Project ArchimedeZ

Abstract

Lt Gen Steven Kwast challenged the Squadron Officer School 15D Think Tank to develop a career-long, non-resident Professional Military Education (PME) approach that fosters creative/critical thinking, motivates Total Force Airmen to participate and provides value to both the individual and the Air Force. To meet this challenge, Think Tank Group 1 developed Project ArchimedeZ, an incentive-focused, learner-centric construct that utilizes existing distant learning resources to provide a value-based, career long learning system to develop leaders in the Air Force for today and tomorrow. A system that is both resource-efficient and enticing to use Project ArchimedeZ embodies an adaptable framework that seeks to shift the PME paradigm from one of "must do" to "want to do". In doing so, the United States Air Force can create the types of creative and critical thinkers required for tomorrow's wars while ensuring relevancy and applicability to today's Total Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2015
Accession Number
ADA627474

Entities

People

  • Andrew Chema
  • Chanel Burnell
  • Christopher Rittenhouse
  • David Leibrand
  • Dipta Kazi
  • Jeffery Guynn
  • Richard Danaher
  • Samuel Holbrook
  • September Foy
  • Thomas Bryant

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Beta Testing
  • Education
  • Information Operations
  • Learning
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Motivation
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design