Commander Australian Defence College, Major General Mick Ryan, AM, said the new software platform represents a significant modernisation of Defence’s student management system.

“The EducationOne platform will provide a single, Defence-wide integrated system, replacing more than 50 separate databases, spreadsheets and other software programs,” MAJGEN Ryan said.

“The new platform will enable us to streamline student administration and better track the qualifications attained by our people throughout their Defence career.

“Information technology systems are a crucial enabler for Defence, and this new system demonstrates our commitment to making the Defence learning environment more continuous, accessible and adaptive.”

The new student management system platform will be hosted on a secure cloud capability.

“Using this secure cloud platform provides us with the security, scalability and flexibility required to modernise and further develop the Defence learning environment,” MAJGEN Ryan said.

Use of the new student management system will commence at the Australian Defence College, Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College – Duntroon from April 2020.

It will be rolled out to all 115 Defence Learning Centres Australia-wide over the next two years.

In October 2019 when TechnologyOne’s EducationOne was announced, MAJGEN Ryan stated, "Delivering a project like this demonstrates Defence’s commitment to optimising the education and training of our personnel. It provides excellent opportunities for Defence to work with the Australian domestic ICT sector in a rapidly evolving domain."