Naval news service (May 18, 2005): Navy Knowledge Online announces improvements.PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS NNS Newport News Shipbuilding NNS National Numeracy Strategy NNS Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth, VA) NNS Newhouse News Service NNS Non-Native Speaking NNS Network Node Server (Cisco) ) -- Navy Knowledge Online (NKO NKO Navy Knowledge Online (US Navy) ), the Navy's premier interactive education and training tool for Sea Warriors, is moving into another phase of service to the fleet. The Web site is a one-stop knowledge location for Navy education, training, and professional growth management. Unprecedented growth over the last 12 months prompted a redesign to improve usability and ease navigation for individual users searching for content specific to their needs. There are now more than 480,000 worldwide users of NKO. "Our cutover (communications, networking) cutover - /cut-ov*/ Switching from an old (hardware and/or software) system to a replacement system, covering the overlap from when the new system is live until the old system has been shut down. to the redesigned NKO requires transitioning the original NKO site with the same functionality and capabilities to new servers, using new and current portal technology, and migrating more than 20 gigabytes of data, content, and courses," said Peg David, the NKO program manager for the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC NETC Naval Education & Training Command (formerly Chief of Naval Education and Training, CNET) NETC Naval Education & Training Center NETC New England Theatre Conference NETC Network Enterprise Technology Command ) in Pensacola. "It has been a huge undertaking, but will prove to be well worth the effort." Vice Adm. Kevin Moran Kevin Bernard Moran (born April 29, 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish Gaelic football and soccer player. He is known for his time as a Dublin player, winning two All-Ireland senior football championships with them, and for his footballing career with Manchester United FC , NETC commander and the Navy's chief learning officer, noted the NKO update was based on sailor Person who navigates ships or assists in the conduct, maintenance, or service of ships. Sailors have historically received special treatment under the law because of the nature of their work. input. "The upgrades resulted from months of evaluation and extensive input from fleet sailors throughout the world," said Moran. "Users will find a more intuitive display with detailed help instructions and will be able to find relevant content with fewer mouse clicks. The new layout focuses on content related to the individual, based on location in NKO and the user's status, whether active duty, reserve, or civilian." With the launch of the new phase of NKO in June of this year, sailors are be able to use all of the functions they have become familiar with over the last several months, including white pages, message boards, notifications, administrator functions, and a fully integrated NKO library. All user-specific tabs and bookmarks will be retained under the upgrade. Several additional upgrades are in progress to provide better support to the fleet. "A combined Sea Warrior afloat working group is making steady progress to integrate NKO afloat with several programs, such as the Job Advertising and Selection System and 5 Vector Model via the NAVSEA NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Avionics Support Equipment Appraisal (Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, ) distance support portal," said David. "More details will follow later this year." Sailors can learn more about NKO's redesign functionalities and capabilities by exploring the links on the NKO home page. Detailed instructions, user guides, and tutorials can be found under the "Inside NKO" tab. These links and learning tools will be updated as the redesign cutover approaches and will be found on the NKO home page under "About NKO." For more information about Navy Knowledge Online or to jumpstart your career educational planning, visit the Navy Knowledge Online Web site at <http://www.nko.navy.mil>. For related news, visit the Naval Education and Training Command Navy NewsStand page at <http://www.news.navy.mil/local/cnet/>. Gagne is with the Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Office. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion