Conceptualizing the Training Space: Constructing Hierarchies to Integrate Time and Space for Distributed Debriefings

Abstract

In this paper we use a conceptualization of a training space to argue that events within this space need be woven together such that the learner is able to experientially and cognitively link training concepts. We integrate memory theory into techniques to diagnose performance and methods for debriefing and illustrate how events within the training space can be monitored, filtered, and potentially structured such that performance feedback is idiosyncratically tailored. By utilizing a coordinated debriefing methodology that encompasses cognitively-based and technologically-based components, we illustrate how navigating the training space can be facilitated.