NAVY TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION - Advanced Technologies (including AR/VR) for Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education

The Mastery Model Tool for Design Objectives and Requirements (MATADOR) project for improving learning system fidelity improves upon the USMC’s Systems Approach to Training and Education (SATE). Phase 1 consists of two initiatives: 1) design and demonstrate a semi-automated tool that explains the most effective method for accelerating the development of expertise, and 2) develop guidelines for practitioners’ implementation of mastery model data collection and analysis methods. We will leverage the findings of an Intelligence Specialist (MOS 0231) Mastery Model by creating a scalable environment that yields information about learning gaps and how to fill them. The MATADOR tool will enable trainers and educators to identify effective instructional methods and learning objectives. The tool will describe what needs to be trained or learned; how best to facilitate the acquisition of new skills and abilities; and how to efficiently answer those questions. Concurrently, we will collaborate with academic staff from the Marine Corps Intelligence Schools (MCIS) and guide them on the use of research methods for building a mastery model and implementing the results of mastery models in the learning environment. Phase 1 culminates in a proof-of-concept demonstration, which will review MATADOR functionality and map a path forward.