This paper begins with an analysis of the changing security scenario in the Asian region, with special focus on Malaysian defence strategies and foreign policies. Beginning in the mid 1990s, the Malaysian government shifted its attention away from the counter insurgency strategies of the early decades of independence to focus on wider questions of Malaysian security in the regional and global context. The growing awareness of the shifting paradigms in Asia also gave rise to the need for new approaches to military education/training. The second half of the paper analyses the extent to which Malaysia is about to take advantage of e-learning in academic and military training and the kind of education and training approaches that are needed in the future to ensure that Malaysia's defence needs are met. The empirical basis of the second half of this paper is based on a pilot survey of 267 Malaysian Undergraduate Cadets attending the Military Academy of Malaysia (MAM) in October 2004. This academy is scheduled to become National Defence University (NDU) in 2007. The paper addresses the question of what kind of academic and military curriculum and delivery technology could best prepare these students to face the emerging challenges regionally and globally. (Contains 3 footnotes and 1 table in Appendix.) [Final page includes conclusion and references from a separate report.] [Paper presented at International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (4th, Beijing, China, July 11-13, 2005)]