United States Air Force (USAF)

E-Content Consulting, as a subcontractor to the prime contractor, updated the Security Forces (SF) Journeyman Career Development Course (CDC) from a text- and illustration-based format to more versatile approach, using highly interactive and engaging design techniques. The E-Content Consulting team conducted an extensive analysis of current instructional methods and then, using the analysis findings, designed and provided proof of concept of a technology-driven, innovative instructional solution for approximately 40 hours of instructional content. This approach blended mobile and trainer-led modes of delivery with scenario-based and performance-driven instruction to create a truly unique and effective training experience for adult learners.

The end course design was a blended solution that contained both instructor or trainer-led lessons and web-based components in HTML5 format using both SCORM-conformance and xAPI activity statements to track learner progress. In order to design a course that met Air Force expectations, E-Content Consulting conducted a large-scale front-end analysis (FEA) of the existing instructional situation, provided four potential courses of action (COAs) for the Air Force to choose in updating and converting the existing CDC, and created a comprehensive updated course design in an Instructional Media Design Package (IMDP) document and corresponding working prototype.

This solution was designed to be delivered via the Air Force’s Learning Services Ecosystem (AFLSE) using devices and equipment already in place at the organization and owned by the target audience to minimize costs and obstacles to success. This design achieved a critical goal of this project, which was to design an exemplar training product that demonstrates the expanded realm of possibilities for learning content delivered via AFLSE and stimulate all Air Force career fields to consider options to improve the designs of their learning products.