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Pedagogy, Student Preparation and Technology Issues in a Simulated Environment

Professor Carlie Merritt and Professor Robert Berry

A Functional Disaster Exercise

+Preparation and Integration Issues

Student Preparation

Communication

Integration with Data

Event Coordination

• Orientation• Notices

• Archival• Group Dynamics

• Interface with WIKI

• Use of Prompts

• MSEL• Sandbox

+Student Preparation

Step sheet on how to create a Second Life account

Group orientation one week before the event

Consent Forms

Notices and announcements in course shell

Emergency Support Functions hyperlink to Emergency Plan

Q & A just prior to exercise

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Steps for Emergency Exercise

Set up a Second Life Account

At the orientation, meet at the Bell Tower

Tour the island

Find your Emergency Support location

Chat in Second Life

Zooming and navigation in Second Life

Finding data for the exercise

Go to the Table of Contents

Exit the WIKI

Go to the EM Journal

Go to conference room

Speaking in the Conference Room

Leaving the conference room

Leaving Second Life

Where to begin the exercise on Sunday, Nov. 15th

+Student Preparation

Step sheet on how to create a Second Life account

Group orientation one week before the event

Individual orientations

Notices and announcements in course shell

Emergency Support Functions hyperlink to Emergency Plan

Q & A just prior to exercise

+Communication

SL Names Related to Roles

Archival - Assessment and Research

WIMBA – Group Discussion and Pre-event Briefing

Slides – Status Information During the Event

Proximity – Need to be in Central Location for Dissemination of Prompts

+ Communication

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Emergency Support Function Roles

+Communication

SL Names Related to Roles

Archival - Assessment and Research

WIMBA – Group Discussion and Pre-event Briefing

Slides – Status Information During the Event

Proximity – Need to be in Central Location for Dissemination of Prompts

+Emergency Operations Center

+On the afternoon of November 15, 2009 at 1:45 pm, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale occurred in the area of Central City, in Liberty County, Columbia….

+Emergency Management Institute

We thank Dr. Wayne Blanchard, Higher Education Program Manager, and Mr. Steven Heidecker, Exercise Simulation System Project Officer, Dept. of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency/Emergency Management Institute, at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, for their valuable support, assistance and contribution of supplemental electronic exercise materials which are applied in this WCU 2nd Life Virtual EOC Emergency Functional Exercise Simulation conducted as part of the instruction for the on-line Emergency and Disaster Management class, Exercise Design and Evaluation (EDM 448).

Central City Emergency Operation Center

+Exercise Coordination

Event #Event Time

Event Description GraphicMonitor

Comments

Pre-event

Task Review Have each of you reviewed your tasks as listed in the Information WIKI? Please provide a text reply now.

5 2:08High-rise with people trapped and fire

6 2:14

Earthquake damage- radioactive material in river from truck accident

Map with epicenter of earthquake.

7 2:30

Media – wants info re locations for emergency food supplies

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Student Feedback

EM LogsStudent Reflection Papers (Hotwash)Narrative Textbox

“It was evident that some students were not comfortable with their positions and were unclear what needed to be done. This can also happen in a real event and provided a good learning experience for all students.”

“For one who does not play video games, this was an exciting experience to use new and evolving Technology…”

“Moving around in that environment gives you a kind of real life feeling…”

+Hotwash: Assessment of the Exercise

Student Preparation

Communication

Integration with Data

Event Coordination

• Orientation• Notices

• Archival• Group Dynamics

• Interface with WIKI

• Use of Prompts

• MSEL• Sandbox

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