ETOILE
Environment for Team, Organisational and Individual Learning in Emergencies.
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What is ETOILE?
Shared Mental Models Learning to work together, efficiently, as a team is a complex process that requires collaboration and communication between team members. Each team member has an individual perspective and so builds up a slightly different mental model of the situation. A shared representation of the 'world', or shared mental model represents the team's understanding of events, past and future. Recently, several researchers have proposed that shared mental models are critical to team performance and that they are useful for understanding team situational awareness and teamwork processes. In an efficient team, team members: can anticipate each other's actions, are rarely surprised by each other's predictions and explanations of events, and have a common frame of reference that provides a communication short-hand. In ETOILE, we aim to improve team performance through training strategies that foster shared mental model development. Intelligent Agent Team Members Training focuses on the decision-making and management of complex emergency scenarios and on increasing the effectiveness of the team through reflective learning within the team. The aim is to provide a team training environment so that teams can practice team competencies such as load balancing or compensatory behaviour. It is also possible for an individual to train as part of the team through the use of intelligent agents who substitute for absent team members. Demonstration Training Systems |
CSALT's role CSALT (Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology), Lancaster University, is one of the strongest research groups in Europe working on the applications of technology to learning. The staff have a extensive experience in applied research with industrial partners. Our Partners TECNATOM is an engineering services company belonging to Spain's leading electricity utilities. Over the last 10 years they have participated in the Emergency Preparedness Programmes of the majority of Spanish Nuclear Power Plants. TECNATOM will lead the development of the nuclear power plant demonstrator and co-ordinate the management of the project. The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) is a leading institute for applied research in Germany. IGD is very active in the area of intelligent agents and virtual reality applied to a broad range of applications. IGD will lead the tool development. STN-ATLAS is one of Germany's leading electronics and systems engineering companies. The Simulation Systems Division is one of the world leader's in training simulators. STN-ATLAS will work with IGD on tool development. Iberdrola is one of Spain's leading electricity utilities, occupying a leading position in hydro and nuclear electricity generation. Iberdrola will participate in the development and evaluation of the nuclear power plant demonstrator. Labein's primary task is to support industry in technological innovation through research and testing. Labein will lead the development of the Metro Bilbao demonstrator. The Metro Bilbao opened in November 1995 and is still under development. In the first year it had over 32 million passengers. They will work with Labein on the development and evaluation of the Metro Bilbao demonstrator. C-SALT's project staff: Dr.
Julie-Ann Sime, Project Manager
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