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Michelle Fox & Alex CohenARRA Technical Assistance

National Training & Education Resource (NTER)

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Outline

• Project Overview

• Today: NWTP - Beta

• Future: NTER - Final

• Demos

• Questions

Phase I: NWTP

Phase II: NTER

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A Collaborative Effort between Federal

Agencies, Private Industry, and Non-Profits

• Current:– DOE EERE – 3D training & system architecture

• OWIP / EERE - Weatherization training

• ITP / EERE – Industrial steam training

• BTP / EERE – Qualified assessor training

• VTP / EERE – Clean Cities University

• Human Capital – beta testing & evaluating course delivery for staff training

– DOD – 3D Repository, SCORM, open source course materials– Education – Learning Registry technology– DOL – Career Assessment tool & Healthcare training

• Near Future– DOJ – greening of corrections & user testing– FDA – internal & state training– GSA – Federal building personnel training – NASA, Smithsonian, EPA, NOAA – content delivery

• NGOs (Commercial & Non-profit)– LBNL, WGBH/National Center for Accessible Media, National Institute of Building

Sciences, American Association of Community Colleges, Weatherization Network, BMI, Inc., Prison Industry Association, JHT, SRI International, XPAND

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Online Training System

• Builds on DOD learning technology research– Measurable transfer of knowledge– Reduces time in classroom– Improves performance

• Allows learners to acquire new skills at a time, place, and pace of their convenience

• Accurate and compelling simulations

• One-time development with uses for: – individualized learning – remediation– instructor-led classes accessing online simulations

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Instructional Methods

• Instructional Design Strategies

5%

Higher levels of inter-activity

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Current System

NWTP

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Our Online Training System

• Continually improve content and keep it up-to-date

• Meaningful assessments through performance-based testing

• Continuous, unobtrusive evaluation of students

• Game like environments and simulations

• Open Source (free)

• Modern user interface (UI) and experience

• Ontologically-based

• Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Single user sign-on and authentication;

• Privacy and IP protection

• Saves paper, gas & money!

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NWTP Technical Overview

• Stable and mature Ilias technology for LCMS– Robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)– SCORM compliant authoring and playback– Large open source community– No cost for adding seats

• Google’s O3D for in-browser technology– WebGL compatible – Low system requirements

• Jasper reporting engine for ad hoc querying

• KUDA JavaScript libraries and GUI world creator for building simulations

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User Focused Features

• Users [students] can– Join and access courses

• Access glossaries

– Search course material– Learn by:

• Following a well designed course material

• Experimenting with 3D demonstrations

• Watching movies

• Reading reference material

– Assess knowledge • Answers questions that relate to the learning objective

– Follow their own progress on their Personal Desktop– Give general feedback and send error reports

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Communications Features

• Communication tools [not currently enabled]– Instant Messaging– Forums– Blog– Wiki– Email notification– Auto tweets

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Authoring and Administration Features

• Course Management tools– SCORM compliant course development (2004 3rd edition )– World Creator for rapid simulation development– Test creator– Student learning progress tracking– Template support

• Technical aspects– Open source and open standards– Support of widely used browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome)– Windows and Linux server support– MYSQL, Oracle or MSSQL

• Administration tools– Configuration and user management– Support for multiple skins– Ad hoc reporting engine

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Today – General (NWTP)

• System is live at trainingportal.ee.doe.gov.• A single course, building science basics, is available to

serve the needs of the WX.

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NWTP Features

• Student registration – allows the training centers to track

students (system also supports guest accounts)

• Types of Content

• Course and 3D authoring

• All open source and open formats!

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Sample Content

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Start Screen

Student

Student

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After login

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Course List

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After login

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Taking a Course

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Phase II

NTER

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Grand Vision: To the future (NTER)!

• Reuse of the platform by other federal agencies, organizations and individuals (it is open source)

• Reuse of the content by other federal agencies, organizations and individuals

• Create a marketplace for training and education (the ‘iTunes’ of Training and Education)

• Establish a working group for policy, standards and technical support

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Use Cases: Design Philosophy

Building Virtual Environments

Using Virtual Environments

for Learning

EASY EASIER

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Looking towards the future!

1 Create a platform (LMS) for delivering online training

2 Student registration

3 3D simulation in the browser

4 Testing

5 3D interactions tied to LMS

6 User interface revision

7 EERE + Interagency content

8 Distributed database system

9 Trainer system and peer review

10 Performance based assessment

11 Communication system

12 Career tools

13 Multiuser 3D environment

14 Commercialization + Sustainable Business Model

We are here

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New User Interface

• Powered by Liferay CMS Portal• Easy to navigate and customize• Simple self-registration

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NTER P2P example

Content

NTER (DOE node)

DoEAlice: wants a WX class

Bob: wants a nursing class

NTER

NTER

Hospital

DoL

NTER

University A

NTER Cloud

NTER

University B

Charlie: wants a steam power course

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NTER System Architecture

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Grand Vision: Consolidated Training

• Find and take training across the NTER space• Portable student records• Configurable security

Department of Energy

Department of Education

Department of Defense

Department of State

George Mason University

L.A. Community College

Single Sign-on provided by OpenID

Pip

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Multiple Content Repositories

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Course Authoring

Course Builder

Knowledge Check 1

View Edit

View Edit

View Edit

View Edit

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Kuda: World Creator

• Build 3D simulations without programming• Runs in browser; no heavy downloads

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Performance based Assessment

Now Future

Correctly install the proper type of wall joint to complete the structure.

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Communication System

Now Future

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Multiuser 3D Environments

Holly

MichelleAlex

Is the manometer set up correctly?

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Future

Mockups

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SCORM based Course Editing

Ex. Course 1: Building Science Basics

Ex. Course 2: Building Science Basics - Louisiana

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Future: Peer review

NWTP

NWTPGeneral Users

Experts

+

= Two Review Systems!General Users Star System:

Experts Recommended by: Anthony Cox, WXRecommended by: Bill Vandermeer, SMS

Content Created by 3rd Parties and/or Federal Agencies

Peer Review System:

Slides

SimulationsModels

General Users

Experts

+

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Career Tools

I am a: Mechanic

Location: Detroit, MI

NTERDoe, Jane

Automotive maintenanceMachine shopWelding

Mechanic Skills:

Possible Careers:

Hybrid Vehicle Technician

Fuel Cell Installer

Title GetTraining

Wind Turbine Worker

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•Icons allow users to identify permissions

•Presents information about source

5 ways to build a market:

1. Courses2. Instruction (blended)3. Content 4. Degrees / certificates5. Work for hire

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Demos

DemosLive: http://trainingportal.ee.doe.gov (available now)

Staging: http://205.254.148.93

Dev: https://nwtp.sri.com

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Q & A

Questions?

Contacts: Alex Cohen, [email protected] Fox, [email protected]

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Student Tracking

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Demo: Interactive Pressure House - Scenario B

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Demo: Tiny House

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Demo: Stand Alone Engine

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In Browser Avatar

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In Browser Avatar 2

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Demo: Stand Alone Engine

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Duct Demo

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Duct Demo 2

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Convection Demo

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