Improving IMPRINT Training Performance Moderators 06 December 05

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Improving IMPRINT Training Performance Moderators
06 December 05

• Dee H. Andrews, Ph.D., ST
• Patricia C. Fitzgerald, M.S.
• Gerald P. Chubb, Ph.D.
• Air Force Research Laboratory

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Overview

• Overview and objectives of IMPRINT Research
  Effort
• Participants
• Research Design
• Application Considerations
• Related Efforts
• Related Activities and Possible Follow-On Research

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Enhancing Training Impacts in IMPRINT

• Congressional Add awarded to AFRL
• Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) specified as a
  platform of interest by Congress
• Contract awarded to Micro Analysis Design
• 13 July 2005

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IMPRINT Project Objectives

• Near Term Enhance Training Effects algorithms in
  IMPRINT
• Initial Knowledge / Skill Acquisition
• Decay with Subsequent Non-use
• Recovery with Practice, Exercise, and Re-use
• Long Term Get AF Systems Program Offices (SPOs)
  in AFMC Using IMPRINT
• On UCAV and Other Future Systems

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IMPRINT Participants

• Current Participants
• Micro Analysis Design
• AFRL/HEA is providing technical guidance
• Army Research Lab is following the effort
• Creech AFB, NV is providing Predator training
  expertise

• Anticipated Participants
• Predator SPO AFRL HQ
• Human Effectiveness Directorate HFE Labs
• Avionics Lab and Air Vehicle Designers
• Advanced Sensors Reconnaissance
• Redstone Arsenal MUSE S/W Development

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Research Overview

• Conduct empirical research to determine the
  effects of amount and type of training on
  performance
• Use collected data to improve IMPRINT predictions
  of the effects of training on performance
• Participants ROTC students at the University of
  Colorado

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Research Platform

• Research platform is a UAS Synthetic Task
  Environment
• Adapted from the Multi Task Trainer used at
  Creech AFB for Predator vehicle and sensor
  operator training
• Three tasks
• Basic Maneuvering
• Reconnaissance
• Landing
• Basic self-paced tutorial for each task

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Research Design
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Research Design

• Independent Variables
• Quality of training design
• Self-paced tutorial, test, simulator trials
• Basic training program
• Enhanced self-paced training program
• Instructional systems design principles
• Gagnes Domains of Learning
• Intellectual, Cognitive, Information, Attitude,
  Motor Skill
• Gagnes Nine Events of Instruction

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Research Design

• Independent Variables
• Overtraining (Reconnaissance task)
• No overtraining (practice to asymptote)
• Additional 25 practice time beyond asymptotic
  performance
• Retention Intervals
• 30 days
• 75 days

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Research Design

• Phase One - Learning Curves
• Randomly assign participants to the Basic or
  Enhanced training programs
• Complete Basic Maneuvering training
• Conduct simulator trials until criterion
  performance is reached
• Complete Reconnaissance training
• Conduct simulator trials until asymptote is
  reached
• Participants randomly assigned to the
  overtraining condition continue trials (25 more
  time on trials)

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Research Design

• Phase Two Learning Retention
• Participants, randomly assigned to the retention
  intervals, will return to perform the
  Reconnaissance task
• Performance data will be collected
• Length of time to return to asymptotic
  performance will be collected

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Other Efforts Related to the IMPRINT Project

• AFRL/HEC UAV Work
• Mark Draper et al. HFE Studies of UAVs
• Ed Martin IMPRINT UAV Models via CART
• Author Connecting IMPRINT with MUSE
• ACT-R Modeling Kevin Gluck Jerry Ball
• MAD Efforts for ARI Others
• Previous UAV Modeling
• Univ. of CO MURI CTA Effort

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Possible Future AFRL/HEA Research and
Collaboration Activities

• Collaboration and additional training research
  studies
• Verification and Validation
• University of Colorado MURI
• Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (NASA
  sponsored UAS research)

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• Questions or Comments?

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• Extra slide

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Gagnes Events of Instruction

• Gain Attention
• Inform Learner of Objectives
• Stimulate recall of prerequisites
• Present stimulus materials
• Provide learning guidance
• Elicit the performance
• Provide feedback
• Assess performance
• Enhance retention and transfer