JKDDC Stakeholders Conference30 March 2010

Web-Based Training Enablers

V-NET Background 20 Oct 09: CG, TRADOC, Go Virtual (i.e., save money, time, deployed days of MTTs etc. for NET). Show me the possible; let me draw my own conclusions.

16 Dec 09: CG, TRADOC defined success as when Soldiers use a virtual-TOC vice going to an actual TOC to train

Implied mission is to virtualize where possible both individual tasks (NET) and collective/leader tasks (DTT)

Solution: Creation of a Persistent Learning Environment/Capability (PLC):-Web-enabled (usable on DoD networks)-24/7 & supporting mLearning-Low overhead & rapid development/deliveryV-NET Background

Persistent Learning CapabilityDefined

Facilitates mentoring via social networking building virtual trust

Goes beyond episodic training and education

Emulates Battle Command systems on a hand-held deviceIndividual and collective sustainment trainingSimulates embedded NET

Evolution of Doctrine and TacticsApplication of current doctrine and tactics in dynamic scenarios results in new COAs and novel solutions beyond conventional thought Results codified in Knowledge Management

Follows guided experiential learning modelUses structured, non-linear designAdapts to learner experience

Empowers the Edge while retaining the chain of command

NET/DTT/Leader Training & EducationPersistent Learning CapabilityDefined

PLE Metrics Higher quality learning measured in terms of fidelity and ease of use, increased number of students measured in terms of throughput, lower cost, higher competency as compared to conventional brick/mortar

Train the same number of Soldiers for less cost

Train more Soldiers for the same cost

Train more Soldiers to a greater competency

EXAMPLES: Number of Complex Training Events divided by the Total Number of Training Events; Number of Training Events divided by Time

USE CASE: Soldiers complete virtual exercises in a PLE prior to pre-deployment training at a simulations center and arrive walking and ready to run

Cost = time, dollars, personnel, brick/mortar

ROI

Soldiers Time

Instructors Time

Equipment Savings

Dollar SavingsPLE Metrics

Stryker Virtual MTT betweenIraq and Aberdeen Proving Ground

OUTCOMESa = alternatec = creativen = novelp = poor x = School House Solutionhttp://www.atsc.army.mil/PLE_Video/ple_Video.html

V-TOC Skins

V-TOC Fidelity

V-TOC Urban

Mobile Devices

**Fidelity also means ramping up in complexity and details of an exercise, i.e., terrain, reports, enemy,

Total number of complex training events divided by total number of training events. How much powerpoint training are you doing vs. training conducted in a immersive authentic interactive environment robust. More events you complete the more reputition the more competence.

Costs = time, dollars, personnel, brick/mortar, **