MT Continuum Status

3 Apr 12

Tiffany Dombrowski, AIM Pgm MgrGerry Cullison, SSP

Mark Campbell, MT Continuum TeamJamie Stewart, AIM team

Overview• MT Continuum overview• Application to other communities• Project status• Lessons learned for other NETC

communities• SSP Electronic Classroom Control

Software Change

MT Continuum Project• Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) re-engineering 30+ week training

pipeline for TRIDENT Ballistic Submarine (SSBN) Missile Techs (MTs) into blended just-enough/just-in-time ILE-conformant Instructor Led (ILT) and Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) segments

• AIM CPM and LO Module toolsets 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 Delivery System– Contractor team – ILT development, IMI Storyboard development,

SMEs– NAWCTSD / AIM team - CPM/LO Module support– NUWC – LMS (Seaware)– LSI, Inc. - ISD and IMI design/development– CFS – CM/QA agent for SSP– Fleet – SMEs

Application to Other Communities• Based on NETC-mandated JDTA as fleet performance

requirement basis for learning content design and development

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

Module ILT lessons/sections and design of IMI lessons/sections as well as definition of new JDTA/LO Module versioning concepts

• Integrated development and maintenance environment for blended, SCORM and 136-compliant learning content

• Bi-directional interface between LO Module and LSI Venus.net CBT toolset for IMI development/maint.

Project Status• Plan, Analyze and Design Completed

– JDTA– Establishment of initial 3 major projects– Revised 9-project structure

• Approval of learning objectives

• Ongoing development of ISD considerations elements as part of script-storyboard effort

• Development (production) Phase underway 15 May 11– 9 projects exported from CPM to LO Module for production

development in AIM I Rel 5.0 on fedsun– SWS AIM I instance in production at NETPDTC

Lessons Learned for Other NETC Communities

• Completion of supporting documentation in Design Phase is crucial – (IMDP, Learning Objectives, Process Documents)

• Establish standard for estimating TTT in Design Phase• Establish change request process in Design Phase• Development IMS/POA&M– crucial to support reviews• Storyboard Training – Consider Learning Curve for

Storyboarding in the LOM

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

• Background– The introduction of electronic documentation in the

early 2000’s saw the migration of a majority of paper Instructor Guides (IGs) to electronic Lesson Plans (LPs) . This required the introduction of tools (TechSight) necessary to access, present and view them – Classroom Control (software)

– In 2005 the CCS tool of choice (TechSight) was experiencing obsolescence issues. A replacement product “Elite” was selected (to address these issues) for evaluation and after some modifications for use.

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

(contd)

• Evolving requirements and obsolescence issues are forcing a Classroom Control Software change. Some of these but not all:

– Policy• DODI 1322.26 - Embedded training and distributed learning shall be

considered as the first option. • OPNAVINST 1500.76A – Navy Training Systems Requirement

Acquisition and Management • DoD directive 8500.1M – Information Assurance

– Standards• SCORM 2004• HTML 5, XML

– Software• Applications – I.E., Flash, MS Office , Java 6.4…• Operating Systems (OS) - Windows 7, 64 Bit, Windows Server 2008 64

bit

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

(contd)

• Approach– Identify and correct issues in the areas of Policy, Standards

and Software in an update to the CCS tool or in the development of a new (CCS) tool.

• Options– SSP has identified 3 potential options to address this

approach:• Update Current CCS (Elite)

• Develop New CCS

• Integrate CCS Software into LMS

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

(contd)

• Option 1: Update Current CCS (Elite)– Pros

• Update can be incremental• Low schedule risk

– Cons• Cost• Proprietary• Risk may drive redesign• Retains unused legacy capabilities

• Option 2: Develop New CCS– Pros

• Develop to Software requirements• Develop to Standards• Develop to Policies

– Cons• Cost • Schedule• Unknown Risks

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

(contd)

• Option 3: Integrate CCS into the LMS– Pros

• Update can be incremental• Low schedule risk

– LMS Development efforts underway– Initial feedback indicates a 24 month development effort

• Develop to Software requirements• Develop to Standards• Develop to Policies

– Cons• Cost • Schedule• Unknown Risks

SSP Electronic Classroom Control Software Change

(contd)

Questions?

Backup Slides

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Learning Content

DvlpAnd

Maint(complete ILT / storyboards for learner-directed

content)

[LO Module]

LearningContent Planning

and Design(learning objectives,

content outline, content mgmt data)

[CPM]

Baseline Performance

Reqts

Performance Reqts

(Navy Job Duty Task Analysis /

Competency data)

LearningContent

Storage andDelivery

(learning object aggregations

managed via ties to learning objectives)

Performance Reqts

Updates

Content Outline Draft w Versioned

Learning Objectives

and Metadata

Versioned Learning Objective Updates

Baseline ILT Learning Content

Versioned ILT Learning

Content Updates

Change Impact

Reporting(based on

performance reqts updates;

specifies learning

objectives that may need changing)

Change Impact Reporting

(based on learning objective updates; specifies learning objects that may need changing)

List of learning objects

linked to impacted learning

objectives

Learner-directed Content

Development and Maintenance

[Venus]

List of learning objects

linked to impacted

tech data

Baseline and Updated Learner-directed Learning Content

AIM focus areas

Other govt repositories

COTS/GOTS CBT toolsets

Technical Data Repository

Links to Authoritative Tech Data / Updates

MT Continuum Process

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LO ModuleOutputs:- complete ILT lessons/sections- storyboards for learner-directed content incl. metadata, links to IETMs, SME inputs on narrative, interactions, & graphicsInputs:- updated storyboard content from Venus.net

CPM

- baseline JTA data- learning objectives- content outline

- content mgmt data)

Content Outline Draft w Versioned Learning Objectives and Metadata

Versioned Learning Objective Updates

Change Impact

Reporting(based on

performance reqts updates;

specifies learning

objectives that may need changing)

Change Impact Reporting

(based on learning objective and tech

data updates; specifies learning objects that may need changing)

List of learning objects linked to impacted

learning objectives

Venus.net

LDC Dvlp/Maint

- amplify and finalize storyboard data from LO Module- dvlp initial LDC lessons/sections- coord review comments- finalize LDC content- export data back to LO Module

List of learning objects

linked to impacted tech data

Baseline and

updated run-time learner-directed content

Technical Data Repository

Links to Authoritative Tech Data / Updates

Baseline Learning Content

Versioned Learning Content Updates

CM’d source files for LDC

Lessons/Sections

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metadata,links to IETMs, SME inputs on

narrative, interactions, &

graphics

Updated metadata and graphics files