1. RESEARCH & MILITARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADL FROM THE POLISH PERSPECTIVE ALEKSANDER SKRZYPEK tel. (+48) 22 68 46 814 e-mail: a.skrzypek@wp.mil.pl

2. 2  STRUCTURE  IDEA OF ADL  AIMS  RESOURCES  PERSPECTIVES  CURRENT ACTIVITIES OUTLINE

3. SCIENCE & MILITARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SECRETARY OF STATE

4. PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING EVALUATION OF MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER FOREIGN MILITARY SCHOOLS CO-ORDINATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRAINING AND TESTING PROVIDING, THROUGH THE MILITARY SCHOOLS, RESEARCH RESOURCES AND SYMPOSIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MOD PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT SECTION

5. On behalf of the MOD responsible for ADL in the PAFCollect status reports from local ADL authoritiesCo-ordinator of different ADL projectsResponsible for the ADL Learning PortalDetermine technical and pedagogical standards NEW TASKS ( ? )

6. ADL is recognized as an important tool in the operational theater “In NATO’s Transformation, probably, nothing will be as effective as education and training (…). NATO/PfP Joint Advanced Distributed Learning and Distributed Simulation Capability will bring education and training to those who needs it anytime, anywhere and will transform NATO intellectually, culturally and militarily“

7. ADL APPROACH

8. TO TEST AND VERIFY AVAILIBLE SOLUTIONS AND LAUNCH AN EXPERIMENTAL PHASE/COURSE FIRST (e.g. INTRODUCTION TO NATO) – TO SHOW THE PRODUCT AND TO CONVINCE DECISION MAKERS LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND DEVELOMPENT PROCESS. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON THE ADL ISSUES (TO LEARN FROM THE MASTERS) PRELIMINARY CONCEPT OF THE WAY TO FOLLOW (NDU WARSAW ENVIRONMENT) TO ESTABLISH SYSTEM (MECHANISM LINKING ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED ON THE POLISH ARMED FORCES LEVEL) IDEA

9. AIM EXTENDS AND SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL OFFER (THE REALM OF BOLOGNA PROCESS) FULFILL MAIN ADL PRINCIPLES (ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE) PROVIDE ON-LINE COURSES IN ENGLISH AND POLISH LANGUAGES TO BOTH POLISH AND INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AND NON-MILITARY USERS

10. ADL courses at NDU INTRODUCTION TO NATO ISAF PRE-DEPLOYMENT COURSE HQ ISAF ISAF BASIC ISAF RC ISAF PRT

11. ADL courses at NDU COMBATING TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN BEINGS ELTEC NEW COURSES LIBRARY COURSES

12. ESTABLISHING AN ADL LABORATORY CONTAING UP TO 20 WORKSTATIONS (AT FIRST FOR TESTING PURPOSES) AND 2 ADL SERVERS (MAIN AND BACKUP). CONSIDERING USE OF OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS LIKE MOODLE OR ILIAS LMS PLATFORMS. AFTER EXPERIMENTAL AND TESTING PHASES OUR GOAL IS TO CO- OPERATE WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH ADL PLATFORM FOR THE POLISH ARMED FORCES. CLOSE COOPERATION WITH TWO KEY-ORGANIZATIONS IN POLAND: POLISH VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC E- LEARNING AIM

13. POLISH VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY IS ALREADY FULLY DEVELOPED, STAND-ALONE, WEB-BASED ADL PLATFORM (BUT NO CONNECTION TO THE POLISH MILITARY). ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC E-LEARNING IS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVELOPING OPEN, PUBLIC SET OF CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION OF ON-LINE COURSES. MORE ON: HTTP://WWW.SEA.EDU.PL/TASKSGOALS.PHP CO-OPERATION

14. To give a possibility for interested/chosen soldiers and civilians among members of Ministry of Defense to learn foreign languages using the portal of Polish Armed Forces School of Languages (pol. abbreviation – WSNJO) posted on the Web site www.wsnjo.wp.mil.pl under the name WSNJO Language Service. The student’s individual aim should depend on his/her job description and/or interest. The structure of teaching materials should: allow the school to make blended courses (general language – English, then French, German and Russian) on levels 1 – 3 help individual students to achieve these language levels on their own prepare students for STANAG 6001 exams on levels 1 - 4 provide the opportunity to improve language skills E-LEARNING PROJECT POLISH ARMED FORCES SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

15. PROJECT GOALS 10 000 registered users in 2011 2000 new users every following year E-learning environment in the school in 2011 /every teacher involved, every classroom equipped/ PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS CEB (Central Examination Board) Language Exam Practice Service as first step Internet access, mirror in the MIL-WAN Commercial language program (with editing permission) as frame for military content (prepared in school) On-line tutoring (communicators) for blended courses and individual users E-LEARNING PROJECT POLISH ARMED FORCES SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

16. PROJECT CHALLENGES Great acceptance but small financial means for contracts Security regulations – MIL-WAN /single sign-on/ Content production and tutoring as extra job for teachers Getting the tutors ready and the teachers willing to use e-learning Resistance to new training methodology New posts for IT-specialists

17. IMPLEMETATION – FIRST STEPS Choice of application for special language purposes September 08 WBTLingua /.html,.exe and SCORM export/ CEB Language Exam Practice Service Ongoing, soon on the site, off-line with e-mail window, only English Level 2 and 3 /alfa version produced by commercial enterprise/ Decision about LMS Military LMS or hosting (NATO) or hosting (commercial) Choice of commercial language application /teaching program/ Offered in 4 languages CEB Language Exam Practice Service – FULL OPERATIONAL on-line, 4 languages, 4 levels on the Internet Testing of WSNJO Language Service English only on the Internet Pilot courses – blended modeEnglish only on the Internet E-LEARNING PROJECT POLISH ARMED FORCES SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

20. We still need More national and NATO/PfP ADL policy documents More national and NATO/PfP ADL policy documents Tools and processes for assessing the suitability of ADL as a training solution Tools and processes for assessing the suitability of ADL as a training solution Best practice in instructional design Best practice in instructional design And any other relevant documents And any other relevant documents

21. BUT IT WILL BE DONE ON CONDITION THAT

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