MT Continuum Status

21 August 2014

Presented by Bryan Miller, LMSSC

Gerry Cullison, SSP

Peter St Jacques, NUWCMTC Lead System Integrator

Topics• MT Continuum (MTC) Overview• Project Status• MTC Components• MTC Integration Tasks• Learning Community Applicability • Lessons Learned

Background• Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) re-engineering Missile

Technicians (MT’s) 30+ week training pipeline:– Blended just-enough/just-in-time ILE-conformant content

– Instructor Led (ILT) and Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) sections

– Delivered, tracked, and assessed through LMS

– Training via both afloat and ashore LMS’

• AIM CPM and LO Module toolsets are part of SSP’s baseline business process for this re-engineering

• First major end-to-end design, development, and maintenance project that’s defining CPM/LO Module business rules and data exchange mechanisms

MT Continuum Team• SSP - Requirements Owners, Afloat Training Capability• Contractor Team – ILT development, IMI Storyboard

development, SME’s• NAWCTSD / AIM team - CPM/LO Module support• NUWC – MTC Lead System Integrator, LMS (Seaware) • LSI, Inc. – ISD and IMI design/development; integration

tool development• Chenega Logistics, LLC – CM/QA agent for SSP• SLC –CCA for all MT curriculum• Fleet – SME’s/Management of training afloat

Project Status• Plan, Analyze & Design Phases Completed

– Delivery Method Analysis Process still needed– Scientific/Justifiable/Repeatable

• Development fully underway. Development effort is progressing on schedule– Assessment, Performance Testing (NAVEDTRA 132)

• Large emphases on Implementation, Evaluation and Maintenance– Versioning, LMS interface

• Ongoing integration of CPM/LO Module, IMI toolset, PC simulation toolset, and LMS for planning, analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of blended content

MT ContinuumTechnical & Schedule Integration

• MTC development spans from the JDTA’s to the delivery and maintenance of training and test assessment material to students afloat and ashore

• MTC Lead System Integrator (NUWC)– Coordinates technical and schedule activities between and

among developers, relative to the training and assessment delivery and maintenance goals of the MTC

MT Continuum Components• Plan/Analyze

– CPM (JDTA/TPP/TCCD)

• Design– CPM (COI)– LO Module (final design of ILT/preliminary design of IMI)

• Develop– LO Module (complete for ILT and test items)– Venus.net IMI toolset (complete for IMI and assessment Sections)– VIPr (PC simulation scenarios for ILT and IMI)– Content Packaging Tool (CPT) (provides sequencing and navigation of

an AIM-based blended training solution for use in a SCORM-conformant LMS (Seaware))

Content Packaging Tool (CPT)

AIM

Staged Content

AIM Course Package (SCORM Export)

Content Packaging Tool (CPT)

AIM

LMS

CPT Package

Package Requiring Update

IMIIMI

ILT

The CPT Package provides both the runtime package for the LMS and the AIM re-ingestion package for content surveillance.

MT Continuum Components(contd)

• Implement– Training content includes assessment items– Seaware LMS (ILT/IMI/assessment delivery and tracking)

• Evaluate– Seaware LMS (student testing /test item analysis)

• Maintain– LO Module/Venus.net (integrated surveillance/update of

ILT/IMI/test items)

MT Continuum Integration Tasks

• LMS Interfaces– Interface specification with LO Module and VIPr (JHU APL)– NUWC Newport lead with inputs from PPC (Chenega Logistics),

ISD/IMI developer (LSI), and AIM team (AIMEREON)• Content Packaging Tool (CPT)

– Ongoing development by LSI with support from NUWC Newport Seaware LMS team, PPC, and AIM team (AIMEREON)

• Classroom Control Software (CCS)

Learning Community Applicability• Based on NETC-mandated JDTA as fleet performance

requirement basis for learning content design and development (NAVEDTRA 137)

• Closely coordinated with NAVEDTRA 136 development• Hands-on production phase development of complete

LO Module ILT lessons/sections including versioning• Design of IMI lessons/sections as well as definition of

new JDTA/LO Module versioning concepts• Integration of PC Simulation toolset with LO Module

Learning Community Applicability(contd)

• Bi-directional interface between LO Module and IMI toolset for integrated IMI / assessment development / maintenance

• Development of ILT and IMI test items and output to IMI toolset for aggregation into LMS-delivered Lesson-level assessments Sections, including enhanced performance test item development

• LMS delivery and tracking of integrated ILT / IMI / assessment content

• Integrated surveillance and maintenance environment for blended (ILT/IMI/test item) SCORM NAVEDTRA 136-compliant learning content

Learning Community Applicability(contd)

• Role of MT Continuum to ‘Big Navy’ future training– Training 2020 study group following MTC as one of two

major prototypes under new Fleet Forces Command team leadership

• OPNAV• Fleet Forces Command

Lessons Learned• JDTA

– Foundation. Getting this right cannot be over-emphasized.

• Maturity of Design Documents and Processes– IMDP, Learning Objectives (ISD Considerations), Process

Documents, Assessment Design, Time to Train Estimations, Delivery Method Analysis

• Early definition of detailed blended content structure and ILT/IMI delivery implementation– Delivery interface specification– ILT/electronic classroom delivery

Questions?