“DoD Higher Education School”

Challenge

For over 50 years our client has been at the forefront of the Department of Defense’s effort to train military communicators and leaders. As communication strategies, techniques, and tools continue to rapidly evolve in today’s ever changing world, this DoD Higher Education School strives to be the premier education institution dedicated to training agile military communicators and leaders who will compete and win in today’s complex and demanding information environment.

Approach

The DoD Higher Education School client is responsible for training US Military, DoD civilian, international military, and interagency students in a variety of subject areas including public affairs, print journalism, photography, video production, broadcast journalism, broadcast equipment maintenance, and various forms of graphic design and digital media.

Motivf supports our client’s mission of training US Military, DoD civilian, international military, and interagency students in a variety of subject areas including public affairs, print journalism, photography, video production, broadcast journalism, broadcast equipment maintenance, and various forms of graphic design and digital media. Motivf personnel include instructional designers, course instructors, role playing / gaming facilitators, subject-matter experts, and guest speakers.  

In addition to conducting all phases of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and lifecycle maintenance of an assigned portfolio of courses, Motivf provides ISD guidance and mentorship to the cadre of contract instructional systems designers to ensure product quality and consistency in workflow processes and production schedules. Motivf’s instructors perform all phases of ISD using the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) instructional system design model for the creation of new courses or lifecycle maintenance of an assigned portfolio of courses.

Outcomes

Our client performs lifecycle maintenance of its courses, which requires ISD management of multiple course projects, each with their own production schedules.

Motivf’s ISD services include the following:

• Perform analyses for training courses based on Service training requirements, the Military Communicator Competency Model, and Training Task Inventories resulting from Training Task Selection Boards.

• Design and develop instructional programs and content that delivers performance and/or project-based outcomes.

• Develop competency-based assessments and design valid quantitative and qualitative performance metrics.

• Develop “Train the Trainer” materials for large scale course revisions and new courses and produce content and materials to facilitate instructor training in the use of instructional materials, including the application and use of rubrics designed to assess student performance/learning outcomes.

• Provide experienced input on creating training products and content that are Section 508 compliant.

• Meet production deadlines established in Government accepted delivery schedules for the given project.

• Work with SMEs and stakeholders to gather data and extract required information needed to perform informed analysis, make recommendations and decisions in each phase of the ISD process.

• Plan, develop course analysis documentation, and facilitate In Progress Reviews (IPRs) and Training Task Selection Boards (TTSBs); prepare after-action reports to document decisions.

• Deliver customized training solutions that include but are not limited to the following examples: classroom-based training, interactive/multimedia content, print-based instructional materials; web- based instructional programs; job aids and performance support strategies, and mobile learning tools.