Workforce ADL Colab

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Workforce ADL Co-lab
Xiangen Hu, Eric Mathews, Co-Directors 365
Innovation Drive Memphis, TN 38152-3115
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FedEx Institute of Technology

• Advantages
• Research
• Advanced research labs Institute for Intelligent
  Systems (IIS)
• Funded research projects in ITS, iSTART,
  Coh-Metrix
• Advanced Learning Center
• Center for Multimedia Arts
• Outreach
• Un-reserved support from the institute and the
  university
• Partner network
• State of the Art facility

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Co-Lab Functions

• Research
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)
• SCORM and ITS
• Usability studies of learning environments
• Outreach
• Bridge the gap between development and
  implementation in private sector
• Facilitate industry adoption of eLearning
  standards
• Training seminars for novice and advanced
  adopters
• Consult with Industry
• Build awareness among producers and consumers of
  e-learning technologies
• Provide collaborative environment for industry
  experimentation

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Focused Activities

• Research
• ITS and SCORM
• Formal Approach of ITS
• Implement ITS with most recent version of SCORM
  and SCORM utilities
• Conduct experiments evaluating effectives and
  report learning gains
• ADL/SCORM component in Federal grants and
  contracts
• Actively seeking applicable new areas that ADL
  mission applies

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Focused Activities

• Outreach
• Memphis eLearning Summit (www.elearningsummit.org)
  
• Every year at the FIT and Workforce ADL Co-Lab
• Tailored to different types of eLearning needs
• Attracts researchers, consumers, and vendors to
  ADL
• Features variety of workshops and conferences
• Workshops/Conferences for 2005
• Technology
• 2nd Workshop on SCORM Sequencing and Navigation
  (WoSSN) IEEE endorsed workshop
• Special Focus
• Authoring tools for Intelligent Learning
  Environments Funded by ADL initiative and the
  University of Memphis
• In action
• ELearning solutions in Industry Joint effort
  between ADL Network and SRI Consulting Business
  Intelligence

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Focused Activities

• Outreach
• SCORM Seminars and workshops
• Offers comprehensive workshops all year long to
  industry
• Help consumers of eLearning products to select
  ADL certified products.

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• For more information visit
• http//www.adlnet.org
• http//www.fedexinstitute.org
• Contact Information
• Xiangen Hu
• 901-678-5736
• xhu_at_memphis.edu