Training Soldiers to use Social Networks

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Training Soldiers to use Social Networks
Michael van Lent Associate Director of Game
Research Co-Project Lead
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LAST ATO Goals
Leverages the unique research capabilities of
RDECOM STTC ARI ARL-HRED USC ICT

• Purpose To prepare leaders Soldiers for
  conducting operations against an asymmetric enemy
  force in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) by
• Developing new tools, metrics, and methods that
  enable training developers to rapidly create
  effective, interactive, virtual training
  simulations
• Reducing scenario development time/costs while
  using realistic stories from the field
• Providing a better understanding of the Soldier
  student learner

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Training Challenges of the COE

• Not addressed by current generation of
  simulators
• Tactical questioning
• Bi-lateral meetings
• local leaders
• government agencies
• coalition partners
• joint forces
• Policy-making
• infrastructure development
• economic development
• Training of non-U.S. forces
• Negotiation

Need simulators/ practice environments that
support social interaction and cultural
awareness
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Prototype 1ELECT BiLAT

• Game-based, virtual environment for students
• to practice how to plan for conduct bi-lateral
  meetings/negotiations in a cultural setting
• Task
• Preparation prior to meeting
• Strategies for meeting and negotiating
• Build trust with partners
• Cultural awareness
• Complex scenario
• Information and intel gathering
• Implications of meeting for mission
  accomplishment
• Social network through a series of meetings
• Post bi-lateral meeting efforts

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Scenario Framework
MEETING
PREPARE
MEET
ANALYZE
Research
Rehearsal
Meeting
AAR
Follow-Up
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Prototype 2ELECT urbanSIM Prototype

• Game-based, virtual environment for students to
  practice the management of an urban environment
  and use of resources to
• maintain security
• manage the populations morale
• affect the populations views
• rebuild/maintain the civic infrastructure
• hand over control to another governing body.
• Preliminary learning objectives
• Visualize an operation
• Describe Commanders visualization
• Direct operations to achieve desired end state
• Demonstrate organizational leadership
• Assess the current situation and progress of the
  operation

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