Transcript ISD Production Process: Shifting to Virtual Production

ISD Production Process:
Shifting to Virtual Production
Building a Virtual ISD Application Called “C2 Gateway”
Ken Matesich and Ryan Brown
Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona
C2 Technologies, Inc. Vienna,Virginia
Davis-Monthan Site Overview
Air Force Pilot and Aircrew training for
the A-10 and EC-130 aircraft
 Traditional lecture based lessons
 Web-based online training (CBT)
 Blended Learning lessons
 Special software applications (CAI)
 250 A-10 and 470 EC-130 lessons
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Spatial Awareness
Traditional Development Model
Large Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
 Extensive use of email
 Multiple documents on network shares
 Many client feedback documents on
hundreds of product deliverables
 Limited historical accountability
 Difficulty reporting on metrics over the
long term
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ISD Process Overview
C2 Gateway Software Application
Shift to Web-based virtual Instructional
Systems Design
 Application acts as a one-stop Portal
 Three tier approach:
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◦ Inventory Archive
◦ Scheduling Management
◦ Production Review Feedback
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SQL Database content management
ISD Process in Gateway
Critiques
Sandbox
Production
ISD Production Process Details
LSR
OMAR
AC
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RD
FD
OMAR (Objective Media Analysis Report)
◦ LMS Student Critiques
◦ Instructor Critiques
◦ Air Force Critiques
Inventory Archive
700+ Inventoried lessons
 Student and instructor critiques
 The Inventory drives the ISD cycle
 Available for off-site access
 Roles-based and secure logon
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Scheduling Management
900+ deliverable stages (documents)
produced and reviewed annually
 Centralized management of projects
 ISD (EdTech) and Instructor tasking
 Tally of work accomplished
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Production Review
Hyperlinked lessons for review
 Categorized by stakeholder
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Comment Tool
◦ Role-based feedback
◦ Forum thread and response concept
◦ Intuitive interface tracks stages
NLEs (the Cash Register)
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New Lesson Equivalent calculations:
◦ During ‘Sandbox’ scheduling and tasking
◦ During production cycle (quarterly / yearly)
Statement of work (SOW) tracking
 Delay tracking: production & review
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Software Environment
C#, ASP. Net, HTML, JavaScript
 Compiled Web application
 N-tier architecture
 Programmed and designed in-house
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◦ Custom data forms with Ajax
Dedicated Windows 2003 Server
 Hosted and managed environment
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Database Design
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
 ~ 50 relational database tables
 ~ 150 stored procedures
 Custom Object Relational Mapping
(ORM) interface code
 Database structure (link)
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Software Concerns
Code maintainability
 Application accessibility
 Web site security
 Data confidentiality
 Site and database backup
 Application extensibility
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Some Realized Metric Gains
4 % deficit historically (3-6%)
 3 % ahead of schedule currently (1-4%)
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Early Perspective:
◦ Site produces 255 lesson hours annually
◦ Up to 8% gain, or ~20 lesson hours
Summary - Improvements
Moving from analog to digital
 Centralized location for production
 Tracking of customer feedback
 Improved evaluation visibility
 Reduced administrative busy work
 Eliminated multiple source reliance
 Improved stakeholder connectivity
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C2 Technologies, Inc.Vienna,Virginia