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Enhancing critical thinking skills for Army leaders using blended-learning methods /

The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). The BDL course lasts 12 months and uses a variety of informatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straus, Susan G.
Corporate Authors: Arroyo Center, Rand Corporation, JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.
Series:RAND Corporation research report series ; RR172.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Officers > Training of.
United States. > Army.
Military education > Technological innovations > United States.
Blended learning > United States.
Distance education > United States > Computer-assisted instruction.
LAW > Torts.
Armed Forces > Officers > Training of.
Blended learning.
Distance education > Computer-assisted instruction.
Military education > Technological innovations.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Blended Distributed Learning Advanced Operations Course
  • Satisfaction and Perceived Learning Effectiveness in the Blended Distributed Learning Advanced Operations Course
  • Literature Review and Case Studies of Blended Distributed Learning
  • Conclusions and Options for Improvement
  • Appendix A: Intermediate-Level Education Advanced Operations Course Blocks, Learning Objectives, and Cognitive Levels of Learning
  • Appendix B: Psychometric Properties of Exit and Postgraduate Surveys
  • Appendix C: Proposed Exit Survey Questions
  • Appendix D: Case Study Interview Questions.