Abstract

Learning Outcome-driven Simulation
for Teaching Time-stressed Decisionmaking
and C2 Information Systems Usage

Dr. Azad M. Madni and Carla C. Madni
Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc.

Dr. H. Barbara Sorensen
Warfighter Readiness Research Division/AFRL

Abstract

Information superiority is a source of potential advantage in modern warfare. However, to realize the potential benefits of information superiority require available data and information to be rapidly transformed into actionable knowledge - the key to decision superiority. Decision superiority requires a thorough understanding of the C2 decision making processes and the C2 information systems that support them. It is with this understanding that we are developing DecisionEdge™, a scenario-driven, simulation-based training system that is intended to enable trainees to learn both C2 decision making processes as well as C2 information systems that support them. DecisionEdge employs a learning objective-guided simulation (LOGS) approach that engages the learner in a first-person, "learn-by-doing" experience. The LOGS approach allows for progressively more difficult training scenarios through systematic manipulation of event density, time stress, and information availability. This learning strategy allows learners to experience a variety of increasingly challenging operational scenarios at a rate commensurate with their learning pace while continuing to keep them involved and motivated.

From:

Madni, A.M., Sorensen, H.B., and Madni, C.C., Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 10-12, 2005, Hawaii.