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Context Matters: Employing Word Embeddings to Improve Text Classifier Performance on Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal Abstracts--A Test Case
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Arielle A. Gaither – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Bag-of-words is a commonly used text representation method for many text classification applications. However, bag-of-words representation fails to consider the context of the text because it only examines text documents based on the presence of individual words and explores relationships between texts with similar word choices (Bengfort, 2018).…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Classification, Language Usage, Databases
Total Learning Architecture. 2021 Update -- TLA Functional Requirements Document
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Smith, Brent; Johnson, Andy; Hayden, Trey; Tolk, Florian – Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2022
The human capital supply chain is a complex network of systems with inherent challenges to accommodating Total Learning Architecture (TLA) operability. This document covers the objective end-state for Department of Defense (DoD) learning organizations migrating to TLA compliant data and microservices. This document is organized into sections that…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Public Agencies, Armed Forces, Information Systems
Total Learning Architecture 2019 Report
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Gordon, Jerry; Hayden, Trey; Johnson, Andy; Smith, Brent – Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2020
The DoD's [Department of Defense's] Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is designing a framework of commercial standards, technical specifications, and business rules to enable plug and play interoperability of learning technologies. The Total Learning Architecture (TLA) framework will allow education and training products to…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Training, Educational Technology, Delivery Systems
TLA Standards Digital Learning Acquisition Guidance
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Johnson, Andy; Miller, Shawn – Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2022
The founding goal of using standards within acquisition of distributed learning content and technology is to reduce cost in both current and future acquisitions and collaborative efforts across organizations. This document explores existing successful acquisitions and supplies that language as well as successful ways to implement best practices of…
Descriptors: Standards, Course Content, Information Technology, Cost Effectiveness
Total Learning Architecture (TLA) Data Pillars and Their Applicability to Adaptive Instructional Systems
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Smith, Brent; Milham, Laura – Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2021
Since 2016, the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative has been developing the Total Learning Architecture (TLA), a 4-pillar data strategy for managing lifelong learning. Each pillar describes a type of learning-related data that needs to be captured, managed, and shared across an organization. Each data pillar is built on a set of…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Computer Software, Metadata, Learning Activities
The U.S. Army's Impact on the History of Distance Education
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Duncan, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
One of the most significant events that heralded the Department of Defense's commitment to distance education was the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which held its kickoff meeting in Washington, DC in 1997. This meeting provided the army and other military services the endorsement that had been lacking relative to implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Costs, Instructional Development, Educational Innovation