Happy Holidays from FGDLA!
Wishing all of you a happy and healthy holiday season!
Congratulations to FGDLA 2021
Award Winners!
A replay of the FGDLA Award Ceremony is now available!
Individual Awards
Kelly R. Barrett
Certified Instructional Designer (ISD) and Online Training Professional (COTP) Internal Revenue Service

Pioneer Award Winner
Peter Bergh
LMS Adminstrator Office of Staff Learning and Development
Peace Corps

Pioneer Award Winner
Kris Ptak
Chair, FGDLA Communications Committee

Pillar Award Winner
Dr. Carla Lane
Executive Director TEC;
Professor, School of Education at Capella University, Vice President, Higher Education FGDLA

Hall of Fame Award
Thomas Elliot
Train-the-Trainer Program Manager, National Highway Institute

Hall of Fame Award
Rich Schrum
Train-the-Trainer Program Manager, Training and Evaluation Branch, Federal Aviation Adminstration Academy

Hall of Fame Award
Clay Middlebrook
Director Defense Education and Training Network

Special Recognition Award Winner
Organizational Award Winners
Federal Highway Administration,
National Highway Institute, Railway-Highway Crossing Program

Innovation Award Winner
Federal Highway Administration,
National Highway Institute, 
Project Cost and Schedule Course

Innovation Award Winner
United Nations International Schools

Innovation Award Winner
Defense Language Institute English
Language Center

Innovation Award Winner
Federal Aviation Administration Academy, Training & Evaluation Branch

Five Star Award Winner
Peace Corps LearningSpace

Five Star Award Winner
Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Protective Service

Five Star Award Winner
Special thanks to our FGDLA sponsors!
Recorded Webinars
Digital Learning Modernization
Dr. Sae Schatz
Director of the Department of Defense’s Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Everything Distance Learning 
William Peratino and Paul Jesukiewicz
Office of Personnel Management
Transforming Learning with Zoom
Pat LaMorte 
Zoom Video Communications
Audio Description: If Eyes Could Speak - Making Government Video Accessible to People Who Are Blind
Dr. Joel Snyder
Audio Description Associates, LLC
Microlearning Videos - A Success Story
Kelly Barrett, Internal Revenue Service


Combining Storytelling and Learning Theory to Support Effective Learning
Christopher Kaplan, Alvin Lawrence, and Andrew Clark Diamond Information Systems
Four Levels of Gamification Integration: Which do you use?
Dr. Jonathan Peters
CMO Sententia Gamification
Developing Leaders Virtually
MaryKate Dougherty
US Dept of Treasury
Accessibility and Section 508
Helen Chamberlain
GSA (Retired)
The Future of Organizations: Adaptive Learning
Fran Kassinger
US Dept. of Treasury
Learning Made Easy with Zoom
Russ Colbert
Zoom
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Do you have any ideas for webinar topics, news, or resources you would like to share? We’d love to hear them! Contact Dr. Carla Lane or Jenny Varrichio.
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