Disk of Knowledge

The first version of the DOK was not electronic. Mr. Elton Cobb started the knowledge library. He felt he could easily supplement the learning process by reproducing and handing out his favorite documents to students enrolled in the Construction Contract Administration Course. The number of handouts soon filled Elton's suitcase beyond the limit allowed by the airlines. It is rumored that Elton wo...

Elton discovered the floppy disk as a partial solution to his dilemma of overloaded suitcases and airline weight restrictions. Elton figured Huntsville may not approve of his floppy disk thus it become known as the "Stealth Disk. No one would know how or where the students got these colorful disks that were handed out near the end of their one-week training session. Still, Elton could not give up...

File size was no longer a problem with 650 MB of storage space Elton and Larry could now include all of their favorite materials on a single disk. The Corps of Engineers was rapidly aging - most District's were adding up the average age of employees and finding the entire workforce was soon eligible to retire. Our Chief of Engineers set the goal for the Corps to become a Learning Organization wit...

The Dinosaurs needed some serious programming help to re-arrange DOK 4.0 into the next generation of software. Larry's son Craig began developing new code using Visual Basic and soon DOK 4.0 was ready for deployment. This release cataloged files using an Access Database allowing for Indexing, Filtering, and Searching for both Files and Topics. Articles can be added as "favorites" and then later...

DOK 5.0 released in September 2004. Version 5.0 combines the best aspects of a Knowledge CD and Web Updates into a single location. Version 5.0 is designed and programmed by Craig Smith using Visual C #.NET. Articles are cataloged into CCA Categories and Sub-Categories, Document Types (file format), and Media Types (checklists, documents, schedules, spreadsheets, etc.). Articles can be located fro...