Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      TEC University chartTEC University
                        
                        
                        The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center's PCE Division announced that it is now called TEC University, effective Nov. 1, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard illustration)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res

Division of Air National Guard's education center changes its name, directionPublished Nov. 30, 2019
                    
                    By Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith
                    
                    
                    I.G. Brown Training and Education Center
            **MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. --**The Air National Guard division that manages professional continuing education for thousands of Airmen has changed its name.
The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center's PCE Division announced that it is now called TEC University, effective Nov. 1.
The new name, which leaders say identifies a new approach in learning, comes from years of listening to requests by Airmen to broaden its offerings and innovate education methods to upgrade their skills and knowledge, its officials said.
"We have been advocating for a distance-learning platform to start meeting the students where they want to learn — not where the Air Force forces them to educate," said Chief Master Sgt. Shaun Withers, division chief.
One central piece — and buzz from the field — is obtaining a learning management system, the same kind used by public colleges and universities for .edu or .com online-degree programs. Withers and his team just finished a review of the commercial platforms available. They will make a decision on which one best suits the needs of National Guard members, of which a sizeable percentage serve on during drill weekends and would like military training available at home as online university-style lessons.
Earlier this month, the division restructured its Instructional Development, Production and Transmission branches to improve their interaction and align efforts under a shared mission statement and vision statement.
Withers said in a prepared email that TEC-U includes four lines of effort that identify its purpose to the 90 wings and more than 107,000 Airmen. They include: Leadership Academy (train the trainers, leadership schools, instructor certification); Building the Blue (learning management systems, 3-/5-/7-level upgrade training, specialty skill enhancement); From the Force (just-in-time training, 1-5 minute crowdsourced videos, enhancing and encouraging innovation); and Innovation in Education (education's think tank, designing learning for the future, developing training technologies).
"We are implementing those things that we've talked about for a long time, and having these four different avenues," said Tammie Smeltzer, who is heading up TEC-U's academics. "It is a modern and forward-thinking education approach, which is vital to the Air National Guard's future."
Smeltzer admitted that TEC-U's development is not coming overnight — as they are still in fledgling stages — but she is optimistic and excited that they will soon train Airmen the way Airmen want.
"Our team is so excited because this new direction allows us to show off our talents in video production, broadcasting, and instructional development," Smeltzer said.
TEC University is a detachment of the Air National Guard Readiness Center and is located on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base outside Knoxville, Tennessee.USAF 



AF 



Air Force 



Air National Guard 



ANG 



professional continuing education 



I.G. Brown Training and Education Center 



TEC University 



distance learning 



Leadership Academy 



Building the Blue 



From the Force 



Innovation of Education 



Air National Guard Readiness Center 



McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base 



AFWN

Related Links
        The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center
                                June 19, 2020
                                The I.G. Brown Training and Education Center is a detachment of the Air National Guard Readiness Center and is located at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base near Knoxville, Tenn. The TEC conducts an average of 16 Enlisted Professional Military Education courses and 40 Professional Continuing Featured News
        Senior Leader Priorities
                DAF leaders talk budget, reoptimizing the force
                    
                    DAF leaders speak at National Character and Leadership Symposium
                    
                    DAF members recognized during BEYA STEM awards
                    
                    DAF senior enlisted advisors discuss Airmen, Guardians in the fight
                    
                    SecAF Kendall AFA Warfare Symposium Q&A: Reoptimizing for Great Power CompetitionInnovation
                AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
                    
                    DAF delivers lethality at the speed of data during Project Convergence Capstone 4
                    
                    DAF welcomes industry partners to HQ development program
                    
                    DAF announces Spark Tank 2024 finalists
                    
                    Chief Digital, Artificial Intelligence Office to host hackathon in HawaiiMAJCOM News
                Safety enterprise announces new mission, vision, goals in 2024 strategic plan
                    
                    Air Combat Command welcomes new commander
                    
                    USAFE-AFAFRICA commander discusses Integrated Air, Missile Defense during Munich Security Conference
                    
                    Flosi to AFMC family: Embrace change, make every day count
                    
                    AMC rises to increasing global tension
 Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil