ALU Admissions - Modes of Instruction
RESIDENT: Resident classes are taught on the ALU campus at Fort Lee, Virginia (ATRRS school code 907, 907b, 907c, 601) and at CPCE’s site at the University of Huntsville, AL (school code 907A).
ONSITE: Onsite classes are taught off campus by the ALU faculty. These courses are normally identical in content to resident courses. The objective of onsite training is to meet the educational needs of DOD personnel and agencies in the most economical and effective manner possible. Onsite classes are requested through the annual TACITS survey and are scheduled and approved concurrently with the resident training program. Classes not projected in the TACITS survey or SMDR must be identified in an ATRRS TRAP in order to obtain quotas.
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING (DL): Distributed learning provides training to a geographically dispersed audience simultaneously. Several methods of instruction may be used to present the training, including Blackboard, instructor-led, and self-paced instructor-facilitated instruction. Classroom XXI setups provide networked computers that support transmission from remote sites and computer servers to provide high-speed gateways from the classroom to Army intranets and the Internet. For more information, see the Programs section of this catalog or Appendix F for a listing of the Blackboard courses.
Listing of ALU Distributed Learning Courses
ACCREDITED OFF-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION (AOCI)/CERTIFIED PROGRAM: AOCI classes are conducted by local instructors who have been certified by ALU to teach off campus using ALU instructional materials, methods, and policies. For more information, see the Programs section of this catalog.
BLACKBOARD (Bb):ALU has courses taught on Blackboard (online). See Appendix F for a complete listing of Blackboard courses. Students register through ATRRS, then the course director will contact student (through the email address provided to ATRRS) with instructions for accessing Bb. For more information, refer to the course in this catalog.
CLASSROOM XXI (CRXXI): There are several CRXXIs located throughout ALU which provide a DL delivery platform and an environment for collaborative training development, management, and training. This form of classroom transforms current institutional classrooms into world class learning environments by providing a data/video projection system with audio for display of instructor-led computer training and video teletraining (VTT). This capability has two-way video/audio and allows instructor and student access to the internet for worldwide sources of information.
