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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
This report of a hearing on educational benefits for veterans and members of the armed forces focuses on four proposals to establish a new educational assistance program for veterans and members of the armed forces and presents a review of the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP). Testimony includes statements from members of the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Armed Forces, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Aagard, James A.; Ansbro, Thomas M. – 1984
The Naval Enlisted Professional Development Information System (NEPDIS) was designed to function as a fully computerized information assembly and analysis system to support labor force, personnel, and training management. The NEPDIS comprises separate training development, instructional, training record and evaluation, career development, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Databases
Hahn, H. A.; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this handbook is to provide background and guidelines for course designers and instructional developers who will be developing Reserve Component training for the United States military using asynchronous computer conferencing techniques. The recommendations in this report are based on an international review of the literature in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Glidden, William C.; And Others – 1984
To meet the remedial-instructional needs of its recruits, the Coast Guard developed a basic skills program, entitled the Basic Educational Enrichment Program (BEEP), at its recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey. Objectives of the program were to ensure that all graduates of Coast Guard recruit training possess at least eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Benefits, Educational Needs
Cotton, Gail, Ed.; Mannino, Lewie, Ed. – 1991
This manual provides technical and practical assistance to teams of professionals who are interested in replicating a premilitary program. The stated purpose for the program is to help prepare young men and women to become qualified for military recruitment so they might reap the benefits provided by the military as well as civilian opportunities.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Educational Certificates
Bobko, Douglas J.; Hayes, John F. – 1984
A computer-based training program called the Maintenance Performance System (MPS) was developed and made operational in an Army divisional maintenance battalion. The primary purposes of the MPS were to monitor the daily technical activities of maintenance personnel by identifying maintenance strengths and deficiencies on both an individual and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs
Leonard, Henry A.; Winkler, John D.; Hove, Anders; Ettedgui, Emile; Shanley, Michael G.; Sollinger, Jerry – 2001
The U.S. Army is in the process of implementing the Army Distance Learning Program, which is intended to improve training effectiveness and efficiency by substituting distance learning (DL) for portions of its current resident instruction program. To determine the potential effectiveness of DL in delivering military training, 25% of the resident…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
Department of Defense, Washington, DC. – 1982
These proceedings provide an overview of the major areas covered at a seminar on the relationship between vocational education and defense preparedness. Discussed first are strategies for improving collaborative efforts by vocational education and the Department of Defense for the purpose of increasing defense preparedness. The next five sections…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Civil Defense
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Duncan, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
One of the most significant events that heralded the Department of Defense's commitment to distance education was the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which held its kickoff meeting in Washington, DC in 1997. This meeting provided the army and other military services the endorsement that had been lacking relative to implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Costs, Instructional Development, Educational Innovation