Dr. Anders Gronstedt, President of Gronstedt Group, hosts Jay Allen, Program Manager from the Department of Homeland Security, and Paulette Robinson from National Defense University.  The DHS has launched an agency-wide initiative called "DHS-Covery." Hear how this program was launched, lessons learned and program results.  Discover the "right" turns you should make when planning, implementing and deploying e-learning within a public agency. 

Dr. Gronstedt and Dr. Paulette Robinson will then share how Virtual Worlds are being leveraged by the public sector. Dr. Robinson, as Director of the Federal Consortium on Virtual Worlds, will review a library of applications and resources to tap for your immersive learning initiative.

Register today for this complimentary learning event, and receive a free copy of the "Government E-learning! User Study 2009."

President's Award: Jay Allen, prior president of the FGDLA and Program Manager at DHS
Hall of Fame: Walter Breckons, US Army Tradoc and GA Redding, Institute for Defense Analysts Studies and Analyses Center
Pillar Award for Outstanding Service to FGDLA: Randy Palubiak, Enliten and Design2Train
Innovation Award: Helius, Inc. for development of distance learning in the federal government.
Five-Star Award for leadership in development and application of distance learning technology in the federal government: Convergent Media Systems and GSA Federal Acquisition Services.

To learn more, visit www.fgdla.us or view the Fall '09 edition of Government Elearning! Magazine.

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Consultants say that young troops prefer to access their information from media-rich sites rather than sites heavy in text, which they are more likely to view as boring.

The agency also uses sites such as YouTube to reach to the younger age group with videos on subjects ranging from prosthetic legs to golf therapy clinics for combat-wounded veterans to a short profile of an occupational therapist who works with combat-wounded veterans.