modernize education and training in 1997. The strategy was called the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. It tasked the DoD with leading Federal participation with business and university groups and activities and charged them with developing consensus standards for training software and associated services.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense directed the development of a department-wide strategy to harness the power of learning and information technologies to standardize and modernize education and training.
Although there was ample evidence that significant savings were possible with current technology, the ever-quickening pace of technological change, with its continuous evolution of proprietary platforms, makes it difficult to implement technologies on a large-scale. Conversely, these newer technologies have the potential to provide a more efficient and effective means of improving military readiness, achieving significant savings, reducing travel, and improving quality of life.

Aside from the ADL initiative I also found some relevant articles durig research for my class paper. I intend to report on them as well......