Insights
The Three-E Triangle – Training Tradeoffs
Reza Jalaeian discusses common challenges instructional designers face when creating effective, efficient, and engaging instruction and how the ShadowBox method can aid in attaining all three.
News and Updates
Scenario of the Month
Film at Eleven
This month’s featured ShadowBox scenario is a re-purposed Tactical Decision Game (TDG). TDGs were popularized in the Marine Corps in the 1990s as a way to improve tactical skill and decision making ability. As one of the earliest TDGs, it long predates the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, although it has generated valuable discussions with applicability to both conflicts.
Insights
Handling Training Requirements When Expertise Becomes Outdated
Gary Klein reflects on several necessary organizational changes in response to emerging events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. He suggests ways expertise and training can evolve from these emerging, fast-paced situations.
Insights
Re-thinking training: Just-in-Time (JIT) Training
In part three of this four-part series, Gary Klein considers the sustainability and efficacy of traditional training approaches during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where conditions are rapidly changing and information is shared in unconventional ways.
Insights
Re-thinking expertise: The Skill Portfolio account of experts
In part two of this four-part series, we revisit Gary Klein’s discussion of emerging and rapidly changing phenomena, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these patterns have provided new insights about the nature of expertise.
Scenario of the Month
The Water Stripper Tower
This month we feature a scenario from our work in the petrochemical industry.
Announcement
Gary Presents at the Upcoming Titans of HFES Symposium
Don't miss the Titans of HFES Symposium taking place February 7th - 8th, 2022!
Insights
Business as Unusual: How to train when expertise becomes outdated
What do we do when rapidly changing conditions push the boundaries of expertise and traditional training approaches?
Announcement
ShadowBox Training is now SCORM-Compliant
ShadowBox now offers exportable SCORM-compliant modules (i.e. ShadowBox training scenarios) that can be integrated seamlessly into your organization’s learning management system.
Scenario of the Month Video
Video Scenario – Covid-19 Risk
This video-based Scenario of the Month demonstrates the versatility of ShadowBox. We developed an informative, yet fun, video around an emerging topic.