R 121527Z OCT 12
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 584/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FY13 TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM) ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING TARGETING BOARD//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/DODI/20060616//
REF/B/MARADMIN 620-08/20081031//
NARR/REFERENCE (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: CDET_COURSEWARE(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  USE OF THE MARINE CORPS DISTANCE LEARNING NETWORK, MARINENET, AS A TOTAL FORCE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION RESOURCE REACHED RECORD LEVELS AGAIN IN 2012.  IN THE PAST YEAR, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS RECORDED 3.5 MILLION HOURS OF COURSE COMPLETIONS ACROSS 900 COURSES.  COURSEWARE TOPICS AND USAGE STRETCH THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CONTINUUM, SPAN ALL MARINE AIR GROUNDTASKFORCE (MAGTF) ELEMENTS, AND REACH THE TOTAL ACTIVE, RESERVE AND CIVILIAN FORCE.  MARINENET ONLINE COURSES HELP FULFILL LEARNING REQUIREMENTS ON BEHALF OF 50 SPONSOR SCHOOLS, OFFICES AND COMMANDS IN TECOM, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC), MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MARCORSYSCOM) AND MARINE CORPS INSTALLATION COMMAND (MCICOM).
2.  THE MARINE CORPS COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CDET) OPERATES MARINENET AND DEVELOPS, INTEGRATES, AND MANAGES ITS ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE PRODUCTS.  ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING PRODUCTS MUST REVIEW REFERENCE B TO ENSURE PRODUCTS CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY DISTRIBUTED ON THE MARINE CORPS LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MARINENET.  MARINE CORPS ORGANIZATIONS WITH UNFULFILLED ONLINE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS CAN APPLY FOR CDET COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW.
3.  THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO MARINE CORPS ORGANIZATIONS WITH UNFULFILLED ONLINE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE ADDRESSED VIA ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING.  THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION GAPS, REDESIGN OF EXISTING LEARNING PRODUCTS FOR ONLINE DELIVERY, AND REVISION OF EXISTING ONLINE LEARNING PRODUCTS. NO APPLICANT FUNDING IS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION, HOWEVER, APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS MUST PROVIDE THE LEARNING CONTENT AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT FRONT END ANALYSIS, AND SUBSEQUENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OVER ITS LIFECYCLE.
4.  APPLICATION AND BOARD PROCESS
A.  ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS ARE PREPARED USING A STANDARDIZED FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL/CDET/SITEPAGES/TARGETING_BOARD.ASPX.  THE APPLICATION REQUIRES DESCRIPTION OF THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CURRENT EFFORTS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT, INTENDED IMPLEMENTATION, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETE ASSIGNED SECTIONS AND ROUTE TO THE APPROPRIATE HEADQUARTERS FOR SUBMISSION.
B.  APPLICATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY TECOM MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND HEADQUARTERS DIVISIONS, HQMC STAFF OFFICES, MARCORSYSCOM PRODUCT GROUPS AND OTHER COMMANDS AS REQUIRED. SUBMISSION ADDRESS IS CDET_COURSEWARE(AT)USMC.MIL.  APPLICATIONS FOR THIS BOARD WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH 5 NOVEMBER 2012.
C.  EACH APPLICATION WILL BE STAFFED WITHIN THE TECOM HEADQUARTERS UPON RECEIPT.  THIS REVIEW CONFIRMS THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT AND IF/HOW IT IS CURRENTLY BEING FULFILLED.  APPLICATIONS IN WHICH THE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE CONFIRMED WILL NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, AND THE REQUESTING UNIT WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.  THE INFORMATION FROM THIS REVIEW WILL BE RECORDED IN THE REQUIREMENT CONFIRMATION COMMENTS AND SUMMARY SECTIONS OF THE APPLICATION, WHICH WILL BE ROUTED TO CDET.
D.  IF THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT IS CONFIRMED, CDET WILL CONDUCT AND RECORD ON THE APPLICATION A SCOPE AND SUITABILITY SCREENING.  THIS ASSESSMENT INCLUDES A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE APPLICATION ORGANIZATION.  APPLICATIONS THAT ARE DETERMINED UNSUITABLE FOR ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING WILL NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS FOR EACH SUBMITTING HEADQUARTERS WILL BE RETURNED TO THAT HEADQUARTERS FOR VISIBILITY AND RANKING PRIOR TO BOARD REVIEW BEFORE THE END OF NOVEMBER 2012.
E.  THE TECOM ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING TARGETING BOARD IS CHAIRED BY CDET AND STAFFED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM TECOM SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND DIVISIONS.  THE BOARD WILL CONVENE IN QUANTICO DURING DECEMBER 2012 AND NOT EXCEED TWO DAYS.  BOARD MEMBERS WILL EVALUATE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE BRIEFED BY MEMBERS OF THE CDET STAFF.  EVALUATION CRITERIA WILL BE USED TO PRODUCE A PRIORITIZED LIST OF RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROJECTS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTION.
F.  BOARD RESULTS ARE PRESENTED TO CG TECOM WITH AN ACCOMPANYING CDET SUPPORTABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.  THE APPROVED LIST REPRESENTS THE 2013 ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CDET.  THIS PLAN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SUBMITTING HEADQUARTERS BY THE END OF DECEMBER 2012.
G.  DISTANCE LEARNING PROJECTS WILL BE INITIATED BASED ON APPROVED PRIORITY AND CDET CAPACITY.  PROJECTS BEGIN WITH A FRONT END ANALYSIS TO ENSURE FEASIBILITY PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.
5.  ACTIONS
A.  EDUCATION COMMAND, TRAINING COMMAND AND MAGTF TRAINING COMMAND.
(1) COORDINATE THE REVIEW OF CURRENT MARINENET COURSES SPONSORED WITHIN YOUR COMMAND BASED UPON LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CONTENT ACCURACY AND FUNCTIONALITY.  IDENTIFY COURSES FOR CONTINUATION, UPDATE AND RETIREMENT TO POC EMAIL BY 5 NOVEMBER 2012.  COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.  CONTACT POC FOR A LIST OF SPONSORED COURSES.
(2) COMPILE, SUBMIT AND RANK ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
(3) NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO POC EMAIL NO LATER THAN 19 NOVEMBER 2012.
B.  TECOM G3/5/7 AND MAGTF TRAINING AND EDUCATION STANDARDS DIVISION.
(1) COORDINATE THE REVIEW OF CURRENT MARINENET COURSES SPONSORED WITHIN YOUR DIVISION BASED UPON LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CONTENT ACCURACY AND FUNCTIONALITY.  IDENTIFY COURSES FOR CONTINUATION, UPDATE AND RETIREMENT TO POC EMAIL BY 5 NOVEMBER 2012.  COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.  CONTACT POC FOR A LIST OF SPONSORED COURSES.
(2) COMPILE, SUBMIT AND RANK ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
(3) NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO POC EMAIL NO LATER THAN 19 NOVEMBER 2012.
(4) BE PREPARED TO CONDUCT LEARNING REQUIREMENT REVIEW AND CONFIRMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.C.
C.  TECOM TRAINING AND EDUCATION CAPABILITIES DIVISION.
(1) COORDINATE THE REVIEW OF CURRENT MARINENET COURSES SPONSORED WITHIN YOUR DIVISION BASED UPON LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CONTENT ACCURACY AND FUNCTIONALITY.  IDENTIFY COURSES FOR CONTINUATION, UPDATE AND RETIREMENT TO POC EMAIL BY 5 NOVEMBER 2012.  COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.  CONTACT POC FOR A LIST OF SPONSORED COURSES.
(2) COMPILE, SUBMIT AND RANK ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
(3) NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO POC EMAIL NO LATER THAN 19 NOVEMBER 2012.
(4) PROVIDE BOARD CHAIR AND OVERSEE THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS MESSAGE.
D.  TECOM MAGTF STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM
(1) COORDINATE THE REVIEW OF CURRENT MARINENET COURSES SPONSORED WITHIN YOUR DIVISION BASED UPON LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CONTENT ACCURACY AND FUNCTIONALITY.  IDENTIFY COURSES FOR CONTINUATION, UPDATE AND RETIREMENT TO POC EMAIL BY 5 NOVEMBER 2012.  COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.  CONTACT POC FOR A LIST OF SPONSORED COURSES.
(2) COMPILE, SUBMIT AND RANK ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
(3) NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO POC EMAIL NO LATER THAN 19 NOVEMBER 2012.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN THOMAS MURRAY, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//