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Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at the Point of Need

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at the Point of Need. COL Charles Harris TRADOC G-6 (757)501-6551 DSN 501 charles.e.harris38.mil@mail.mil 11 JUL 12. TechNet 2012 Land Forces - South. UNCLASSIFIED.

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Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at the Point of Need

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  1. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at the Point of Need COL Charles Harris TRADOC G-6 (757)501-6551 DSN 501 charles.e.harris38.mil@mail.mil11 JUL 12 TechNet 2012 Land Forces - South UNCLASSIFIED

  2. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Backup Slides UNCLASSIFIED

  3. UNCLASSIFIED • Mission • Training and Doctrine Command develops, educates and trains Soldiers, civilians, and leaders; supports unit training; and designs, builds and integrates a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment to strengthen the U.S. Army as America’s Force of Decisive Action. • Scope and Scale • TRADOC has 25,000 Soldiers and 11,000 civilians across 32 schools training over 500,000 Soldiers a year. • Vision • Leading the Army’s transition into the future by shaping the Army of 2020, developing adaptive leaders and organizations, modernizing equipment, and revolutionizing training to strengthen the Nation’s adaptive land force for decisive action. 3 “Victory Starts Here!!!”

  4. Training the Army of 2020 "If we do not make home station training exciting and relevant, we will pay a price in young leaders exiting the Army because they will not get it or understand the relevance of it." GEN Robert W. ConeTRADOC Commanding General 4 UNCLASSIFIED

  5. Revolution in Army Learning Relevant and Challenging Context Learning at the Point of Need • Developed & Delivered by the Army’s Best • OE / Regional Alignment… - Information When and Where Needed - Single Portal to Digital Learning Resources - Performance Support Aids • Adaptability… Critical Thinking … Complex Environments • Assessments, Evaluations Career Long Learning Extension of the School House • Tech Enabled Learning • Virtual Training Environments • Mobile Learning and Distributed Learning Modules • Regional Learning Centers • Self-Structured Learning • - Flexible & Adaptable to ARFORGEN UNCLASSIFIED

  6. UNCLASSIFIED Learner-Centric 2015 Learning Environment Blended Learning Technology-Based Delivery with Facilitator in the Loop Context-based, facilitated, problem solving team exercises Single Portal to Digital Learning Resources (Virtual Warrior University) Regional Learning Centers (Satellite schools at unit locations) Coaches Performance Support Aids (Mobile Digital Devices-- The Game Changer!) Mentors Mobile Learning, dL Modules Adaptive Learning, Intelligent Tutors Learner- Centric Peer-Based Learning (Digital Social Networks) Facilitators Soldier Created Content (Wikis, Blogs, Apps, etc.) Instructors Assessments, Evaluations (Rigor & Relevance) Virtual Training Environments(e.g JTCOIC-Training Brain) Self-Structured Learning Track Progress (Army Career Tracker) Enables Career-Long Learning -- Supports a Learning Army

  7. Major Efforts • Army Learning Model 2015 • Doctrine 2015 • Mobile Computing Integrated Project Team (IPT) • Distributed Learning IPT • Training Brain Operations Center (TBOC) • Setting the Conditions 7 UNCLASSIFIED

  8. Army Learning Model for 2015Enriching Home Station Training • Leveraging learning products, enablers…to enhance Soldier & Leader individual learning and preparation for collective training • Resident Training - 21st Century Soldier/Leader Competencies • Functional Training - Training Support Packages and MTTs • Sustainment Training - Training Support Packages • Access to Learning Content & Products • Reach-back to Subject Matter Experts • Soldier / Leader Performance Support Aids (e.g., Army Training Network) • Exercise Support - Training Support Packages and SMEs Operationalizing Learning at the Point of Need UNCLASSIFIED

  9. Key ALM Initiatives Focus Areas NETWORK ACCESS & TECHNOLOGY Point of Need and Reach back RESOURCES Resourcing Models, Policy, Tools THE WORKFORCE Instructor / Content Developer Skills Sets ASSESSMENT Value of Implementing and Best Practices • Comprehensive Course Review / ALM Revisions • Functional Training Review • 21st Century Soldier Competency Panels • Army Learning Coordination Council • Course Resource Model • Mobile Computing Requirements 9 UNCLASSIFIED

  10. Doctrine 2015 Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) Field Manual Field Manual Field Manual Field Manual Field Manual Field Manual [15 ADPs] Fundamental principles Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP) [1 per ADP] Detailed information on fundamentals Field Manuals (FM) [50 FMs] Tactics andProcedures Army Techniques Pubs (ATP) Techniques Techniques Techniques Techniques Techniques Techniques Authenticated version on APD Input through wiki version (Interactive Media, Podcasts, Mobile APPs) Applications 10 UNCLASSIFIED

  11. UNCLASSIFIED Mobile Computing IPT • Deliver a holistic mobile capabilities strategy to the TRADOC Commander • Collaboration – HQDA CIO/G-6 and G-8, TRADOC Centers of Excellence (SIGCOE, MSCOE, MCOE), Combined Arms Center (CAC) Connecting Soldiers to Digital Apps (CSDA), Army War College, U.S. Military Academy, TRADOC CKO, ARCIC etc. • Validating requirements for mobile devices, apps, and content environment • Policy impacts (DoD, Army, TRADOC) – security, acquisition, CAC/PKI, risk etc. • Demand for “Controlled but Publicly Releasable Content” environment • Technology approaches (bring-your-own device, private cloud, CAC readers, mobile device management, mobile application management, etc.) • Information exchange forums - Air Training Command, Naval War College, Defense Language Institute, Homeland Defense, Industry Workshops, etc.

  12. Discoverability: Improving the user experience by ensuring content can be located with movement through the courseware as intuitive as possible. Accessibility: Improving course registration and launching of content. Playability: Improving content design and development so courseware plays without interruptions, so the student can execute training and testing. Trackability: Ensuring soldiers get credit for course/content completions. Rethinking courseware preproduction, delivery (Coalition, deployed), lifecycle mgt Distributed Learning IPT UNCLASSIFIED

  13. Training Brain Operations Center Exercise Support Modeling & Simulations Attack the Network ISR Topoff Data Transformation UNCLASSIFIED

  14. Support to 1/101 ABCT Targeting Packages Support to Mission Command BAT/BIAR Integration Insider Threat KeyLeaderEngagements UNCLASSIFIED

  15. UNCLASSIFIED Setting the Conditions • Engaging Joint, Industry and Academia partners • Ongoing Mobile Pilot Efforts • Exploring Content Approaches (AKO, APAN, .edu, etc.) • Assessing Virtual User Environment Capabilities • Employing Everything Over IP (EOIP) Capabilities • Active participation in efficiency efforts: • Data Center Consolidation • Enterprise Email Migration • Army Baseline IT Services (ABITS) • Enterprise Collaborative Services • IT Management Reform • Maintaining Balance and Suppressing Appetites!!! 15

  16. COL Charles HarrisTRADOC G-6(757)501-6551 DSN 501charles.e.harris38.mil@mail.milwww.tradoc.army.mil“Victory Starts Here!!!”

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