1. United States Army War College United States Army War College established 1901 Carlisle Barracks, PA established 1757

2. United States Army War College The Army War College's Mobile Learning Initiative COL Charles E. Grindle Faculty Instructor Distance Education Department

3. United States Army War College Background Advancing Mobile Learning Cloud Storage Next Steps Agenda Mobile Learning Ability to deliver content to a device an individual is more than likely to possess when a learning opportunity presents itself.

4. United States Army War College Background Summer of Change –New Commandant and Provost –Technical leadership changes –Curriculum Revisions and Experiential Learning –DoD Cloud Computing Strategy –DISA Mobile Pilot –Reorganization of Army War College Surveyed Army War College Class of 2013 students: 54% desire electronic curriculum vs traditional books Pilot Project on Portal: “Curriculum on the Go” Survey of faculty (40% without mobile devices)

5. United States Army War College Advancing Mobile Learning Commandant/Provost initiative for USAWC to support mobile learners Classification of curriculum (UnClass/NON- FOUO/Public releasable) Consideration of copyright and academic databases Approval from DA CIO/G6 for an operational assessment of cloud technology (based on DoD strategy)

6. United States Army War College Cloud Storage Small group of War College faculty and 3 resident seminars (~60 folks) set out to evaluate Box Received DA CIO/G6 approval for a formal Operational Assessment of Box for both resident and distance education courses at Army War College ‒ Benefit: Army War College focuses on curriculum while the cloud vendor focuses on apps and supporting device-agnostic connection Two lines of effort are emerging: –Delivery of education (Students and faculty) –Outreach (Army War College Institutes interfacing with their community of practice)

7. United States Army War College Next Steps 01 NOV 12 - Full rollout of Box to faculty, staff and students (226 managed users to date) 06 NOV 12 - Piloting 3 DISA iPads with Good MDM 28 FEB 13 – Issue devices to students, faculty and select staff to “bridge” gap for users without devices MAR 13 - Re-evaluate Army War College current in- house Learning Management System (OASIS); currently not completely mobile-enabled MAR 13 - Evaluate other cloud technologies (beyond Box) AY 14 - Working towards 100% BYOD solution AY 14 – Complementing Curriculum delivery with apps

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