Below is a collection of guides and handbooks from Department of Defense organizations that cover the design and development of distributed learning.

U.S. Department of Defense

• Instructional Systems Development/Systems Approach to Training and Education, MIL-HDBK-29612/2A
• Development of Interactive Multimedia Instruction, MIL-HDBK-29612/3A

U.S. Army

• Army Training Support Center, Distributed Learning/IMI Support

U.S. Air Force

• Air Force Institute for Advanced Distributed Learning, Course Developers' Guidance

U.S. Marine Corps

• Training and Education Command, College of Continuing Education, Design References