Blended Learning: The Army's Future in Education, Training, and Development
Abstract
The U.S. Army consists of new, smaller, lightweight, and more technically sophisticated personnel and units. The wars of the 21st Century and beyond will increasingly be fought against non-state actors and will thus depend more on technology and information and the use of untraditional methods. Based on this notion the Army s system to educate, train, and develop its members, needs to strongly incorporate contemporary pedagogical methods such as blended learning. Furthermore, failing to strategically plan to leverage current learning technology, specifically within the institutional, operational, and self-development domains will rapidly reduce the Army s ability to prepare for future conflict. The purpose of this strategy research paper is to show how a blended learning approach to education and training within the U.S. Army provides the greatest return on investment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 24, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA560138
Entities
People
- John Plifka
Organizations
- United States Army War College