56th WG IT

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56th WG ITED MeetingChairmans
Introduction
Commando Opleidingen

• Dr A.J. van Ree
• CM NTG WG/ITED

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Items

• Welcome
• Administrative Information
• CMs Introduction
• Distributed documents

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Administrative Information

• Agenda, working programme, etc.
• CM, Secr
• Social affairs, organisation, support
• Rene wuethrich, Adrian schmid

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Administrative Information

• Agenda changed
• GE briefings and guestspeakers
• Videoconferencing
• Possibility of changing Wednesday and Thursday
  programme

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Introduction

• Goals and objectives of WG ITED
• Organization of the meeting
• Rules of engagement

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Goals

• To facilitate combined operations by improving
  interoperability
• To improve NATO and national TE
• To save TE costs

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Objectives

• Exchange of information
• Common understanding
• Report on innovations
• Identification of common problems and
  recommendation of solutions
• Papers and Publications
• Objectives for research and projects

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Organization

• Formal and informal programme
• formal working sessions
• informal coffee breaks, lunches
• social events
• SG and plenary sessions
• active involvement in SGs
• plenary reports of results
• Evaluation and recommendations for improvement

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Rules of engagement

• Proper preparation
• make up list of questions and interesting ITED
• read relevant documents
• Active participation
• in the SG and WG discussions
• in briefings, papers, publications
• during coffee breaks and social events
• after the meeting, by completing actions

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Rules of engagement

• Feedback
• to national TE institutes
• to JSSG delegate
• to CM / Secr / SG-CM WG ITED

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Chairmans Report on JSSGWG ITED Working
Programme
Commando Opleidingen

• Dr A.J. van Ree
• CM NTG WG/ITED

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JSSG Meeting Finland

• 18-22 September 2000
• Helsinki, Finland
• WG ITED contribution
• Presentation of WG ITED Working Program
• Contribution to NATO Training Policy
• Contribution to discussion on future of JSSG

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WG ITED Working Programme
Working Programme
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Learning Theory

• Learning Psychology
• DE final paper on cognitive learning theories
• Military Training Education
• FIN final paper on Military Pedagogy
• NE briefing on Military Ethics
• AUS/FIN report on conference on Military Pedagogy

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Learning Theory

• Instructional Approach Strategy
• SWE final paper on Videoconferencing
• VC demonstrations
• TU development of DL course on the application of
  Systems Dynamics
• Retention of TE results
• Inventory of data on retention
• DE/NE draft paper on retention

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Training Technology

• Distance/Distributed Learning
• US overall paper on ADL/PIMS/Internet
• US survey on DL in NATO and PfP countries
• US workshop on review of ADL specifications
• US demo of ADL prototypes (ADL labs)
• Review of the effects of DL
• DE/TU/US paper on Effectiveness/Efficiency of
  CBT/IT based training and learning
• POR follow up briefing on DL experiences
• SWE final paper on DL/DE experiences

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Training Technology

• Computer Based Training
• US review of Publications on Computers in
  Training ans Simulation in Training
• US draft Publication on the Use of Advanced
  Training Technology
• SLO survey on collective trg problems that lend
  themselves for discussion in the WG ITED

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Training Management

• Systems Approach to Training
• UK/CA briefing on recent developments
• US VC-contribution to SAT
• Evaluation of Military TE
• UK final paper on Evaluation
• Instructors Training
• NE paper on recent developments
• GE briefing on Media Competence Training
• FIN survey on Instructors training

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Training Management

• Contractor Provided Training
• US draft comparative paper on experiences with
  outsourcing military TE
• Glossary of TE Terms
• US update of the Publication

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Training Content

• Cross Cultural Training
• TU production of CCT Handbook
• TU questionnaire on CC differences
• NE survey on present CCT activities
• GE follow up briefing on Cultural Assimilator
  Programme
• TU inventory of relevant CC experiences

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Training Content

• NCO and Officers TE
• AUS comparative study and paper on NCO TE
• AUS inventory of criteria for selecting Staff
  Officers
• AUS survey on Officers Training
• FIN follow up briefing on leadership training

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Training Content

• The human factor in TE
• GE briefing on human factors in leadership
  training
• Media Training
• NE briefing on recent experiences

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JSSG Decisions

• WG ITED Working Programme?
• Agreed, no changes / additions
• WG suggestion to hand over Glossary of TE terms
  from WG ITED to NTG SE?
• Agreed
• WG suggestion to let NTG SE manage NTG documents?
• Agreed

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JSSG Decisions

• How to deal with increasing workload and growing
  number of delegates?
• limited of number of participants, WG stays WG
• no limitations, change to a Conference Model, WG
  becomes organizer of conferences
• Combination of WG and Conference Model
• How to react to the NMSG initiative?
• at short term full co-operation
• at long term restructure NATO TE organization
• Agreed

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NATO Training Policy

• Important document
• overall view, no separate documents
• ind trg, collect trg and exercises in 1 document
• connecting NATO and national TE
• reference and direction for NATO TE
• First draft by SHAPE
• still incomplete
• inconsistent with NTG documents
• excellent discussion paper

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NATO Training Policy

• Discussed in subgroups
• best part of meeting (active commitment)
• many valuable comments were made
• CM WG ITED CM of SG on Evaluation
• incorporation of SAT-model
• refer to NTG/JSSG/WG documents
• Comments will be processed
• New draft will be written

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Future of JSSG / Problems

• Excellent information sharing, little output
• 70 of delegates contribute nothing
• Lack of continuity in members
• Wrong members
• No guidance/instruction by national coordinators
• Topics are too micro
• Does NATO really need JSSG?

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Future JSSG / Options

• Do nothing no change
• Adapt work methods improve output
• Disband JSSG
• re-subordinate WGs directly to NTG SE
• increase NTG SE
• annual TE Conference
• Majority of delegates favours option 2

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Future of JSSG / Actions

• Comments at the end of October
• Evaluation and draft Way Ahead in November
• NTG CM meeting in November
• Report to MC
• NTG CM in May
• Formal Review to MC in July
• Final approval in September

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Thanks for your patience,time for coffee
now!
Commando Opleidingen

• Dr A.J. van Ree
• CM WG ITED