R 071825Z APR 15
MARADMIN 182/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG EDCOM PRES MCU QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/2015 TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM) ELECTRONIC DISTANCE LEARNING TARGETING BOARD (EDLTB)//
REF/A/MSGID: MARADMIN 620-08/20081031//
AMPN/REF (A) IS STANDARDIZATION OF DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF USMC INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONS//
POC1/S. C. BRZOSTOWSKI/LTCOL/ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE/LOC: QUANTICO/DSN: 378-0670/TEL: (703) 432-6070/EMAIL: CDET(UNDERSCORE)COUSEWARE(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 2014. IN THAT YEAR, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS RECORDED OVER 4.1 MILLION COURSE COMPLETIONS FROM A CATALOG OF OVER 2100 COURSES. COURSEWARE TOPICS AND USAGE STRETCHED THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION CONTINUUM, SPANNED ALL MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) ELEMENTS, AND REACHED THE TOTAL ACTIVE, RESERVE AND CIVILIAN FORCE. MARINENET ONLINE COURSES HELPED FULFILL LEARNING REQUIREMENTS ON BEHALF OF 70 SPONSOR SCHOOLS, COMMANDS AND OFFICES WITHIN 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 DISTANCE LEARNING (DL) PRODUCTS. ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING ONLINE DL PRODUCTS MUST REVIEW REFERENCE A TO ENSURE PRODUCTS CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY DISTRIBUTED ON 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 MARADMIN APPLIES TO MARINE CORPS ORGANIZATIONS WITH UNFULFILLED LEARNING REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE ADDRESSED VIA ELECTRONIC DL. THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION GAPS, REDESIGN OF EXISTING LEARNING PRODUCTS FOR ONLINE DELIVERY, AND REVISION OF EXISTING ONLINE LEARNING PRODUCTS. SUBMISSIONS TO THIS YEAR'S ELECTRONIC DL TARGETING BOARD SHALL BE CONSIDERED NOT ONLY FOR A TRADITIONAL SHAREABLE CONTENT OBJECT REFERENCE MODEL (SCORM) CONFORMANT ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE SOLUTION, BUT ALSO FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC DL SOLUTIONS SUCH AS MULTIMEDIA TRAINING AIDS, PERFORMANCE SUPPORT TOOLS, VIDEO TUTORIAL PACKAGES, ETC. APPLICATIONS FOR COURSEWARE THAT STUDENTS COULD COMPLETE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS WOULD BE OPTIMAL. NO APPLICANT FUNDING IS REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION, HOWEVER, APPLYING ORGANIZATIONS MUST COMMIT TO PROVIDE THE LEARNING CONTENT AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE (SME) TO SUPPORT THE DL ANALYSIS AND PLANNING PROCESS, AND SUBSEQUENT PRODUCT VALIDATION,DEVELOPMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OVER ITS LIFECYCLE.
4. APPLICATION AND BOARD PROCESS.
 4.A. EDLTB APPLICATIONS ARE PREPARED USING A STANDARDIZED ELECTRONIC FORM AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.TECOM.USMC.MIL(SLASH)CDET(SLASH)SITEPAGES(SLASH)TARGETING(UNDERSC ORE)BOARD.ASPX. THE APPLICATION FORM REQUIRES DESCRIPTION OF THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT, CURRENT EFFORTS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT,INTENDED IMPLEMENTATION, AND ANY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS MUST COMPLETE ALL ASSIGNED SECTIONS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
 4.B. APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY TECOM MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND HEADQUARTERS DIVISIONS, HQMC STAFF OFFICES, MARCORSYSCOM PRODUCT GROUPS AND OTHER COMMANDS AS REQUIRED. APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD SUBMIT COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM: VIA EMAIL TO THE CDET ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE DEPARTMENT AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CDET(UNDERSCORE)COURSEWARE(AT)USMC.MIL. CDET SHALL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS BOARD THROUGH 30 APRIL 2015. CDET STAFF SHALL REVIEW FOR COMPLETENESS,RECORD AND ROUTE EACH APPLICATION TO THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION'S HIGHER HEADQUARTERS (HHQ) FOR REVIEW AND ENDORSEMENT. THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION'S HHQ G-3 OR EQUIVALENT SHOULD REVIEW THE FORM AND COMPLETE THE APPROPRIATE PORTION OF THE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS SECTION, INCLUDING A RATIONALE IF NOT ENDORSING THE APPLICATION AS AN EDLTB SUBMISSION. THE HHQ SHOULD RETURN EACH SUBMISSION, WHETHER ENDORSED OR NOT ENDORSED, TO CDET VIA EMAIL NLT 7 MAY 2015. ALL HHQ ENDORSING MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS SHALL INCLUDE A PRIORITIZED R KING IN THE ENDORSEMENT SECTION OF THE FORM.
 4.C. AFTER EACH HHQ ENDORSED SUBMISSION IS RETURNED TO CDET, IT SHALL BE STAFFED FOR REVIEW WITHIN THE TECOM HEADQUARTERS. THIS REVIEW SHALL VALIDATE THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT AND IF OR HOW IT IS CURRENTLY BEING FULFILLED. APPLICATIONS IN WHICH THE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE VALIDATED SHALL NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE TARGETING BOARD. THE DETERMINATION FROM THIS REVIEW SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE REQUIREMENT VALIDATION BLOCK OF THE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION, AND THEN ROUTED TO CDET NLT 21 MAY 2015. IF A SUBMISSION FAILS TO PASS THIS REVIEW, CDET SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
 4.D. IF THE LEARNING REQUIREMENT IS VALIDATED, CDET SHALL CONDUCT AND RECORD ON THE SUBMISSION A SCOPE AND SUITABILITY SCREENING. THIS SCREENING INCLUDES A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION. SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE DETERMINED UNSUITABLE FOR ELECTRONIC DL, IN THE FORM OF SCORM CONFORMANT ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE OR ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC DL SOLUTIONS, SHALL NOT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. IF A SUBMISSION FAILS TO PASS THIS SCREENING, CDET SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION VIA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. ALL TECOM REVIEWED AND SCREENED SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE RESPECTIVE SUBMITTING HHQ NLT 4 JUNE 2015, FOR VISIBILITY AND RE-PRIORITIZATION, IF DESIRED, PRIOR TO THE TARGETING BOARD CONVENING.
 4.E. THE TECOM EDLTB IS CHAIRED BY EDCOM AND STAFFED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM TECOM SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND DIVISIONS. THE BOARD SHALL CONVENE IN QUANTICO ON OR ABOUT 10 JUNE 2015 AND NOT EXCEED TWO DAYS. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL EVALUATE COMPLETED SUBMISSIONS WHICH ARE BRIEFED BY MEMBERS OF THE CDET STAFF. EVALUATION CRITERIA SHALL BE USED TO PRODUCE A PRIORITIZED LIST OF RECOMMENDED SCORM CONFORMANT ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE PROJECTS, RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC DL SOLUTION PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROJECTS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FOLLOW-ON ACTION.
 4.F. BOARD RESULTS SHALL BE PRESENTED TO CG EDCOM WITH AN ACCOMPANYING CDET SUPPORTABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE APPROVED LIST REPRESENTS THE 2015 ELECTRONIC DL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CDET. THIS PLAN SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SUBMITTING HHQ BY 6 JULY 2015.
 4.G. ALL CG EDCOM APPROVED DL PROJECTS, BOTH SCORM CONFORMANT ELECTRONIC COURSEWARE AND ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC DL SOLUTIONS SHALL BE INITIATED BASED ON APPROVED PRIORITY AND CDET CAPACITY. PROJECTS SHALL BEGIN WITH A DL ANALYSIS AND PLANNING PHASE TO ENSURE FEASIBILITY PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.
5. ACTIONS.
5.A. EDCOM, TRAINING COMMAND, AND MAGTF TRAINING COMMAND.
 5.A.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 MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 30 APRIL 2015. COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4. CONTACT THE MARADMIN POC FOR A LIST OF CURRENT SPONSORED COURSES.
 5.A.2. COMPILE, SUBMIT, AND RANK ELECTRONIC DL APPLICATIONS FROM YOUR COMMANDS PER THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
 5.A.3. NOMINATE ONE COMMAND REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE TARGETING BOARD TO MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 13 MAY 2015. REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE MINIMUM RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL OR GS-14.
5.B. TECOM G3,5,7 AND MAGTF TRAINING AND EDUCATION STANDARDS DIVISION.
 5.B.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 MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 30 APRIL 2015. COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4. CONTACT THE MARADMIN POC FOR A LIST OF CURRENT SPONSORED COURSES.
 5.B.2. COMPILE, SUBMIT, AND RANK ELECTRONIC DL APPLICATIONS FROM YOUR SECTION OR DIVISION PER THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
 5.B.3. NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 13 MAY 2015. REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE MINIMUM RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL OR GS-14.
 5.B.4. BE PREPARED TO CONDUCT LEARNING REQUIREMENT REVIEW AND VALIDATION PER THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.C.
5.C. TECOM TRAINING AND EDUCATION CAPABILITIES DIVISION AND TECOM MAGTF STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM.
 5.C.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 MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 30 APRIL 2015. COURSE UPDATE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4. CONTACT THE MARADMIN POC FOR A LIST OF CURRENT SPONSORED COURSES.
 5.C.2. COMPILE, SUBMIT AND RANK ELECTRONIC DL APPLICATIONS FROM YOUR DIVISION PER THE PROCESS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4.
 5.C.3. NOMINATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD TO MARADMIN POC BY EMAIL NLT 13 MAY 2015. REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD BE MINIMUM RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL OR GS-14.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN H. G. PRATT, COMMANDING GENERAL, EDUCATION COMMAND; PRESIDENT, MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.//