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Strategic Planning and Program Management

4Strategic Planning

• Strategic Planning of Distance Education in the Age of
  Teleinformatics - Though mostly from an academic perspective, the issues and discussion can apply to a business environment as well (Denis Haché, PhD, OISE).
• Building a Strategic Plan for E-Learning - A brief outline is provided of all the areas that should be included in an E-Learning Strategic plan, as well as links for further reading (TrainingPlace.com).
• Achieving benefits through integrating E-Learning and Strategic Knowledge Management - This paper discusses incorporating E-Learning initiatives with the corporate strategy of an organization. Several case studies are provided (Know-Center Graz).

4Programme Management

• How to Plan, Implement and Evaluate a Successful Online Education Pilot - Short paper but covers a great deal in regards to the necessary steps to consider (ElementK).
• Successful Implementation Strategies - A 50-page comprehensive approach to planning E-Learning. Cover four major topic areas: Business Context, the New Learning Model, Critical Success Factors, and Tools (Sage).
• Getting the Organization to Accept E-Learning: From Challenger to Action (Hawthorne Associates White Paper).
• E-Learning Implementation. Deals performing and organizational analysis of four areas: Business Objectives of the Organization; Learning and Performance Analysis; Technical Needs Analysis; Stakeholder and Readiness Analysis (RGS White Paper).

4E-Learning Standards

• The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia to establish a new distributed learning environment that permits the interoperability of learning tools and course content on a global scale. ADL's vision is to provide access to the highest quality education and training, tailored to individual needs, delivered cost-effectively anywhere and anytime.
• The Aviation Industry CBT (Computer-Based Training) Committee (AICC) is an international association of technology-based training professionals. The AICC wants the aviation training community to get the best possible value for its technology-based training dollar. The only way that this is possible is to promote interoperability standards that software vendors can use across multiple industries. AICC recommendations are fairly general to most types of computer based training and, for this reason, are widely used outside of the aviation training industry.
• The Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) is chartered by the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activity Board to develop accredited technical standards, recommended practices and guides for learning technology. The LTSC coordinates formally and informally with other organizations that produce specifications and standards for similar purposes.
• IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (IMS) is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems.
• For an excellent overview of the area, read the MASIE Center E-Learning Consortium Industry Report on this topic: Making Sense of Learning Specifications & Standards: A Decision Maker's Guide to their Adoption (PDF, 772K).