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This past Fall, the ADL Initiative and the Defense Language Institute English Learning Center (DLIELC) launched efforts to implement a tenancy in the Enterprise Digital Learning Modernization (EDLM) DoD Learning Enclave (DLE) to modernize the current approach of live training with physical books to a distributed learning approach. The ADL Initiative team is excited to share that over 200 users have now been onboarded and more are added daily!

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R&D for Distributed Learning Modernization
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Distributed Learning Policy and Technical Guidelines
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Implementation Support and Cross-Coordination

Building the Future Learning Ecosystem

R&D for Distributed Learning Modernization - informs - Distributed Learning Policy and Technical Guidelines - guides - Implementation Support and Cross-Coordination

Announcements

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TLA PlugFest 2023

The ADL Initiative will be hosting our second annual TLA PlugFest on 27 July 2023 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Military and civilian distributed learning leaders who want to learn more about the TLA and industry partners who want to demonstrate their TLA-conformant technologies are invited to participate. Seats are limited. Learn more.

The DADLAC 2022 Annual Report is now available

2022 DADLAC Annual Report

Check out the Defense ADL Advisory Committee (DADLAC) 2022 Annual Report. This report highlights the distributed learning community’s activities in 2022, along with important policies and plans to build the future learning ecosystem.

ADL Global Partnership Network Meeting 2022

Global Partnership Network Meeting in 2022

The ADL Global Partnership Network continues to foster international relationships and facilitate ongoing collaboration by hosting its in-person Annual Directors’ Meeting on November 27, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. Learn more about the ADL Global Network .

ADL Initiative Announces New Director Laura Milham, Ph.D.

ADL Announces New Director

The ADL Initiative welcomes Dr. Laura Milham as Director of the program. Dr. Milham is a DoD civilian and an applied human-systems scientist, focusing on individual and team training and assessment. Please join us in welcoming her to the community!

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Total Learning Architecture “How-To” Guide

Ready for an interoperable data architecture for your e-learning systems? This guide shows how to connect learning technologies to the TLA Reference Implementation, or establish your own sandbox to integrate and test against TLA data interoperability standards.

The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is a government program reporting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This video provides a brief overview of the purpose, reach, and effect of the ADL Initiative on the DoD community and beyond.

Overview Video

The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is a government program reporting to the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) under the Director, DHRA. This video provides a brief overview of the purpose, reach, and effect of the ADL Initiative on the DoD community and beyond.

TLA PlugFest Returns

The ADL Initiative will be hosting a free, one-day workshop on the Total Learning Architecture (TLA) for military and civilian distributed learning leaders and industry partners on 27 July 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA.

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iFEST 2022 featured in JML Conference Edition

The Journal of Military Learning released a special Conference Edition 2023, which features papers from iFest 2022 and the 2022 Army University Learning Symposium. Learn more and read the papers.

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Check Out Technical Resources

The ADL Initiative produces research-based reports, technical specifications, how-to guides, software prototypes, and policy guidance.

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Upcoming Events

Jun
5 - 8

Learning Impact 2023 Conference
Anaheim, California, USA

Jun
21 - 22

Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) 2023
Orlando, Florida, USA

Jul
3 - 7

AIED 2023
Tokyo, Japan

Jul
17 - 20

USDLA National Conference 2023
Orlando, Florida, USA

Jul
20 - 22

Learning at Scale (L@S) 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark

Jul
24 - 26

ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference 2023
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Jul
27

TLA Plugfest 2023
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Sep
19 - 21

TechLearn 2023 Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Oct
3 - 5

NATO CA2X2 Forum 2023
Rome, Italy

Oct
3 - 5

OLC Accelerate 2023
Virtual

Oct
9 - 11

AUSA 2023 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Washington D.C., USA

Oct
9 - 12

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Oct
18 - 19

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Virtual

Oct
24 - 27

OLC Accelerate 2023
Washington D.C., USA

Oct
25 - 27

DevLearn Conference & Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Nov 27 -
Dec 1

I/ITSEC 2023
Orlando, Florida, USA

Dec
4 - 7

Learning Conference 2023
Orlando, Florida, USA

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