Posted on Oct 19, 2015
What do y'all think about the new changes for SSDs?
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The Army will be changing the the courses for the SSD modules, making them more interactive...
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/10/18/army-review-ssds-after-soldier-complaints/74009226/
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/10/18/army-review-ssds-after-soldier-complaints/74009226/
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MSG Michael Shannon
HAHA Chief... I'm glad I finished all that stuff years ago befor people started getting shut out with auto enrollment.
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I personally HATE the interactive crap. Give me some info to read and then test me on my knowledge of it. The interactive lessons are almost all extremely easy to predict, besides taking forever to load. I usually run them in the background and then select the (usually correct) answer without knowing the scenario. It's multiple choice, not very hard. If they want to have interactive lessons, fine, but set them up so I can fast forward through them, reading captions, instead of wasting my time taking 3 or 4 times as long as it should to learn the material.
Drop some of the less important info, and focus on the History of the Army and NCO Corps. Why in the world does every soldier need to learn about Lean Sigma Six? What a waste of time and energy.
Drop some of the less important info, and focus on the History of the Army and NCO Corps. Why in the world does every soldier need to learn about Lean Sigma Six? What a waste of time and energy.
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It definitely needs fixing, I just hope they do it right. Recently I've noticed the Army has been pushing out these "interactive" training modules that are just a more expensive waste of time with non responsive interaction. KISS is the golden standard for us. They need to design the module for delivering the information and have the oldest, most crusty, most Plumley incarnate CSM they can find and have him sit through it. If that is successfully accomplished then it's ready for the force. (I would say a five year old navigate the page but Now-a-days they're better than most grown people with UI)
Also my biggest concern for a revamp is the Army forgetting the most important thing; who is using the application.
More often than not someone is sitting in an office in the company area hammering away at these courses. Yet the army keeps pushing out these heavy flash/Java interactive learning while most of us sit working away on outdated government computers and an outdated IE that won't load. I work in a spanking new half a billion dollar hospital and can barely get the computers to run the simple altha page.
Naw. It's great in theory, and needed, but I see it falling short.
Also my biggest concern for a revamp is the Army forgetting the most important thing; who is using the application.
More often than not someone is sitting in an office in the company area hammering away at these courses. Yet the army keeps pushing out these heavy flash/Java interactive learning while most of us sit working away on outdated government computers and an outdated IE that won't load. I work in a spanking new half a billion dollar hospital and can barely get the computers to run the simple altha page.
Naw. It's great in theory, and needed, but I see it falling short.
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