In more than 40 assessments performed since the 1960s, we've found time savings to average about 30 percent. This seems to have occurred without any particular effort to reduce instructional time. Much more might be gained if we tried harder. The increased intensity of technology-based instruction seems hard to deny. We also find significant improvements in knowledge and skills gained through using technology-based instruction.
Cost reductions are also notable.
We've found that reductions in operating and support costs average about 63 percent. The real payoff for the U.S. military is that by increasing the effectiveness and accessibility of instruction and by reducing instructional costs, the ADL initiative will significantly enhance the military's operational effectiveness. The operational military payoffs of education, training, and mentoring remain difficult to quantify and assess, but they are the real and ultimate objective of our efforts. Similar increases in operational capability and productivity should result from application of ADL technologies in civilian education. They must be accessible .