TRADOC Senior Leaders Conference

[marct]

Hi Ken,

the distance learning bit being money dependent...

I'm pretty sceptical about distance education myself. I've seen some really good examples of it, but I've also seen some really bad ones. There do seem to be some excellent ones in the pipeline.

The money really comes in at the start. Really good online training, depending on what you are training for , costs like crazy at the start, but the per unit delivery cost drops significantly. It's a basic software model that's operating - insane upfront cost and totally insignificant replication costs. Where the real costs come in, IMO, is in the time required to download, install and, most importantly, actively use the material.

I think Outcome Based Training is a critical need but will be resisted by many in TRADOC citing cost as a deterrent -- the actual deterrent is that it's not easy, so trainers have to work harder...

I'm a great believer in working smarter than harder . The USAF Culture, Region and Language Program is a good example of working smarter.