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About Us » CRESST Initiatives » Adult Learning
« Adult Learning Training Models and Tools for Adaptive Learning This Office of Naval Research (ONR) project began in July 2006 and is scheduled to run through June 2007. There are three major goals: (a) conduct research in five areas relevant to assessment and instructional design for adaptive learning; (b) develop Sharable Content Objects (SCOs) that can be used to enhance the instructional design and assessment expertise of Naval and contractor personnel developing online training; and (c) use the SCOs to strengthen instructional design and assessment capacity at California State University at San Bernardino’s National Center for Excellence in Distance Learning (CSUSB/NCEDL). Research Projects The research projects will address five key topics in support of training in instructional design and assessment and the development of exemplary pre-prototype modules. Topics and investigators are listed below.
The SCOs will provide research-based training in instructional design and assessment. They will be designed to strengthen capacity in military and civilian instructional design and development organizations responsible for developing Web-based training in the complex skills required of the modern warfighter. Integrated into the SCOs will be methods to train users to employ software tools to assist them in the development of instruction, tests, and measures for different assessment purposes, including progress during training, end-of-training skills, or on-the-job performance. The SCOs will illustrate concepts with simulations of Navy tasks and require the acquisition of expertise in actual instructional design and assessment practice. They will be designed and developed to be delivered via the Navy Integrated Learning Environment (ILE). We believe that the research and development underlying the SCOs will produce better learning faster and/or less expensively than existing options. Our vision is to provide focused just-in-time training options based on research in learning and instruction and directed at filling individual capability gaps. This will be accomplished through use of domain knowledge representations implemented as ontologies with metrics linking learning and performance to scale tasks and scenarios; quality performance assessments providing real-time scoring and reporting of measures; and technologies such as Bayes nets, artificial neural networks, and hidden Markov models for real-time diagnosis and prescription that will enable just-in-time delivery of training focused on specific needs—targeted micro-training delivered in small instructional “bursts.” This is the unrealized promise of SCOs. Our research and development can make it a reality. Using the SCOs CRESST will work closely with CSUSB/NCEDL to strengthen instructional design and assessment capacity. The success of the SCOs will be measured by their impact on CSUSB/NCEDL’s capability to design, develop, and implement effective and efficient SCOs supporting skills required of the modern Naval warfighter. Capitalizing on CSUSB’s status as a Hispanic Serving Institution designated by the U.S. Department of Education, and its ranking among the nation’s top colleges and universities that enroll Hispanic students in their graduate school programs, we will adapt the SCOs to meet the cultural needs of both CSUSB students and the Navy’s large Latino population. As part of our work toward this goal, CRESST and CSUSB are developing plans to provide access to CRESST training at UCLA for CSUSB graduate students. For additional information on this research, please contact Bill Bewley at CRESST, email: bewley@cse.ucla.edu, tel.: (310) 825-7995, mailing address: UCLA GSE&IS, BOX 957150, 1400F PVUB, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7150.
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