# Presentation: 881844

## The Presidents Management Agenda:E-Learning Initiative

- Al Corbett
- Department of Energy

## Overview

**Vision**
**Goals**
**Objectives**
**Benefits and Outcomes**
**Modules & Tasks**
**Stakeholders**
**Primary Contacts**

## E-Training Initiative Vision

**To create a premier e-Training environment that supports development of the Federal workforce through simplified and one-stop access to high quality e-Training products and services, and, thus, advances the accomplishment of agency missions**

**Notes:**
In August 2001President launched Mgt reform Agenda intended to address the most apparent deficiencies where opportunity to improve performance is the greatest
The E-Gov initiative is intended to address strategic improvement initiatives in four areas of service:
1- Service to individuals 
2- Service to businesses
3- Intergovernmental affairs
4- Internal efficiency and effectiveness
E-training is a component of one of the five key elements in the Presidents Management  and Performance Plan, and is specifically aligned with the element to improve Internal Effectiveness and Efficiency
The Visions........

## E-Training Initiative Goals

**To support and advance the President’s Management Agenda by simplifying and unifying E-Training services across government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.**
**To enhance agency human capital initiatives by supporting and/or leveraging existing E-Training resources, and providing a focal point for their access across agencies that transforms the way government provides learning opportunities to employees.**

## E-Training Initiative Goals - cont.

**To advance continuous learning as a strategic business that promotes organizational agility, cost efficiencies, and improvement in performance.**

## E-Training Initiative Objectives

**To reduce redundancies and provide economies of scale for the purchase, development, and implementation of e-training products and services across government.**
**Implement a premier e-training environment that provides enhanced one-stop access to high quality training and development opportunities for government employees.**

## E-Training Initiative Objectives - cont

**Provide increased access to common need e-training courses (I.e., computer security, ethics),and government-centric/high interest e-training courses**
**To support and advance the use of communities of practice to improve human capital within agencies and across the Federal Government.**

## E-Training Initiative Benefits and Outcomes 

**Reflects a unified approach across government**
**Supports continuous learning**
**Provides agencies blended learning options to address Human Capital Needs (Scorecard)**
**Reduces redundancies (licenses, course development) and provides significant economies of scale across government**

## E-Training Initiative Benefits and Outcomes 

**Uses web technology to enhance access**
**Provides agencies with little or no resources a wide array of e-training content and services provided on a deeply discounted fee-for-service basis**
**Enhances skill development of government workforce - just-in-time training**

## E-Training Initiative Module 1 

**Gov Online Learning Center**
**Launched July 23,2002**
**Designed to accommodate learning styles**
**Access to 32 free COTS training courses (e.g.,project management, prevention of sexual harassment; Excel; change management)**

**Notes:**
Module 1 was intended to get the program off the ground and OPM is working on the remaining Modules and address the Human Capital Dimension of the OPM Scorecard

## E-Training Initiative Module 1 - cont.

**Basic registration and reporting**
**Search and Select (quick 5 - 7 minute learning chunks)**
**E-books**
**www.golearn.gov**

## E-Training Initiative Module 2

**Access to additional COTS and government owned courses (especially “required” and “critical” issues)**
**Enhance registration and reporting**
**Robust fee-for-service options for e-training and services**
**Access to e-instructors (online mentoring)**
**Competencies Linked to courses**
**Full IDP capability**
**Schedule for mid-November 2002**

**Notes:**
Intended to improve on Module 1

Determine the best ways for Agencies to use the OLC
Determine the best methodology for reporting that allows agencies to manipulate and interpret data for own use

Determining the best fee-for-service models and roll it out

## E-Training Initiative Primary 2002 Tasks

**TASK #1**
**Develop charter/operating agreement for partners of e-training initiative (Ongoing)**
**Purpose: **
**It is critical to the success of this initiative that agency strategic partners (i.e., CIO and IT staff, HRM Director, etc...) are involved early in the development and implementation of their agency specific support projects.**

## E-Training Initiative Primary 2002 Tasks

**TASK #2**
**Develop information sharing and marketing strategy (with primary implementation in 2003)**
**Purpose:**
**To keep interested and involved audiences informed; to educate workforce, stakeholders, and potential partners; to obtain periodic input from stakeholders and partners; to anticipate administration and congressional info inquiries**

## E-Training Initiative Primary 2002 Tasks

**TASK #3**
**Complete occupation and competency “collection and assessment” to match with and sort course content**
**Purpose:**
**Ultimately, the library of occupation competencies will be used to develop a search engine within the portal LMS that identifies the competencies associated with courses so that users and managers can determine the relevancy and applicability of multiple courseware**

## E-Training Initiative Primary 2002 Tasks

**TASK #4**
**Establish interoperability and functionality criteria for course content submissions**
**Purpose:**
**To establish common standards and criteria for courseware in order to be able to operate effectively and expeditiously within the established portal system and LMS and to deliver effective training to the Federal workforce according to accepted principles and standards of learning**

## E-Training Initiative Primary 2002 Tasks

**TASK #5**
**Develop Guidance for Implementing Learning Management systems**
**Purpose:**
**Providing guidance to agencies will assist them in understanding conceptual frameworks that should be considered when implementing LMS’s as part of a comprehensive human capital developmental strategy**

## E-Training Initiative Stakeholders

**All Federal Agencies**
**All Federal Employees**
**All Supervisors & Manager**
**The American Public**

**Notes:**
This is a government-wide initiative

OMBE - Lead

Office of Personnel Management directed to implement initiative

Contributing partners DOD, DOL, DOT, GSA, & DOTREAS - selected based upon some level of sophistication of e-training initiative.

Other agencies participate in bi-weekly meetings intended to set the direction and address important issues

## E-Training Initiative The Future

**This is a government wide initiative, so -**
**We have this resources - What do we do with it?**
**How do we make it work best in Energy?**
**How do we use it to address issues identified in the Presidents Management Agenda?**
**What’s the best Strategy for using this resource for continuous learning?**

## E-Training Initiative DOE Points-of-Contacts

**Tanya Luckett**
**Program Manager**
**Training and Education Technology Integration**
**DOE Office of Training & Human Resource Development**
**tanya.luckett@hq.doe.gov**
**Al Corbett**
**E-Learning Technologist**
**DOE Office of Training & Human Resource Development**
**(202) 287-1639**
**algernon.corbett@hq.doe.gov**

## E-Training Initiative OPM Points-of-Contacts

**Michael Fitzgerald**
**Project Manager**
**E-Training Initiative**
**Office of Personnel Management**
**E-Mail:mafitzge@opm.gov**
**Barbara Swanson**
**Deputy Project Manager**
**E-Training Initiative**
**Office of Personnel Management**
**(202) 606-**
**E-Mail:mafitzge@opm.gov**