5 Ways Air Force is Advancing Learning Technology

By John Ohab

We recently partnered with the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on a special series exploring the Air Force’s efforts to advance learning and training technology.

Over five posts, Col. John Thompson, Future Learning Advisor to the AETC Director of Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Assessments, and Carol Wall, program manager in AETC’s Future Learning Division, covered a wide range of topics, including classroom instruction, knowledge management, serious gaming, virtual reality, and mobile applications.

Air Force Exploring Mobile Learning Systems. Col. Thompson discusses how mobile technology has changed personal accountability and details the necessary steps before Air Force invests in a large mobile learning system.

How Virtual Reality Can Improve Military Training. Col. Thompson explains how virtual environments can be used to train servicemembers more efficiently or in environments that are too dangerous to recreate in real life.

How will Air Force Manage Knowledge in the Future?. Knowledge is key. Col. Thompson explains the internal organization software and hardware systems that manage Air Force knowledge, and details what the Air Force needs to do to prevent information overload in learning management systems.

How Air Force is Designing Classroom Instruction for the Future. Carol Wall explores how Air Force uses a systematic approach to design classroom instruction to ensure Air Force personnel are trained to do their job in the most cost efficient and effective way possible.

The Air Education and Training Command’s mission is to develop America’s Airmen today… for tomorrow. It’s vision is to eliver unrivaled air, space and cyberspace education and training.

This article was sponsored by Police Books.