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The Field Of Virtual Environments ( Ve ) And Education

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The intent of this work is to review and analyze the literature available in the field of virtual environments (VE) and education. In particular, the author will look at VE in the military education of seniors noncommissioned officers (NCO) at the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA). This review investigates what are the developments in VE with emphasis in military education, what cost benefits (in any) VE provide, the professional development of facilitators who use VE in their educational environments, and the effectiveness of VE in military education. The paper is divided in three sections: (a) examination of findings from the literature review, (b) summary and conclusions of the research findings, and (c) application …show more content…

The Army’s schools will educate the new recruits in their new skills, increase and maintain the skills of season career personnel, with the ultimate goal of achieving the mission. The US Army stated mission is “to fight and win our Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders (U.S. Army, Organization, n.d., para. 1)”. The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is the Army Command (ACOM) that is in charge of recruiting, training, and educating all Soldiers (officers, warrant officers, and enlisted). There are other ACOMs in which the Army relies to achieve their mission. However, for the purpose of this work, the author will only concentrate on TRADOC.
TRADOC, like any other military organization, has an organizational structure which it employs to fulfill the requirements received from the Army. The latest initiative created by TRADOC is the Army University (ArmyU) (The Army University, 2016). USASMA as well as other centers of excellence, colleges, and schools falls under the umbrella of ArmyU, which in turn is under the organizational structure of TRADOC. ArmyU concept of operations entails the reinvestment and transformation of institutional education programs, to grow Soldiers intellectual capacity, to yield agile, adaptive and innovative leaders, in order to improve performance and

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