AdapTrain™ : Individual and Team Learning through Adaptive Simulation-based Training

As the Navy continues to reduce personnel to perform in multiple roles in at-sea environments, traditional training approaches that rely on extensive “on-the-job” training no longer suffice. The need today is to maximize cognitive readiness on the part of shipboard personnel while compressing the learning cycle. Achieving the latter requires optimally tailoring experiences in realtime to the prevailing cognitive and physiological states of the learner. The former can be achieved through adaptive simulation-based training (SBT), which the Navy views as the preferred approach to achieving these goals. However, adaptive SBT requires specific advances in both methods and technologies to deliver on its promise. To this end, Phase I of this effort is concerned with developing an adaptive training framework that leverages the learning sciences and extends the state-of-the-art in both performance measurement do well as modeling and assessment.