Speakers: Phil Abi-Najm, Rob Chadwick, Jonathan Poltrack, Brent Smith, Juli TompkinsOverview: This webinar will pSpeakers: Phil Abi-Najm, Rob Chadwick, Jonathan Poltrack, Brent Smith, Juli Tompkins


Overview: This webinar will provide a project update and live demonstration of the “DAU Sandbox,” a cloud-based developmental environment that the ADL Initiative and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) developed, in collaboration with USALearning (and vendors PowerTrain and Veracity), to support testing and evaluation of new digital learning technologies. The Sandbox incorporates Total Learning Architecture (TLA) specifications, so the applications within it can share data and function as an interconnected learning ecosystem.


Currently the Sandbox is built using a 10-server environment and includes a learning management system (LMS), assessment (quiz) tool, multiple learning records stores (LRS), several LRS data visualization dashboards, an instance of the Competency and Skills System (CaSS) application, an e-catalog of courses, and simulated learner records. The system also incorporates DATASIM, an xAPI data simulator, to support functional testing of the systems. Together, DAU, the ADL Initiative, and USALearning are evaluating the flow of data across the component systems to evaluate data-driven competency-based learning. Progress on these efforts will be shared during the webinar along with back- and front-end walkthroughs of the Sandbox.
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