Evaluating the Effectiveness of Blended Learning Strategies in Navy Training
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Authors
Tick, Simona L.
Sadagic, Amela
Aten, Kathryn J.
Gera, Ralucca
Bartlof, D'Marie
Subjects
blended learning strategies
Navy training
Ready Relevant Learning
RRL
instructional design
Navy training
Ready Relevant Learning
RRL
instructional design
Advisors
Date of Issue
2021
Date
2021
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School.
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School.
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Navy needs better ways to train, educate, and assess higher-order cognitive skills, applied proficiencies, and teamwork abilities. Currently, the Navy's approaches to Instructional System Design (ISD) do not adequately address the development of personalization and adaptive training techniques integrated into the future learning continuum concept required by Ready Relevant Learning (RRL). Adopting a blended training environment approach, which combines a plethora of learning approaches empowered by the modern technology solutions, web-based delivery, and traditional classroom methods, could offer a balanced solution to developing modernized, efficient, effective, and adaptable training delivery systems with integrated ability to assess training quality and impact on Fleet readiness and on-the-job performance. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of blended training environments against traditional training methods currently used in Navy rating training. The evaluation will use the existing classroom-based curriculum and learning materials in carefully designed reconfigurations that mix web-based interactive content and in-class activities, coupled with an online student evaluation system. Based on the findings, we will present a roadmap on how to implement, adopt and integrate the most efficient training solution that supports the CNO directed acceleration of RRL and provides lessons learned across all Navy formal accession training.
Type
Report
Description
NPS NRP Executive Summary
Series/Report No
Department
Graduate School of Defense Management
Organization
Naval Research Program (NRP)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
N1 - Manpower, Personnel, Training & Education
Funder
This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrp
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
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Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.