TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01 - TRADOC - U.S. Army

TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01In the future, knowledge management and communities of practice (like the current battlecommand knowledge system) will work hand-in-hand with training and education to ensureSoldiers have the knowledge they need when they need it. Knowledge management principlescapture, preserve, and make available to Soldiers throughout the Army the individual andcollective expertise of warfighters to support their learning and decisionmaking. Knowledgebanks developed and supported byArmy institutions, joint knowledgedevelopment and distributioncapability, and an extensive arrayof government, academic andcommercial sites available over theInternet, will meet Soldiers’ needsfor every possible type ofinformation on demand. No matterwhat Soldiers are called upon to doand know, from assisting locals toplant a garden or build a bridge, torepairing their own weapon system,they can expect to have access tothe needed information andexpertise over the network, ondemand. All Soldiers will knowhow to access information quickly.Easy to use “intelligent” search engines will lead Soldiers where they need to go. Key elementsof a comprehensive knowledge management capability will be Soldiers’ ability to “reachback” totraining and information repositories to pull needed information as well as the ability of the TLEsystem to push needed information to Soldiers. Operational observations, insights, and lessonsfor units and individuals will be available on demand. Access to training repositories will reducethe turn around times for Soldiers to obtain doctrine, lessons learned, technical information,performance support, training support packages, and after AARs. This will greatly ease thetraining management burden for leaders and provide access to training that tailors to the Soldieror unit need. As good as the available information might be in the future there is no substitute forSoldiers learning and mastering basic information and acquiring sufficient experience to facilitateseeking more details electronically.To reach the goal of on demand access to appropriate and relevant learning activities andinformation the Army must employ a lifecycle approach to information resources and invest inthe associated people, processes, technology standards, and policy. To be truly accessible,learning content must be easily and quickly searchable, shareable, modular, and reusable formultiple purposes, and the content management and delivery system must be consistent andaccessible to both learners and developers. Planned learning activities, such as online or residentcourses or simulation exercises, will be enriched, and reinforced by on demand access to relevantinformation, such as pertinent articles, online discussions, or video vignettes from a related AAR.Machinima (a term borrowed from entertainment that refers to movies made of events in a 3Dgame, with inserted dialogue or commentary) will play a role in future AARs for simulationbasedtraining. Units will have live access to one another and to information on their future AOs.117