Delivering Interactive Instruction in Support of Long-term Retention of Knowledge as Only NASA Can. (DLN)

NASA's Digital Learning Network™ began in the spring of 2004 with three Hub Sites ( NASA Glenn, NASA Johnson, and NASA Langley) that are providing leadership and guidance in the expansion of the network to include all NASA education offices associated with its 10 field centers and NASA Headquarters. NASA's Digital Learning Network™:

• fosters the effective use of interactive instructional technologies through the delivery of NASA educational content for the benefit of its students and educators.
• promotes collaborative activities among its member sites in order to optimize learning experiences for its students and educators.
• encourages open communication among its member sites so that expectations, limitations, strengths, and weaknesses can be objectively addressed for mutual improvement and positive development.
• provides timely responses to internal and external inquiries about technical issues, content development and delivery, and event scheduling.
• encourages innovation and experimentation by its member sites with the expectation that instructional integrity is maintained and NASA educational goals and standards are upheld.
• strives to reach targeted populations associated with the NASA Explorer Schools Program and other NASA distance learning initiatives that target underserved populations while providing access to appropriately equipped members of the general education community.
• participates in the development of an agency-wide infrastructure that makes use of existing and emerging interactive instructional technologies.
• contributes to the professional development of internal and external educators through the delivery of face-to-face and distance learning-based events.