+ pedagogy, student preparation and technology issues in a simulated environment professor carlie...
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Pedagogy, Student Preparation and Technology Issues in a Simulated Environment
Professor Carlie Merritt and Professor Robert Berry
A Functional Disaster Exercise
+Preparation and Integration Issues
Student Preparation
Communication
Integration with Data
Event Coordination
• Orientation• Notices
• Archival• Group Dynamics
• Interface with WIKI
• Use of Prompts
• MSEL• Sandbox
+Student Preparation
Step sheet on how to create a Second Life account
Group orientation one week before the event
Consent Forms
Notices and announcements in course shell
Emergency Support Functions hyperlink to Emergency Plan
Q & A just prior to exercise
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Steps for Emergency Exercise
Set up a Second Life Account
At the orientation, meet at the Bell Tower
Tour the island
Find your Emergency Support location
Chat in Second Life
Zooming and navigation in Second Life
Finding data for the exercise
Go to the Table of Contents
Exit the WIKI
Go to the EM Journal
Go to conference room
Speaking in the Conference Room
Leaving the conference room
Leaving Second Life
Where to begin the exercise on Sunday, Nov. 15th
+Student Preparation
Step sheet on how to create a Second Life account
Group orientation one week before the event
Individual orientations
Notices and announcements in course shell
Emergency Support Functions hyperlink to Emergency Plan
Q & A just prior to exercise
+Communication
SL Names Related to Roles
Archival - Assessment and Research
WIMBA – Group Discussion and Pre-event Briefing
Slides – Status Information During the Event
Proximity – Need to be in Central Location for Dissemination of Prompts
+ Communication
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Emergency Support Function Roles
+Communication
SL Names Related to Roles
Archival - Assessment and Research
WIMBA – Group Discussion and Pre-event Briefing
Slides – Status Information During the Event
Proximity – Need to be in Central Location for Dissemination of Prompts
+Emergency Operations Center
+On the afternoon of November 15, 2009 at 1:45 pm, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale occurred in the area of Central City, in Liberty County, Columbia….
+Emergency Management Institute
We thank Dr. Wayne Blanchard, Higher Education Program Manager, and Mr. Steven Heidecker, Exercise Simulation System Project Officer, Dept. of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency/Emergency Management Institute, at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, for their valuable support, assistance and contribution of supplemental electronic exercise materials which are applied in this WCU 2nd Life Virtual EOC Emergency Functional Exercise Simulation conducted as part of the instruction for the on-line Emergency and Disaster Management class, Exercise Design and Evaluation (EDM 448).
Central City Emergency Operation Center
+Exercise Coordination
Event #Event Time
Event Description GraphicMonitor
Comments
Pre-event
Task Review Have each of you reviewed your tasks as listed in the Information WIKI? Please provide a text reply now.
5 2:08High-rise with people trapped and fire
6 2:14
Earthquake damage- radioactive material in river from truck accident
Map with epicenter of earthquake.
7 2:30
Media – wants info re locations for emergency food supplies
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Student Feedback
EM LogsStudent Reflection Papers (Hotwash)Narrative Textbox
“It was evident that some students were not comfortable with their positions and were unclear what needed to be done. This can also happen in a real event and provided a good learning experience for all students.”
“For one who does not play video games, this was an exciting experience to use new and evolving Technology…”
“Moving around in that environment gives you a kind of real life feeling…”
+Hotwash: Assessment of the Exercise
Student Preparation
Communication
Integration with Data
Event Coordination
• Orientation• Notices
• Archival• Group Dynamics
• Interface with WIKI
• Use of Prompts
• MSEL• Sandbox
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