The ADL Initiative

One week from today, you can join our Program Manager in another paper presentation at I/ITSEC titled "Toward a Cognitive Framework for Assessing Students and Adapting Interventions in Extended Reality (XR)" This paper proposes a framework for delivering effective instruction and assessing real-time learner performance in adaptive XR instruction. The paper argues that blended adaptive training—the integration of classroom instruction with adaptive technology-aided instruction—is the most practical and cost-effective approach to accelerate learning with XR. The paper offers an adaptive training intervention framework that aligns affordances, cognition, and instructional interventions to guide development and delivery of XR training. ·??????Session: ED 3: Extending Realities in Education ·??????Authors: Gregory McGowin, Stephen Fiore, Georges Potworowski, Tarah Daly, Jennifer Phillips, J.T. Folsom-Kovarik, Ph.D., Henry Phillips, Ph.D., and Joseph Cohn, PhD ·??????Date: Wednesday, 4 December ·??????Time: 1430 – 1500 EST ·??????Room Number: 320D Join us and learn more about I/ITSEC at www.iitsec.org!

Next week our Program Manager will join others in presenting their paper, "Automated Radio Operator Utterance Recognition for U.S. Navy Training." This paper describes an effort conducted to apply speech recognition technology to enable automation of grading for speech-based training for Navy shipboard radio operators.?This paper outlines the details of an approach for corpus generation, language model construction, and model validation. Results are presented achieving 97% recognition accuracy on validation corpora of 24,000 accurate and inaccurate utterances. Results suggest that a finely tuned and trained speech recognition and parsing model can work extremely well for the use case of supporting radio operator training. ·??????Session: ED 1: BYTE Size Learning: AI in ED ·??????Presenters: Henry Phillips, Ph.D., Morgan Ulinski, Ph.D., Ethan Medjuck, and Kellen Bixler ·??????Date: Wednesday, 4 December ·??????Time: 0930 – 1000 EST ·??????Room Number: 320D Join us and learn more about I/ITSEC at www.iitsec.org!

We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Sarah Poole to the team as our newest Software Engineer! ?? With a strong foundation in software design and programming expertise in C/C++, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS, and React, she brings a wealth of technical skills. Sarah's debugging skills and dedication to thorough documentation will be invaluable as we adapt to new challenges. Welcome, Sarah! ??

Next week on 4 December at I/ITSEC, ADL Initiative’s Research, Development, and Engineering Principal, Brent Smith, will join Erica Dretzka (OSD Chief Digital and AI Office) in presenting "Improving Training and Education Supply Chains by Harnessing Data Pipeline Observers." This paper documents the processes being used to create and maintain [x]BOMs to support DoD’s Enterprise Digital Learning Modernization (EDLM) Program. The [x]BOM serves as a comprehensive framework for the EDLM data services to connect, share, and interpret learner data being generated by DoD’s training and education community. ·???Session: PSMA 1: Streamlining Digital Asset Management ·???Presenter: Erica Dretzka and Brent Smith ·???Date: Wednesday, 4 December ·???Time: 0900 – 0930 EST ·???Room Number: 320G Join us and learn more about I/ITSEC at www.iitsec.org!

?? Last week, our ADL Initiative Director and team members traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Chief Talent Management Officer (CTMO) All Hands meeting! It was an excellent opportunity to connect with all the CTMO vendors as they provided updates on their projects. We were excited to showcase the capabilities of the Enterprise Data Learning Modernization (EDLM) efforts. Our presentation highlighted how EDLM acts as a powerful data aggregator, seamlessly pulling in and connecting various data sources to drive informed decision-making. It's all about making data work smarter, not harder! ?? Looking forward to the continued collaboration and innovation as we support talent management efforts!

On Tuesday (3 Dec.) at I/ITSEC, our Program Manager will join others in presenting "Behavior Envelopes for Defining Performance Metrics in Complex Scenarios." This paper explores the use case of multi-entity performance and decision evaluation in complex scenarios, through analysis of a corpus of non-deterministic, high iteration count synthetic, labeled semi-automated force (SAF) defensive counter-air (DCA) mission iterations. Specification of the context, expectations, and scoring/fit of the observed complex mission envelopes are used as the basis for specification and quantification of the achievement of multi-entity mission criteria. Behavior envelopes are proposed as a mechanism for helping to explain why complex missions in aviation succeed or fail. ·??????Session: SIM 1:?The Future of Modeling Human Elements in Simulation ·??????Presenter: Henry Phillips, Ph.D. ·??????Date: Tuesday, 3 December ·??????Time: 1500 – 1530 EST ·??????Room Number: 320B Join us and learn more about I/ITSEC at www.iitsec.org!

One of the sessions featuring ADL Initiative team members at I/ITSEC this year will be "Implications of Artificial Intelligence for DoD Human Systems Training Applications: Training Design is a Whole New Ballgame" This Human Systems Community of Interest (HSCOI) event will bring together experts in AI, human factors, and training design and implementation for a discussion of how the challenges faced by training acquisition programs are changing with the maturation of AI, and how and where stakeholders and practitioners can incorporate understanding of those challenges and help manage their impacts on programs, learners, instructors, decision-makers, and stakeholders. ·??????Panel Members: Brian Stensrud, Ph.D., Eric Stohr, Benjamin Goldberg, Ph.D., and Brent Smith ·??????Moderator: Henry Phillips, Ph.D. ·??????Date: Monday, 2 December ·??????Time: 1415 – 1545 EST ·??????Room Number: 320H Let us know if we'll see you there and learn more about I/ITSEC at www.iitsec.org!

The ADL Initiative is excited to join the upcoming Interservice / Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) starting December 2nd in Orlando, Florida! A proud supporter of I/ITSEC, we value the conference’s impact in driving innovation and collaboration across training, simulation, and instrumentation fields. This year, members of our team will present at six sessions designed to help distributed learning developers, learning engineers, and instructional designers optimize data-driven processes with a strategic data approach. Central to these sessions are ADL Initiative standards, essential to enterprise digital learning, which enable seamless interoperability and cohesive training solutions across the I/ITSEC community. Stay tuned as we post about each ADL Initiative paper and session and learn more at www.iitsec.org!

???? On #VeteransDay, we salute all of the men and women who have honorably served our nation and fought for our freedom. In wartime or in peace, our veterans have earned our respect for their contributions and sacrifices to our national security. Thank you for all you have done. ?? Read the tales of some of our honorable veterans here: https://spr.ly/6047SsndL

?? We’re excited to have Ms. Audrey Rivers back on the ADL Initiative team as the Deputy Program Manager, bringing her expertise in data engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, along with her Security+ certification. With experience in dashboard creation, multi-structured data management, and threat mitigation, Audrey’s skills in task and deliverable management—and her team spirit and deep familiarity with the ADL Initiative mission—make her a fantastic addition to our team. Welcome, Audrey!