Professional Military Education for Life (PME4L)
Abstract:
Professional Military Education PME is imperative to developing innovative leaders. It provides Airmen the foundational education required for the Profession of Arms, as well as exposure to new ideas and career fields. Due to PME s importance in an Airman s career development, PME should be a continuous process with the current PME courses as anchors. PME4L complements traditional Air Force PME and invests in Airmen at all levels. This paper presents a Continuous Education CE model, powered by the PME4L architecture, and presents the timeline for implementation. The PME4L architecture includes current architecture needs, learning tools, wiki models, crowdsourcing, and learning management systems.