Developing the Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA) Prototype and Roadmap

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The Experience Accelerator: Tools for Development and Learning Assessment

“…For the SEEA to reach its full potential, there needs to be an active community of users, supporters and developers [11] . Having an accessible application, experience, tools and supporting documentation are critical to this.…”

“…The learner progresses through a set of phases corresponding to those of a real UAV acquisition program, each phase ending with an important program milestone [10] . The UAV Experience developed in the baseline year focused on developing the systems thinking, and problem solving and recovery skills of a DoD Lead Systems Engineer [11] .…”

“…Each of the learner's sessions in the Experience represent a single day in the program and are estimated to take approximately one hour to complete, although the learner is free to login and out any number of times during a session. Figure 5: Context for the UAV Experience [11] Phases represent the different stages of an experience. Within each phase, the learner can interact with the personnel involved in the program, review documents and reports together with project status, and then make decisions to prevent or recover from problems.…”

“…Learning assessment is a critical component of accelerated learning [11] . It is imperative to understand individual learning and the efficacy of the various learning experiences.…”

“…The Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA) project was designed as a response to these critical needs and challenges [5] . The project goals are to:  assess the feasibility of an immersive, simulated learning approach for accelerating systems engineering competency development  validate the ability of such an environment to create an experiential, emotional state in the learner  determine if such an environment, coupled with reflective learning, effectively compresses learning time.…”