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their skills. PD DWTS is at the forefront of ALM 2015, preparing Soldiers to be technically and tactically proficient, and to think critically, make sound decisions, interact across cultures and adapt quickly to rapidly evolving situations.


DEVELOPMENT APPROACH Te IMI for CAISI-CSS VSAT reflects a “tell me, show me, try it” interactive approach, adopting TRADOC’s “four modes of learning” methodology. Te four modes are:


Familiarize—Lessons serve primarily as a “push” of information from the system to the user. As the user proceeds through the training content, there is no way to fail a specific step. Progressing through familiar content provides very little inter- activity between the simulation system and the user. In most cases, the user’s input is limited to clicking on a button in the user interface to proceed to the next step. Tis learning mode corresponds to the “tell me” phase.


COMMUNICATIONS ENABLERS Two CSS VSATs and a CAISI outside a 4th Infantry Division sustainment automation support management office at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, provide full-spectrum communication solutions. IMI training familiarizes students with the systems before they ever lay hands on them. (Photo by CW2 Daniela Davies)


model for the 21st-century Soldier, instill- ing competencies in a learner-centric environment.


“Te future of IMI will become even more important with the U.S. Army trans- forming its training approach to focus on lifelong learning,” said Yolanda Moor- head, DWTS training, evaluation and documentation manager. Te CAISI- CSS VSAT IMI marks a major shift from the classroom environment to the


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development and support of distributed learning, and its SCORM compliance means it can run on any personal com- puter or laptop via download from the CSS Communications website at https:// peoeis.army.mil/csscomms/Pages/ csscomms.aspx.


To remain competitive, the Army must use technology to engage and appeal to learners in the digital age while allow- ing seasoned professionals to strengthen


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Acquire—Lessons help the learner dis- cover how to accomplish a task. Tis discovery can include a sequence of actions, interaction with objects, the use of tools required to perform such inter- action, and any expected responses of objects or subjects. In these lessons, the simulation training user interface displays a sequence of steps that the user must perform successfully before continuing to the next step. Learners struggling with a specific step receive graduated feedback that becomes more specific with each failed attempt. Tis mode is designed to prevent the learner from skipping steps or performing them out of sequence.


Acquire lessons provide significantly more interactivity than familiarize les- sons. In acquire mode, IMI content allows the user to interact with the 3-D


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