A Multi-Role Reconfigurable Trainer for Naval Combat Information Operators
(Room S320E)
27 Nov 18
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
The paper describes our efforts to identify a key set of requirements for a Naval Combat Information Operators training simulation based on a Multi-Role Reconfigurable Trainer framework. The project was executed for the Royal Canadian Navy by the National Research Council Canada with the collaboration of Defence Research and Development Canada. The main training issue to be addressed is to augment team training readiness in the transition from individual training to team training. The training domain use case was the acquisition of tactical voice procedures by novice Anti-Submarine Plotting Operators (ASPO), a skill domain particularly suited for a learning-by-doing approach using training simulations. The project explored training technologies that use synthetic teammates to improve the readiness of novice individuals to participate in live team training. The approach we used to achieve this objective included a literature review of key technology areas of interests, training application prototyping, and generation of simulated data of learners’ performance. Each of these aspects of the approach is discussed in the corresponding section. The focus of the literature review was on technologies incorporating synthetic teammates using automatic speech recognition and speech synthesis to capture trainees’ utterances and simulate teammates communication. The section on the training application prototype presents a use case for the verbal tactical procedure which provided the basis to develop the software’s interactive workflows, and, in particular, the construction of a Multi-Role Reconfigurable Trainer prototype. The section on simulated data provides examples of three learning analytics methods applied to a simulated dataset for a group of trainees learning the tactical verbal procedure associated with an initial contact report. Finally, a conclusion reviews the main project results, and identifies possible areas for future research work.