I/ITSEC 2014 – Professional Development Workshops
Revised 6/3/2014
FW 1
Serious Game
Design Tutorial
POC: Talib Hussain
thussain@bbn.com
Presenters:
Talib Hussain, Ph.D., Senior
Scientist, Raytheon BBN
Technologies;
Kelly Pounds, Vice
President, IDEAS Learning;
Vance Souders, Producer,
Janus Research.
Friday Workshops
Participants will be introduced to key concepts, steps and processes
involved in designing a serious game for learning. Through hands-on
activities and working together in groups, participants will design a
learning game. Participants will experience each phase of the design
process, including identifying the training requirements and learning
objectives, creating an effective story, determining instructional and
gaming strategies, and designing key game and instructional mechanics.
Full Day
Central to our approach will be ensuring that that any key design
decision addresses both gaming and instructional considerations. During
the workshop, participants will be introduced to key methods to use and
issues to consider when designing a learning game. Groups will share
their designs and discuss their decisions after each phase of design.
The workshop will be held in two sessions, with the same groups
extending from the first session into the second session. New
participants are encouraged to participate for both sessions.
Participants from the 2012 serious game design professional
development workshop are welcome for the whole day, but may join
just the second session, which will cover topics not addressed last year.
FW 2
Certified
Modeling &
Simulation
Professional
(CMSP) Exam
Preparation
David Gross, Ph.D., Deputy
Chief Engineer, Lockheed
Martin.
POC:
Patrick Rowe
PRowe@NDIA.ORG
This workshop will provide an overview of the Certified Modeling &
Simulation Professional (CMSP) certification program, with a particular
focus on preparing prospective applicants to take the CMSP exam. The
workshop will cover the application and examination process
(education/ work experience requirements, application fees, how the
exam is administered, etc.), in addition to an in-depth review of the new
CMSP Exam Topic Outline. The CMSP exam has been completely revised
and refined over the past two years, and new applicants will now have a
Half day AM
FW 3
Live-VirtualConstructive
(LVC)
Interoperability
Techniques
Edward Powell, Ph.D.,
Chief
Architect and Program
Manager for TENA, SAIC;
Randy Saunders, The Johns
Hopkins University Applied
Physics Lab.
Ed Powell
edpowell@gmail.com
R.Saunders@ieee.org
FW 4
Modeling &
Simulation for
Acquisition
Rob Lisle, Newport News
Shipbuilding;
Mike Oneal, Marine Corps.
Lisle, Rob
Rob.Lisle@hii-nns.com
FW 5
Seamless Mobile
Learning and
POC: Angela Hamilton
ahamilton@ist.ucf.edu
choice of two tracks — Technical and User/Manager — and will take an
entirely new exam. The workshop will be taught by charter/pioneer
CMSPs who have been involved in oversight of the CMSP program
and/or creation/revision of the CMSP exam. The workshop will not by
itself prepare applicants to take the exam, but will provide a thorough
overview of exam content and a blueprint for further self-study.
This workshop will provide an overview of the three major
interoperability techniques and the future roadmap for LVC integration.
Recognized experts in the use of the Distributed Interactive Simulation
(DIS) standards, the High Level Architecture (HLA) for Modeling and
Simulation, and the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) will
provide descriptions of their architectures, and discuss some of their use
cases. Recent and planned evolution of each architecture will be
explained. A discussion of how these architectures are actually used in
the real world and the process for integrating disparate systems in a
multi-architecture environment will be discussed. This will include a
short discussion of the Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution
Process (DSEEP) Multi-Architecture Overlay (DMAO) and its application
to LVC interoperability. The format of the workshop will be part lecture
and part informal discussion/question answer. Participants are
encouraged to raise specific topics.
Half day AM
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) in Department of Defense (DoD)
acquisition programs encompasses a wide variety of technologies,
organizations, processes, and best practices. This workshop provides a
practical overview of M&S for acquisition, created by professionals
experienced in the largest DoD acquisition programs. The workshop
begins with a high-level presentation of organizing principles, and then
transitions to specific, real-world examples. A guidebook and slides will
be provided as handouts for this course.
Half day AM
Participants will discuss how to promote learning and performance
within a mobile workforce that is separated by time, space, and context.
Half day PM
Simulations
Presenters:
David Metcalf, Ph.D. -Director, Mixed Emerging
Technology Integration
Lab, UCF Institute for
Simulation and Training
dmetcalf@ist.ucf.edu
Angela Hamilton -Program Lead, Mixed
Emerging Technology
Integration Lab, UCF
Institute for Simulation and
Training
FW 6
Back to the
Future: Workshop
on Applying the
UJTL: Linking
Missions, METLS,
DRRS, and
Lessons Learned
to Capabilities
David K. Brown, PhD
Naval Warfare Analyst
U.S. Navy- Navy Warfare
Development Command
david.k.brown@navy.mil
The workshop will demonstrate and elaborate on the affordances of
mobile simulation for promoting seamless formal and informal learning
experiences and increasing human performance. Focus will be on best
practices for design, development, and strategy.
In addition to ubiquitous mobile content delivery and assessment
channels (e-mail, voice, text messages, web, and mobile apps), emerging
technologies and capabilities such as context-awareness, mobile 3D, and
augmented reality are expanding the potential applications of mobile
simulation. Participants will 1) see current government and military
examples, 2) explore key technological features and design
characteristics unique to mobile, and 3) develop their own mobile
strategy capable of bridging formal and informal contexts. The workshop
will cover information necessary to build and implement a cohesive
design and development strategy for seamless mobile training and
simulation and will also include a hands-on exercise.
Achievement starts with a definite sense of Mission. All must understand
the central role played by the power of alignment of policies and
systems. “Interoperability” and “Integrated” have become common
terms in defining requirements. Since the early 1990’s, DOD has
employed the Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) and the Joint Training
System (JTS) to align policies and concepts to produce 21st century
capabilities across DOD. But we are still struggling to gain wide
understanding and appreciation of the power of these simple concepts.
Do you understand “mission architectures?” Can you describe
the purpose and potential applications for Mission Essential Tasks? Can
you describe how conditions help us know we are ready to win? How do
we know we are building interoperable systems- DRRS, JTIMS, etc. for
mission planning, preparation, training, capabilities, and assessment?
How do we know we are learning from “lessons learned”? How do we
ensure we remain focused on excellence, achievement, and reward
ever-improving performance?
Half day AM
Two key concepts of DOD’s Training Transformation - Training
Transparency and Mission Rehearsal- must endure. Beginning with a
“Mission focus,” this Friday Workshop delves into the execution of the
UJTL and the JTS process and their links to DRRS, Capabilities, and other
programs across DOD to illumine the way ahead including connections
across the “whole of government.” This workshop will equip current and
future leaders and decision makers involved in designing and developing
mission architectures and supporting systems with insights to capitalize
on existing directives and future programs. Bring a desire to learn to
complement a focus on mission accomplishment.
Audience:
People who want to make DOD and the “whole of government” improve
across the wide range of services and operations. Current and future
leaders and decision makers involved in designing and developing
mission architectures and supporting systems with insights to capitalize
on existing directives. Engineering students studying systems
engineering and operations management.
Pre-requisites:
A basic understanding of a sense of mission and purpose. Bring a desire
to learn to complement a focus on mission accomplishment.