R 072031Z FEB 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 068/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FY12 TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM) ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING TARGETING BOARD//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/DODI/20060616//
REF/B/MARADMIN 620-08/20081031//
NARR/REF A IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1322.26, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND DELIVERY OF DISTRIBUTED LEARNING.  REF B IS STANDARDIZATION OF DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF USMC INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION.//
POC/T. BRANSTETTER/LTCOL/ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE/LOC: QUANTICO/DSN: 378-0670/COML: (703) 432-0670/EMAIL: TERRY.BRANSTETTER(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE USE OF THE MARINE CORPS DISTANCE LEARNING NETWORK, MARINENET, AS A TOTAL FORCE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCE REACHED RECORD LEVEL IN 2011. IN THE PAST YEAR, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND UNIT LEADERS LEVERAGED MORE THAN 4000 MARINENET COURSES TO RECORD 2.77 MILLION ENROLLMENTS AND 1.89 MILLION COURSE COMPLETIONS.  THESE COURSES SUPPORTED 35 SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING DIVERSE TOPICS AND LEARNING REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE SERVICE.  MARINENET DISTRIBUTES AND MANAGES ELECTRONIC LEARNING PRODUCTS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF TECOM AND IN GENERAL SUPPORT TO OTHER MARINE CORPS ACTIVITIES, REQUIREMENTS, AND TOTAL FORCE USERS.
2.  THE MARINE CORPS COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) OPERATES MARINENET AND THE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE PRODUCTS.  DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF CARRYOVER COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FROM FY11 AND THE NEED TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED COURSE PERFORMANCE ISSUES, TECOM WILL NOT CONDUCT AN FY12 ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING TARGETING BOARD.
3.  IN FY12, CDET COMPLETES ONGOING ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND PRIORITIZED COURSE MAINTENANCE IN SUPPORT OF TECOM DISTANCE LEARNING PRIORITIES.
4.  A LIST OF COURSE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED BASED UPON COURSE PERFORMANCE DATA.  THE COURSES TARGETED FOR FY12 REVIEW HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF TECHNICAL ISSUES AND HELPDESK TICKETS WITH THE POOREST COMPLETION RATES AND TIME TO TRAIN EFFICIENCY.  THIS LIST, WITH ASSOCIATED SPONSOR, CAN BE REVIEWED ON THE CDET WEB PAGES.  SPONSORS WITH COURSES ON THIS LIST WILL BE CONTACTED DURING FY12 BY CDET TO FURTHER ANALYZE THE STATUS OF THEIR MARINENET PRODUCTS.  RESULTANT ACTIONS ARE DEPENDENT ON THIS ANALYSIS AND CAN RANGE FROM NO ACTION, VARIOUS LEVELS OF COURSE UPDATE, TO COURSE DISCONTINUATION.
5.  ACTIONS: DIRECTOR, CDET
    A.  COMPLETE CARRYOVER FY11 ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
    B.  PRIORITIZE POORLY PERFORMING COURSES FOR SUBSEQUENT COORDINATED ANALYSIS AND ACTION WITH THE COURSE SPONSOR.
    C.  TEST AND INTEGRATE EXTERNALLY DEVELOPED ELECTRONIC LEARNING PRODUCTS ON MARINENET TO SUPPORT THE TOTAL FORCE.
6.  ACTIONS: MARINENET COURSEWARE SPONSORS (THE TERM COURSEWARE SPONSOR IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE MARINENET COURSE OWNER OR AGENCY THAT VALIDATES THE RELATED TRAINING OR EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND ASSOCIATED COURSE CONTENT).
    A.  SPONSORS WITH IDENTIFIED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS SUPPORT ANALYSIS WITH REVIEW OF ASSOCIATED TRAINING OR EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW WELL THE EXISTING COURSE CONTENT SATISFIES THE ESTABLISHED REQUIREMENT.
    B.  ALL MARINENET COURSE SPONSORS SHOULD REPORT COURSE CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE CONCERNS TO CDET AS WELL AS TO UPDATE COURSE POINTS OF CONTACT.
7.  ACTIONS: DIRECTORS, TECOM AIR AND GROUND TRAINING DIVISION. IDENTIFY TRAINING AND READINESS EVENTS THAT CAN BE TAUGHT VIA DISTANCE LEARNING PRODUCTS VICE ATTENDING A FORMAL COURSE OF INSTRUCTION OR BY MANAGED ON THE JOB TRAINING.
8.  A LIST OF CDET'S ONGOING COURSE DEVELOPMENT, ACTIVE MAINTENANCE, AND PRIORITIZED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS CAN BE REVIEWED AT WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CDET/TARGETING(UNDERSCORE)BOARD.ASP.
9.  CDET WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE EXTERNALLY DEVELOPED ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE PRODUCTS FOR MARINENET DISTRIBUTION, REGARDLESS OF SOURCE.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE B, MARINE CORPS FUNDED ELECTRONIC COURSE DEVELOPMENT MUST COMPLY WITH MARINENET TECHNICAL STANDARDS LOCATED AT WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CDET/COURSEWARE.ASP.
10.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND.//