MANSCEN ADLU Operational Council Working Group Meeting

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MANSCEN ADLU Operational Council Working Group
Meeting

• 12 February 2003

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ADLU Overview

• MANSCEN CG approved the ADLU Implementation Plan
  on 20 October 2002
• The plan authorizes a 60-day pilot that will
  evaluate the MANSEN ADLU student online-support
  infrastructure. The pilot is designed to
  demonstrate how to-
• Provide quality online student support to
  facilitate individual, collective, and
  self-development training anywhere and anytime
• Leverage cutting-edge DL technologies and
  methodologies to improve individual and unit
  readiness

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ADLU Internal Structure

• The plan implements the MANSCEN ADLU support team
  operational council consisting of representatives
  from key MANSCEN organizations that can assist in
  the standup of the ADLU and Phase 1 pilot
• The plan authorizes a strategic council (CoCs),
  chaired by the MANSCEN DOTD

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ADLU Help Desk

• The plan authorizes an ADLU help desk
• The help desk manned by MDD personnel and SME
  e-mentors 12x7
• Student online support provided through
  e-mentoring and proactive learning facilitation
• E-mentors will actively monitor the students
  progress within Aspen LMS and by phone or e-mail
• E-mentors will answer content-related questions
  through ask-the-expert and shared e-note Aspen
  LMS functionality
• DCLT will provide a one day E-mentor orientation
  course prior to the Phase 1 implementation

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ADLU Pilot Courses

• Courses selected to be conducted during the pilot
  include-
• NBC Defense Course (Chemical School)
• 12B10 Combat Engineer (Engineer School)
• MP ANCOC (MP School)

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ADLU Pilot Course Locations

• Coordination is currently underway with TASS
  battalions to have the ADLU pilot course
  conducted at the following locations
• 12B10 - Camp Grafton training site, Devils Lake,
  ND (9-24 May 03)
• NBC Defense Course - FLW (7-17 May 03)
• MP ANCOC - Fort Hunter-Liggett, CA (11-24 May 03)
• Students competing pilot the courses will receive
  ATRRS credit for attending the course (DA 1059)

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ADLU Phase 1 Pilot Timeline

• Student packets mailed mid March
• Students begin DL Phase 1 (1 Apr 03)
• Complete prerequisite DL Phase 1 portion prior to
  attending resident phase
• Students provided Aspen LMS login and password to
  allow them to gain access to the courseware
• Students begin ADT Phase 2 per the class schedule
• Complete the TATS resident phase
• Receives a DA Form 1059 upon successful
  completion of Phases 1 and 2
• Conduct post-pilot activities (early Jun 03)

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ADLU Pilot Support Roles

• ADLU program manager
• Course administrator
• DOIM IT manager
• Instructor/e-mentors
• LMS administrator
• Help desk personnel
• School and Center ADLU Support Staff

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Steps for Plan Execution

• During the Pilot
• Ensure Aspen LMS automatically collects and
  records student-tracking data
• Document student-specific issues and concerns to
  the ADLU operations council during weekly
  meetings.
• Issue course evaluations and a student survey to
  students upon completion of the pilot course
• Record test scores, completion times, and
  completion percentages for resident versions of
  the ADLU pilot courses
• Identify cost information related to conducing
  the ADLU pilot, such as cost for billeting,
  travel, instructor salary, facility usage, and
  administrative
• Record development times, deployment times, and
  revision/redeployment times (if applicable) for
  resident versions and ADLU DL phase
• Document help desk activity and incidents using
  Help Desk Incident Report forms
• Document overall staff support activities/time on
  task and task-specific support provided

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Steps for Plan Execution

• After the Pilot
• Provide course evaluations and a MANSCEN ADLU
  post-pilot Student Survey to all students
• Collect course evaluations and a MANSCEN ADLU
  post-pilot Student Survey to compile ADLU report
• Conduct follow-up interviews with students as
  appropriate
• Tabulate Course evaluation results. ADLU test
  results will be passed on to the appropriate
  course manager.
• Conduct a post-pilot staff debriefing
• Compile and summarize information for each of the
  eight success measure goals into the post-pilot
  review report.
• Present post-pilot report to the strategic
  council for review
• Update ADLU implementation plan as direct in
  preparation to conduct the Phase 2 pilot

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Working Issues

• Work with the TASS school battalions to prepare
  them to execute the pilot course in May.
• Gain proponent approval for the planned course
  iteration
• Draft a proponent letter to gain TASS battalion
  support for Phase 1.
• Identify appropriate E-Mentors to staff help desk
• Develop and conduct E-Mentor training class
• Standup Help desk
• Develop Help desk data collection worksheets and
  forms as described in the ADLU success measures
  plan
• Develop student information packets
• Develop post-pilot student survey
• Establish ADLU work groups to assist in
  completing specific tasks
• Nominate school and center to personnel to fill
  key ADLU roles
• Discuss and set operational council meeting
  schedule
• Develop a list of issues for CoC resolution

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Operational Council Scheduled Proposed Meeting
Dates

• 20 February 2003 - 14001530
• 6 March 2003 - 14001530
• 20 March 2003 - 14001500

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Summary

• A lot of work is required to stand up the MANSCEN
  ADLU and conduct the Phase 1 pilot
• The success of the MANSCEN ADLU depends on your
  support!