The Advanced Distributed Learning Workforce Co-Lab was founded in 2003 under a joint agreement between the US Department of Defense and the University of Memphis

University of Memphis

The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....

 FedEx Institute of Technology

FedEx Institute of Technology

The FedEx Institute of Technology is at the University of Memphis. Founded November 19, 2003, under the leadership of James M. Phillips the Institute was designed to bridge the gap between industry and academic research. The Institute is wholly a part of the University of Memphis operating within...

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Advanced Distributed Learning

Advanced Distributed Learning is the product of the ADL Initiative, established in 1997 to standardize and modernize training and education management and delivery. The Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness oversees the ADL Initiative...

 Initiative, the lab was originally founded and directed by Eric Matthews and Dr. Xiangen Hu. The Workforce Co-Lab has been charged by the US Department of defense to help business and industry adapt ADL

Advanced Distributed Learning

Advanced Distributed Learning is the product of the ADL Initiative, established in 1997 to standardize and modernize training and education management and delivery. The Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness oversees the ADL Initiative...

 technologies into their worker training and development programs. Located in Memphis, Tennessee the Co-Lab, is presently under the direction of Dr. Xiangen Hu and Dr. Daniel Rehak and is affiliated with the University of Memphis.