Abstract: This white paper addresses key issues facing training managers and leadership in the United States Air Force (USAF). Currently, they recruit and train approximately 477 students per year, approximately 50% of these students will be unsuccessful in subsequent field training after completing courses at Keesler. This paper discusses a methodology to determine the best ways to effectively train highly technical skills to students who have grown up with instant information at their fingertips using the latest in technology. Today, most entrants into the USAF training programs have grown up in an information rich environment with instant access to critical information on their hand-held devices i.e. Cell Phones, iPad, and others. Unfortunately, this type of free and easy access has unintended consequences. Students are losing core memorization skills and retention of critical information for job skills is sometimes lost due the voluminous amount of information students are exposed to. For example, when they lose their hand-held devices, they become disoriented and lost. There is hope! Using a Training Innovation Roadmap, new techniques and innovative learning systems that are being developed to help students learn and have fun learning, instead of death by PowerPoint training. In addition, Instructors need to learn new ways to teach technical skills to students from diverse educational and social backgrounds. Memorization of key information and application and with technical proficiency–based learning objectives are discussed in this white paper.
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