Fort Benning
U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence
United States Army Research Institute Research Unit Fort Benning
United States Army Research Institute Research Unit Fort Benning
Tailored Training Employment
Army Need: Instructors and course planners require innovative methods to develop and deliver adaptable, versatile, learner-centric training, which can be tailored to individual learning needs across a wide range of training environments and increasingly complex systems.
Purpose: Develop ways to enhance Soldiers’ learning using strategies, metrics, and tools tailored to evolving individual learning needs, experiential backgrounds, and training environments.
Payoff:
- Enhanced performance from increased capability to effectively tailor training to Soldiers’ point of need (PON).
- Enhanced skill acquisition and retention across a wide range of training contexts, including new and evolving, highly automated, complex systems.
Products:
- Tailored offset strategies to enhance core infantry skills acquisition and retention in Mortarman training.
- Wampler, R.L., Graves, T.R., James, D.R., & Dlubac, M.D. (2016). An examination of tailored training offsets on core mortarman skills acquisition. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=AD1006855
- Wampler, R.L., Graves, T.R., James, D.R., & Dlubac, M.D. (2016). An examination of tailored training offsets on core mortarman skills acquisition. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
- Exemplar IMI module on NCO’s self-learning strategies demonstrating application of refined IMI modification strategy to NCOES.
- Blankenbeckler, P.N., Graves, T.R., Dlubac, M., & Wampler, R.L. (2016). Interactive multimedia instruction for training self-directed learning techniques. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=AD1037787 - Graves, T. R., Blankenbeckler, P. N., Normand, S., & Bankus, T. (In Press). Learning to learn: an interactive multimedia instruction validation. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
- Blankenbeckler, P.N., Graves, T.R., Dlubac, M., & Wampler, R.L. (2016). Interactive multimedia instruction for training self-directed learning techniques. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
- Refined alternative Front End Analysis methods for predicting training gaps and needs in new and evolving systems.
- Cobb, M.G., Brent, L.J., Buehner, T.M., Drzymala, N., & Nelson, J.J. (2014). An Alternative Front End Analysis Strategy for Complex Systems. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a616422.pdf
- Cobb, M.G., Brent, L.J., Buehner, T.M., Drzymala, N., & Nelson, J.J. (2014). An Alternative Front End Analysis Strategy for Complex Systems. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
- Exemplar training applying tailored Point of Need designs to traditional tactical leader skills
- Cobb, M.G., Schaefer, P.S., Stallings, G.M., Blankenbeckler, P.N., & Wampler, R.L. (2014). Tailored Training in Vehicle Maintenance Courses. Fort Belvoir, VA; U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a603889.pdf - Stallings, G.M., Dyer, J.L., Wampler, R.L., & Cobb, M.G. (2014). Prior Knowledge Assessment Guide. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA616387 - Jensen, R., Presnell, B., Lunsford, J., & Cobb, M.G. (2013). Automated Intelligent Training with a Tactical Decision Making Serious Game. Fort Belvoir, VA; U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA596743 - Graves, T.R., Blankenbeckler, P.N., Wampler, R.L., & Roberts, A., (2016). A comparison of interactive multimedia instruction designs addressing Soldiers’ learning needs. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1007669 - Graves, R, Blankenbeckler, N, & Wampler, R (2014). Tailoring multimedia instruction to Soldier needs. Paper published in the proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), 1 – 4 December 2014, Orlando, FL.
Access: www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1006859 - Blankenbeckler, PN, Graves, TR, & Wampler, RL (2014). Designing interactive multimedia instruction to address Soldiers’ learning needs. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA616380 - Blankenbeckler, PN, Graves, TR, & Wampler, RL (2013). Addressing point of need in interactive multimedia instruction (IMI): a conceptual review and evaluation. Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Access: www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA593946
- Cobb, M.G., Schaefer, P.S., Stallings, G.M., Blankenbeckler, P.N., & Wampler, R.L. (2014). Tailored Training in Vehicle Maintenance Courses. Fort Belvoir, VA; U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.