>>Digital Training Facilities (DTFs)
DTFs provide Soldiers with an on-base location to access web-based,
job related and professional courses away from the workplace and
distractions of home. DTFs include networked computers that support
CD-ROM based training, Video Tele-training equipment to support
room based courseware transmission from remote sites, computer servers
to support the network and provide a high-speed gateway from the
classroom to Army intranets and the internet. Functional capabilities
include a student learning space consisting of electronic messaging
and DTF scheduling and collaboration tools.
To date there are 215 Active Component and USAR DTFs at installations in the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Korea.
For a complete listing of DTFS, view the >>Map of DTF Locations.
Enterprise Management Center (EMC)
DLS manages all of the DTFs from the EMC located at Fort
Eustis, VA. The EMC networks the DTFs, and provides students access
to Web-based courseware. The EMC also implements applications, which
enable the remote execution of account, fault, security, configuration
and performance management of the DLS enterprise. DLS can
release virus updates and operating system updates, carry out bandwidth
analysis, and give each student individual user IDs and passwords, all from an enterprise
level, which allows us to enforce standardization across
the facilities and takes the burden off the installation DOIMs.
>>Army Learning Management System (ALMS)
In addition to the training at the DTFs, Army personnel can access
training from anywhere they have access to a computer and the Internet
with the development of the ALMS, which is currently
fielded at TRADOC installations world-wide. From the office, home
or DTF, Soldier's will be able to meet their distributed learning
needs 24/7 and have access to: content, course catalogs and schedules,
collaborative resources, and training history. The ALMS provides
Army leadership at senior and unit levels, training officers and
NCOs with the ability to manage their Soldier's careers from
one location, saving time and money, and providing them with a powerful
tool to manage their Soldiers' training more efficiently.
Soldiers will also have the ability to track their own training
history. The combined capabilities of DLS and the ALMS will
make training more efficient, delivery more flexible, and provide
Soldiers the ability to track their own training history. The ALMS has the potential to touch every Soldier and civilian in the
US Army, and will be the single source for Soldiers and their leaders
to see training deficiencies, and to be able to address and direct
their Soldiers to take the training they need to correct those deficiencies.
>>Deployed Digital Training Campuses (DDTC)
DLS is officially moving forward with the fourth component of its
acquisition strategy, DDTCs. A transportable system of twenty networked workstations, servers, simulation software, web-based training courses, collaboration, and video training capabilities connected to the world-wide-web via satellite communications. Used primarily to train Soldiers in-theatre. DDTCs will also be used to mitigate
training demands and equipment shortages brought about by surge
conditions on Army installations. Two DDTCs will be built for each
Division in the Army (approximately twenty systems) and ten DDTCs
will be built for surge support. The surge support systems will
be maintained and deployed by TRADOC.
>>Army e-Learning
Army e-Learning offers FREE Individual Army Training for every Active Army, National Guard, Reservist, ROTC Cadet and Department of the Army Civilians.
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Over 5,400 courses in Information Technology (IT), Business and Leadership skills
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IT certification prep programs (MCSE, CISSP, C++, Cisco, Oracle, and many more)
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Rosetta Stone foreign language courses (Arabic, Military Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, French, Farsi (Persian), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh)
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On-line subject matter experts and mentors available 24/7
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On-line meeting rooms, white boards and chat rooms with other students
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Books 24x7 Referenceware
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Knowlegde Centers (Leadership, Project Management, IT Security, and MCSE & MCSA certification areas)
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