EOTA Exercise Courses Manuel Leyva John Mitchell

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EOTA Exercise CoursesManuel LeyvaJohn Mitchell
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Background

• EOTA Tasked by Rose Duffmann, NA-40
• Develop blended approach to Exercise Design and
  Development Training
• Combination of web-based and classroom training
• New courses would provide needed additional
  training opportunities for target audience

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First Steps

• Contacted Exercise Subcommittee and obtained
  feedback on proposals (12/04)
• Strong support for linking Exercise Builder to
  training
• Decided to proceed with two courses
• WBT course covering core concepts for exercise
  development
• Classroom/computer lab course to explore
  development in detail
• Assembled team of instructors, subject matter
  experts and HQ points of contact for the two
  courses

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Current Status

• EXR 131 Web course
• Specifications and design documents approved
• EXR 231 Classroom/Lab course
• Specification and design documents begun
• Design and SME teams
• Manny Leyva, EOTA Project Manager
• Paul Jenkins, EOTA Instructor
• John Mitchell and Bob Murawski, SMEs

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Web Course Overview

• EXR-131 Fundamentals of Exercise Development
• Overall goal - concepts and practices leading to
  effective exercise development.
• Understand an effective structure for the
  development of exercises that will support
  validation of the emergency management program
• Serve as a prerequisite for the more in-depth
  classroom course - EXR-231

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Classroom/Lab Course

• EXR-231 Exercise Design Practicum
• Approximately three day classroom course
• Conducted in a computer lab
• Students build notional exercises using Exercise
  Builder
• Students learn exercise design methodology and
  gain practice with Exercise Builder

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Development Considerations

• Need to align Courses with any changes to the
  Exercise EMG
• EMG currently under review/revision
• No major changes expected to affect development
  process
• Generic (notional) application for EXR-231
• Use Einsteinville as target site
• Common exercise objectives and data
• Achieve similar packages as course outputs

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Target Dates for Implementation

• EXR-131 mid-summer
• EXR-231 pilot presentation in Fall

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Integration with Existing Courses

• New courses supplement existing EOTA and ORISE
  courses
• EXR-101 WBT (Overview of Exercise Program)
• DOE Drill and Exercise Design Course
• Long-standing classroom course
• Effectively tailored for site-unique deliveries

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This Week at EMI-SIG

• Present course prospectuses to EMI-SIG members
• Ensure planned courses will meet needs of DOE
  exercise developers
• Solicit feedback from members of Exercise
  Subcommittee
• Solicit feedback from EMI-SIG membership