The prospects for increasing the reuse of digital training content / / Michael G. Shanley ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Rand Corporation monograph series
• Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• TeilnehmendeR: Shanley, Michael G., 1947-; United States. Dept. of Defense.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (143 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."; RAND National Defense Research Institute.; "MG-732-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.

RAND was asked to examine how the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative and the Department of Defense (DoD) more broadly might encourage the reuse of digital training content as a strategy to reduce the cost of its development. The study focused primarily on the extent to which incentives and other enablers currently are and might be used to encourage training development (TD) organizations to develop a reuse mechanism, especially one supported by repositories. Data on existing efforts to reuse digital training content were gathered from the defense, commercial, and academic sectors t

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The prevalence of reuse and the role of standards and technologies -- Economic incentives -- Disincentives to sharing -- Implementation issues -- Overall recommendations -- Appendix A: Case study results -- Appendix B: Interview Protocol and Questions.