1. Using AF E-Learning Microsoft Office 2013 Social Networking
The Air Force e-Learning site allows you to access courses and books on various topics
Examples topics include:
Microsoft Office 2013
Social Networking
Windows 10 New User Guide
Cyber Warfare Operations Course
USAF Self Development Curricula
Leadership
And More

2. Why Should We Use AF E-Learning?
To decrease dependence on the Information Technology Section
To increase our knowledge in applications we need for our jobs
To learn something new to advance our careers
Because we are teachers and we like learning

3. Finding AF e-Learning AF e-Learning is available from the AF Portal.
Scroll down Quick Links in the center of
the page to the Education/Training/Force Development section and click on AF e-Learning.
Click Here

4. The e-Learning Portal The portal entry page contains
announcements and a menu
of selections. It’s not obvious
from the front page how many
learning and reading resources are available, but clicking on the Catalog and Books 24X7 links lead to the resources we are interested in.

5. Click here for access to the courses.
Click here for access to e-Books.

6. Courses As you can see there are different areas covered.
Most of us here at DLI would probably find the Desktop Curricula area most useful, though some might find Cyber Warfare, Ground Radar, or the Business curriculum of use.

7. Desktop Curricula
The Desktop Curricula area contains lessons on most of the applications we have on our work computers. Most of us are using Microsoft Office 2013, so let’s see what’s in there.
Click Here

8. Desktop Curricula
The Air Force recently put an application called Lync on our desktops, and no one really knew why we needed it. Then Microsoft renamed the product to Skype for Business, and we still didn’t know why we needed it.
So, let’s open the Lync folder and see what courses the portal has to offer on this mystery application.
Click Here

9. Microsoft Lync 2013
Our training allows us to access both Lync 2013 and Skype for Business lessons.
Let’s check out the lesson on Lync
Note: In case you were wondering, the little icon at the end of each line lets you know whether you have accessed the course and what your progress in it is.
Click Here

10. The lesson will open in a new window
The lesson will open in a new window. The navigation will appear to the left and the lesson content is in the right panel.
Click on the Table of Contents to see the course sections and activities.

11. Most lessons start with a Pre-test so you can see whether you already know the material and to give you an idea of what to expect.
The lessons are usually video based, though some may be slide presentations.
Each lesson includes an estimated time it will take you to complete it.

12. Here is the lesson on the Quick Lync Bar.

13. Lessons generally end with a test.

14. And at the end of the test you will receive a score.
(I didn’t do so well on this one)

15. Books24X7 Click here for access to e-Books.
Maybe you don’t have time to take the course on Lync at the moment, or perhaps you prefer to learn from books. Another option available to you on the e-Learning portal is to find a book on your topic on Books24X7.
Clicking on the Books24X7 link will open the library in a new window.
Click here for access to e-Books.

16. Books24X7
You can search for books here and create a collection of them to read later if you like.

17. Books24X7
Here’s a book I found on Microsoft Lync that covers the user interface in chapter 1.
This might provide the answers I want.

18. Books24X7
Clicking on the book title takes me to its Table of Contents and I can begin reading.

19. Books24X7
Books24X7 let’s you read books on your mobile devices too.

20. Try It Out! Now that you have seen this presentation:
Access the e-Learning portal on your .mil computer
Choose a topic you would like to learn and enroll in the course
Take the pre-test for the course, the course, and the post-test
Share what you learned with your colleagues on SharePoint, or in an IST
Or . . .
Access an eBook on Books24X7 on your topic of interest
Read/Study the book
Share what you learned with your colleagues
You didn’t think I would give you an assignment did you? Seriously though – Do it.