ADL Initiative

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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

The DADLAC 2020 Annual Report is now available

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ADL Global Partnership Network Directors' Virtual Meeting

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.

PeBL Pilot May Have Big Ripples for DAU Workbooks

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and ADL Initiative worked together to create an Innovation Sandbox to test and evaluate tools and technologies that conform to data-interoperability standards of the Total Learning Architecture…

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More than 60 iFEST Ideas Approved!

Thank you to all who submitted an Idea for iFEST 2021. Submitters were notified of acceptance on 16 April. See more about the premier conference on Distributed Learning.

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Impactful Specifications and Standards from the TLA

Join members of the ADL Initiative technical team as they deliver a webinar in the Medbiquitous (AAMC) Series focused on the work to build a Total Learning Architecture (TLA) that will increase the capability of distributed learning.

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Latest News

New Features and Security Controls for the Competency and Skills System

The ADL Initiative recently released a feature update for the Competency and Skills System (CaSS) application to better support competency...

DAU and ADL Initiative Partner for Digital Learning Transformation

Since its inception, DAU has expertly trained and certified government acquisition professionals, and recently has embarked on transformative changes to...

Enterprise Course Catalog Update

The ADL Initiative’s Enterprise Course Catalog project has completed its next iteration of requirements discovery and is moving toward prototype...

2020 Year in Review

Across the world, 2020 was filled with unprecedented challenges, but from crisis came opportunities—opportunities to reinvent the reputation, agility, and...

Upcoming Events

May
18

Impactful Specifications and Standards from the Total Learning Architecture
Webinar

May
25-27

ATD Government Workforce
Virtual

May
25-28

NATO Training Group Task Group for Individual Training & Education Developments (NTGTG IT&ED) Spring 2021 Meeting
Virtual

May
26

DADLAC Water Cooler Meeting
CVR Teams

Jun
15

Interim ADL Global Partnership Directors' Meeting
Virtual

Jun
16-17

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

Jun
28-30

Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group (DoD HFE Virtual TAG) Meeting
Defense Collaboration Services (DCS)

Jul
14

DADLAC Water Cooler Meeting
CVR Teams

Jul
21

Designing and Testing xAPI Profiles Using the xAPI Profile Server and DATASIM
Webinar

Aug
18

PERLS: Transitioning New Learning Opportunities to the DoD Workforce
Webinar

Aug 30-
Sep 1

iFEST 2021
Online Conference

Sep
1-2

DADLAC Fall Meeting
In-person tentative

Sep
7-9

NATO Training Technology Conference (NTTC)
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Sep
8-10

International Training Technology Exhibition & Conference (IT²EC)Changed
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sep
15

NATO Standards for ADL in Exercises
Webinar

Sep
28-30

TechLearn 2021 Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Oct
20-22

DevLearn Conference & Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Oct
27

DADLAC Water Cooler Meeting
CVR Teams

Nov
17

An Overview of the DoD's DevSecOps Reference Design and its Intersection with the Learning Technology Warehouse
Webinar

Nov 29-
Dec 3

I/ITSEC 2021
Orlando, Florida, USA

Dec
8

DADLAC Water Cooler Meeting
CVR Teams