Team-Based Virtual Field Exercises for HAZMAT Training

基于团队的危险品培训虚拟现场练习

• 批准号: 10684418
• 负责人: Cesar Bandera
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: CELL PODIUM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10684418
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Summary/Abstract Among the most educationally valuable components of in-person 40-hour HAZMAT courses are team-based field exercises. This capstone activity combines skills and protocols into an experiential exercise in which learners practice different roles (e.g., entry team, decon team, site supervisor) and equipment (e.g., PPE, sensors, communications). Team-based HAZMAT training exercises have been found to yield statistically significant improvements in preparedness when compared to individual non-collaborative training. However, for several reasons, the more frequent 8-hour refresher courses lack team-based field exercises. First, set-up/tear-down time for such an exercise (~1 hour) would consume a significant amount of the 8 hours. Second, in response to pandemic protocols and emerging worker and instructor preferences, training organizations now offer most 8-hour refresher courses virtually in a synchronous online format. Third, HAZMAT video simulators are currently single user games with no interactivity between learners, and require each training organization and learner to install expensive video game software - and sometimes hardware like VR goggles. Instead, instructors use a case study approach whereby certain aspects of a current hazardous waste site are revealed to the students, who then are required to discuss how they would respond. This is far from experiential. The proposed effort develops a web-based teaching tool that brings the pedagogical value of the physical team-based in-person field exercises of 40-hour HAZMAT courses to the virtual 8-hour refresher courses. The proposed experiential worker training tool exploits recent advances in web standards in order to achieve multiple significant innovations. First, it is the first browser-based HAZMAT training tool to provide team-based HAZMAT field exercises. Thus, any person or training organization with a web-enabled device can use the tool, and no installation of hardware or software is required. Second, the training tool is intuitive. Team members in the virtual field exercises communicate via Zoom, which is integrated with the teaching tool. Third, every student experiences her/his individual realistic and immersive 3D view of the common training scenario, including a virtual chemical and radiation exposure sensor. Fourth, as with in- person exercises, the instructor has the ability to dynamically interject events during the exercise, such as change in the intensity of a hazardous spill or on-the-spot questions, to assess students and keep them engaged. This proposal is based on requests from several training and community organizations, including participants of the 2022 Bi-Annual Midwest Consortium Trainer Conference. Cell Podium will work closely with the following five HAZMAT worker training centers to meet their specific requirements and to deploy in their courses several iterations of the prototype teaching tool for evaluation: the Center for Public Health Workforce Development (Rutgers School of Public Health), the Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training, the Environmental Management Institute (Indiana), the Green Door Initiative (Detroit), and the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program. The ultimate goal of the proposed effort is to develop a tool that is adopted by the HAZMAT training community, enriches online training, and improves the preparedness of our HAZMAT workers.

摘要/摘要 面对面40小时的危险品课程中最有价值的教育有价值的组成部分是基于团队的领域 练习。这种顶峰活动将技能和协议结合到一个体验练习中，学习者在其中练习 不同的角色（例如，进入团队，Decon团队，现场主管）和设备（例如PPE，传感器，通信）。 已经发现基于团队的危险品培训练习可以在统计上的准备方面取得显着改善 与单个非授权培训相比。但是，由于几个原因，8小时的频率较高 复习课程缺乏基于团队的现场练习。首先，进行此类练习的设置/拆除时间（〜1小时）将 消耗大量8小时。第二，回应大流行方案和新兴工人以及 讲师的偏好，培训组织现在实际上在同步的在线提供了大多数8小时的复习课程 格式。第三，Hazmat视频模拟器目前是单个用户游戏，学习者之间没有互动性，并且 要求每个培训组织和学习者安装昂贵的视频游戏软件 - 有时甚至是硬件 VR护目镜。相反，讲师使用案例研究方法，从而在当前有害废物网站的某些方面 向学生透露，然后他们需要讨论他们将如何做出回应。这远非经验。 拟议的努力开发了一种基于网络的教学工具，该工具带来了基于物理团队的教学价值 实地练习40小时的危险品课程，为虚拟的8小时复习课程。提出的经验 工人培训工具利用了网络标准的最新进展，以实现多项重要的创新。第一的， 这是第一个基于浏览器的Hazmat培训工具，可提供基于团队的Hazmat现场练习。因此，任何人或 具有网络支持设备的培训组织可以使用该工具，并且没有安装硬件或软件的安装 必需的。其次，培训工具是直观的。虚拟练习中的团队成员通过Zoom进行通信， 与教学工具集成在一起。第三，每个学生都会经历她/他的个人现实和身临其境 常见训练场景的3D视图，包括虚拟化学和辐射传感器。第四，就像 人练习，讲师有能力在练习期间动态插入事件，例如改变 危险溢出或现场问题的强度，评估学生并保持他们的参与度。 该建议基于几个培训和社区组织的要求，包括2022年的参与者 双年度中西部财团培训师会议。细胞讲台将与以下五个危险品紧密合作 工人培训中心满足其特定要求，并在其课程中部署几次的迭代 评估原型教学工具：公共卫生劳动力发展中心（Rutgers公立学院 健康），中西部危险废物工人培训联盟，环境管理学院 （印第安纳州），《绿门计划》（底特律）和UCLA劳动职业安全与健康计划。最终 拟议的努力的目标是开发一个由Hazmat培训社区采用的工具，在线丰富 培训，并改善我们的危险品工人的准备。