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The University of Arizona
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Background
How does an organization acquire the skills needed
to develop and conduct training in the high technology
environment of today and tomorrow? For some,
the answer may be in contracting or hiring from the
“millennial” generation. While both approaches have
been used successfully at Fort Huachuca, a lesser
known program has been providing Department of
the Army (DA) civilians these necessary technological
and educational skills for the past ten years.
That program is the “Educational Technology”
plan of study offered by the U.S. Army Intelligence
Center (USAIC) in cooperation with the University of
Arizona South.
The concept for the program grew from discussions
during 1997-1998 between Dr. Gregory M.
Kreiger, then Dean of Continuous Learning, and
Dr. Glenn L. Kjos, Chief of the Staff and Faculty
Development Office at the time. Their concern was
that the Intelligence Center needed to keep up with
the wave of educational technology and, at the same
time, retain the vast experience level of the current
work force. The solution they arrived at was to “grow
our own.” They decided, with command support, to
invest in the technological training and education of
those experienced instructors and training developers
already in the schoolhouse.
Working with Dr. Phil Callahan of the University
of Arizona South, they came up with a three-year
program of study known then as the “Master of Arts
in Educational Psychology, Educational Technologies
Emphasis” (today it is simply the “Educational
Technology” program). The curriculum was focused
primarily on the needs of the Intelligence Center’s
training community, although the program was also
open to members of the community.
The Center’s sponsorship of the program got
underway in the fall of 1998 when 12 DA civil-
by Mr. Richard K. Ward
ians began classes during the evening hours at
the University’s southern campus in Sierra Vista,
Arizona. Sponsorship means that the Intelligence
Center pays the students’ tuition fees. Students pay
for their books, transportation costs, and incidental
expenses. Sponsored students in the program
usually take two courses per semester for six semesters,
and can, if they stay with it, complete the
program in three years. Courses are conducted in
the evenings and do not conflict with the normal
duty day.
Among the courses taken by the initial students
in the program were: Computer Applications in
Education; Multimedia Applications in Education;
Design of Instructional Technologies; Advanced
Design of Instructional Technologies; Introduction
to Educational Research; Statistical Methods in
Education; Educational Tests and Measurements;
Learning Theory in Education; Educational
Evaluation, and Theories of Human Development.
Program Focus–A Practitioner’s
Approach
The program focused, and still does, on a practitioner’s
approach to the design, development, and
evaluation of instructional technology for education
and industry. The program addresses issues related
to learning, instructional design, visual design, multimedia
development, evaluation and research.
What is interesting is the fact that of those 12
civilians who started the program in 1998, 10
are still working for the government, and eight of
those are still at the Intelligence Center. The other
two have retired. The government is still getting a
return on its initial investment in the professional
development of these instructors and training developers
as they apply the technical skills and ed-
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