The Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) has partnered with Veridian Inc. and other organizations to develop and implement an educational system to meet the needs of America's 21st century warfighters. This Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program integrates current decision-making technologies, an innovative and thought provoking curriculum, web-based databases, and modern command and control systems into a learning system permitting students to experience and learn from a notional, interactive, 24-hour environment. This learning system will simulate the critical actions students may encounter while serving as members of joint military staffs worldwide, thus preparing them intellectually for future challenges. The goal of this learning system is to provide students a realistic and challenging, information-based setting, supporting both long-term retention of joint doctrine and operational art and focused instruction in special areas of emphasis. This paper outlines the results of the initial 2 tests of this new integrated learning system, conducted during the spring and summer trimesters at AFSC.
Interactive Education for the 21st Century: The Armed Forces Staff College and the Education of Future Decision-Makers
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