Expeditionary Warfare School EWS Interactive Multimedia Instruction Tactical Decisionmaking Simulati

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• Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) Interactive
  Multimedia Instruction/ Tactical Decision-making
  Simulation (IMI/TDS) Prototype
• Final IPR
• November 2005

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Recap
• Purpose
• Prototype Update
• Goals and Outcome
• Accomplishments and Challenges
• Next Steps
• Demonstration

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Recap

• Selected the Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP)
  course within EWS curriculum
• MCPP IMI in development
• Used COA War Game lesson as starting point
• Integrated IMI with MAGTF-XXI
• Implemented SCORM 2004 with sequencing
• Designed to run in SCORM 1.3 RTE

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Purpose

• Enhance instructional quality of the EWS DEP
• Provide distributed-learning students with
  instructionally sound, interactive, engaging, and
  motivating content
• Leverage the Sharable Content Object Reference
  Model (SCORM) 2004
• Offer students the flexibility to learn anytime,
  anywhere

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Prototype Update

• Last IPR
• Demonstrated the Alpha version
• Sequencing had not been implemented
• Old version of logger tape
• Current Status Final Prototype
• Logger tape revised
• SCORM 2004 with sequencing
• Training Effectiveness and Evaluation (TEE)
  completed

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Prototype Goals

• Technical Aspect
• Integrate SCORM conformant IMI with High Level
  Architecture Simulation (MCPP COA War Game lesson
  MAGTF-XXI)
• Educational Aspect
• Is instructional package effective for teaching
  distributed-learners?

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Prototype Outcome

• Technical Aspect
• Successfully integrated MCPP COA War Game lesson
  with MAGTF-XXI
• Educational Aspect (TEE Results)
• Overall concept of prototype is effective
• Simulation software was not a good fit for CCE
  distributed learners

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Accomplishments

• Developed SCORM-HLA Interface
• Java applets used as bridge between SCORM HLA
• Can communicate be packaged with web page
• Signed to enable launch of executables access
  local file system
• Embeddable within SCO
• Able to launch simulation, return status,
  download initialization files before start-up
• Launch HLA Objects from SCOs
• Launcher applet

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Accomplishments (Cont.)

• MAGTF-XXI After Action Review Enhancements
• Annotations (read as text-to-speech audio)
• Highlighted Units
• Virtual, distributed laser pointer
• Implemented SCORM 2004 Sequencing

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Challenges

• Understanding SCORM 2004
• Installing and Configuring SCORM 1.3 RTE
• Memory Problems with SCORM 1.3 RTE
• Security Issues/Browser Settings
• Addition of Interactive Practical Exercise

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Final Product

• Prototype Demonstration