The prospects for increasing the reuse of digital training content / Michael G. Shanley ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shanley, Michael G., 1947-

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Rand Corporation monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Internet in education.

Instructional systems--Design.

Instructional systems.

Military education--United States--Computer-assisted instruction.

Military education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

RAND was asked to examine how the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative and the Department of Defense (DoD) more broadly might encourage the reuse of digital training content as a strategy to reduce the cost of its development. The study focused primarily on the extent to which incentives and other enablers currently are and might be used to encourage training development (TD) organizations to develop a reuse mechanism, especially one supported by repositories. Data on existing efforts to reuse digital training content were gathered from the defense, commercial, and academic sectors t

Contents:

Introduction

The prevalence of reuse and the role of standards and technologies

Economic incentives

Disincentives to sharing

Implementation issues

Overall recommendations

Appendix A: Case study results

Appendix B: Interview Protocol and Questions.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

RAND National Defense Research Institute.

"MG-732-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).

ISBN:

1-282-45118-9

9786612451188

0-8330-4820-1

OCLC:

567788147