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DUDLEY KNOX LIBRARV NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 93943-5101 DUDLEYKNOXLIBRARY NAVAL POSTGRADUATESCHOOL MONTEREY, CA93943-5101 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS APPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO MARINE CORPS DISTANCE LEARNING by Michael G. Broihier September, 1997 Thesis Advisor: Alice M. Crawford Co-Advisor: Hemant Bhargava Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. REPORTDOCUMENTATIONPAGE FormApprovedOMBNo. 0704 Publicreportingburdenforthiscollectionofinformationisestimatedtoaverage 1 hourperresponse,includingthetimeforreviewing instruction,searchingexistingdatasources,gatheringandmaintainingthedataneeded,andcompletingandreviewingthecollectionof information. Sendcommentsregardingthisburdenestimateoranyotheraspectofthiscollectionofinformation,includingsuggestionsfor reducingthisburden,toWashingtonheadquartersServices,DirectorateforInformationOperationsandReports, 1215JeffersonDavis Highway,Suite 1204,Arlington,VA22202-4302,andtotheOfficeofManagementandBudget,PaperworkReductionProject(0704-0188) WashingtonDC20503. 1. AGENCYUSEONLY(Leaveblank) 2. REPORTDATE 3. REPORTTYPEANDDATESCOVERED SEPTEMBER 1997 Master'sThesis 4. TITLEANDSUBTITLE 5. FUNDINGNUMBERS APPLYINGTECHNOLOGYTO MARINECORPSDISTANCELEARNING AUTHOR(S) 6. G BROIHIERMICHAEL, PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 7. 8. NavalPostgraduateSchool REPORTNUMBER MontereyCA93943-5000 9. SPONSORING/MONITORINGAGENCYNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCYREPORTNUMBER 11. SUPPLEMENTARYNOTES Theviewsexpressedinthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficialpolicyorposition oftheDepartmentofDefenseortheU.S. Government. 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVARIABILITYSTATEMENT Approvedforpublicrelease; 12b.DISTRIBUTIONCODE distributionisunlimited 13. ABSTRACTThepurposeofthisthesisistoinvestigatetheapplicationoftechnologytodistancelearningwiththeintentionof recommendingtotheMarineCorpsafeasiblemigrationpathawayfromits currentcorrespondenceprogram. Currently,theMarine CorpsInstitute(MCI)administerscorrespondencecoursesforbothOccupationalSkillDevelopment(OSD)andProfessionalMilitary Education(PME). AutomatingandstrearnliningMCIprocessesisinsufficientconsideringthepivotalimportancedistancelearningplays inaMarine'scareer. Currentapplicationoftechnologytodistancelearningineducation,business,andthemilitaryisdiscussedinlightof informationobtainedthroughinterviews,sitevisits,conferences,andtheliterature.Anon-exhaustivelistoftangibleandintangiblecosts andbenefitsrelatedtovariousdistancelearningtechnologiesisprovided,aswellasatemplateforadistancelearningdecisionmaking process. Theprocesscanbeusedwithdecisionsupportsoftwaretomatchrequirementstotechnologyandselectappropriatemigration pathsthroughcostbenefitanalysis. ThisthesisrecommendsapplyingasynchronousmethodstoOSDcoursesandacombinationof synchronousandasynchronousmethodstoPMEcourses. Finally,thisthesisrecommendschangingthecurrentstructureandmissionof MCIandconsolidatingitseffortswiththeCollegeofContinuingEducationundertheMarineCorpsUniversity. 14. SUBJECTTERMS DistanceLearning,CBT,ComputerBasedTraining,VTT,VideoTeletraining, 15. NUMBEROFPAGES MarineCorpsInstitute,MCI. 16. PRICECODE 17. SECURITY 18. SECURITY 19. SECURITY 20. LIMITATIONOF CLASSIFICATIONOF CLASSIFICATIONOFTHIS CLASSIFICATIONOF ABSTRACT REPORT PAGE ABSTRACT UL Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified NSN7540-01-280-5500 StandardForm298(Rev. 2-89) PrescribedbyANSIStd. 239-18 298-102 11 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. APPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO MARINE CORPS DISTANCE LEARNING Michael G. jBroihier Major, United States Marine Corps B.A., Rutgers College, 1984 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements forthe degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL September, 1997 APS AvtV