CENIC March 2015

DLIFLC Mission & Vision DLIFLC provides culturally-based foreign language education, training, evaluation, research, and sustainment for DoD personnel in order to ensure the success of the Defense Language Program and enhance the security of the nation. Delivering the world’s best culturally-based foreign language training and education—at the point of need. Mission Vision

Core Competencies linguist

Title 10 Department of the Army civilian faculty 95% native speakers: 15% Ph.D., 53% M.A. Faculty Profile Superior Staff Providing Superior Service DLI-Washington: Contract faculty provide flexibility and surge capacity Robust Faculty Development Division Professional development opportunities: MIIS, CSUMB, Argosy, Brandman, University of San Francisco, etc.

DLIFLC Languages Category IV Modern Standard Arabic Arabic - Levantine Arabic - Iraqi Chinese Mandarin Korean Japanese Pashto Category III Dari Persian Farsi Russian Hindi Urdu Hebrew Thai Serbian Croatian Tagalog Turkish Punjabi Category II German Indonesian Category I Spanish French Italian Portuguese 93% of Students taking CAT III & IV Languages Course Lengths CAT I – 26 Weeks CAT II – 35 Weeks CAT III – 48 Weeks CAT IV – 64 Weeks

Resident Student Profile ~3,500- 4,000 multi-Service 66% - under age 25 99% - high school graduates 17% - college graduates 5% - officers 8,000+ AA degrees awarded since 2002

Keys to Language Education Access to foreign language websites Authentic video sources Exposure to Authentic Language Content 900+ foreign national instructors Immersion programs Exposure to Native Speakers Mobile computing Private cloud resources Time on task

iPod Classic and Tablet PC iPod Touch and Windows Tablet PC’s – Implementation and operation of the academic network 2014 – Completed the Georgia Remote Site Pilot Recent History of Technology

Every student issued laptop with touch screen capability Every student issued iPod Classic (05-08) or iPod Touch (08-11) Classrooms outfitted Interactive Smartboard 2013 – Present Every student issued iPad and MacBook Future – Plan to develop more “cloud” tools and move to single device Technology Program

Language Training Detachments (LTD) Resident and Remote locations developed a Gap in capabilities Remote locations needed to be compatible with DLIFLC Mobile tools were available but could not be reached from MIL networks The concept of the Pilot developed 2014 May - idea developed June - meetings held to define requirements and procure HW August - visits conducted One classroom Proof of Concept done September - equipment installed October - site goes live Nov – Jan additional visits and training.

Lessons Learned Pilot was successful. –Classes are being taught –Testing is being completed at the new site. Online training materials available and possible due to the EDU and more robust infrastructure and bandwidth Systems are maintained Issues: Training of support staff Implementing process and procedures at the distant site. (Operation and Cybersecurity) Connectivity – Uplink speeds needed to be changed to accommodate audio testing Scaling to multiple sites will require increases in support staff at DLIFLC