2018 I/ITSEC - 9250

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Military Innovation for Learning (Room S320D)

Design thinking is a problem-solving methodology that has been used in the private sector for many years but only recently introduced to the Federal Government. The Innovation Lab in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was developed to lead transformational re-imagination of key problems, organizational questions, and human needs across the Government. Individuals are chosen from the private sector who are experts in design thinking principles for short-term billets and then detailed to departments outside of OPM. Dr. Walcutt is one such individual. She is currently serving in the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative as the Director of Innovation. In this role, she helps the Initiative infuse human-centered design into information sharing practices within and outside the lab, for policy development, and for transforming education and training across the military and Federal Government. This special event will include a series of design thinking workshops led by OPM’s Lab and ADL. We will begin first with a 90-minute instructional tutorial on Monday, followed by a 4-part series of workshops on Tuesday through Thursday. Each workshop problem set will focus on a different aspect of developing the Future Learning Ecosystem, a system of systems concept that promotes interoperability across modeling, simulation, and learning programs. As the United States segues to considering learning as a life-long process that connects K-12 to employment, military, and talent management, all communities represented at I/ITSEC will be stakeholders for this future concept. The series of workshops will culminate on Thursday with a presentation of a joint set of requirements for future considerations, military needs, and research areas. There will be an opportunity to submit quad charts, white papers, or videos to the ADL Initiative. These submissions may answer one or more of the questions studied during the workshops and will be reviewed by Thursday of the conference. Authors