Best Practices in Using Technology in HAZMAT Training

March 29-30, 2017
Puerto Rico

Purpose of the Awardee Meeting

The semi-annual WTP Awardee Meeting brought awardees together to provide program updates, exchange information regarding training, and discover new areas of interest to awardees.

Purpose and Scope of the Workshop

Continued advances in training technologies require the NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) to take a strategic look at how best to use these technologies to enhance HAZMAT training programs. WTP has followed the development and application of training technologies since 1999, when it held its first workshop on computer and Internet-based learning methods for safety and health training. This workshop built on the program's work in this area, exploring the types of technologies that are being used inside and outside of classrooms and the generational differences that impact learning and training.

Agendas

• Awardee Meeting Agenda (5MB) 
• Workshop Agenda (919KB) 

Participant List

• Participant List (134KB) 

Workshop Report

• Workshop Report (4MB)

Presentations

Awardee Meeting: 

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Time	Topic
1:00 p.m.	Welcome Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., NIEHS
1:05 p.m.	Brief Grantee Introductions
1:35 p.m.	NIEHS Updates (8MB)  Chip Hughes, Sharon Beard, Kathy Ahlmark, Demia Wright and Jim Remington, NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) Pamela Clark and George Tucker, NIEHS Grants Management Branch (GMB)
2:30 p.m.	Clearinghouse Update (864KB)  Deborah Weinstock, National Clearinghouse/MDB, Inc.
2:45 p.m.	2017 Operational Matrix (1MB)  Chip Hughes and Deborah Weinstock
3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Business Official Meeting (5MB)  Pamela Clark and George Tucker, NIEHS GMB Program Official Meeting Chip Hughes, Kathy Ahlmark, Demia Wright and Jim Remington, NIEHS WTP ECWTP Meeting (2MB)  Sharon Beard, NIEHS WTP

Workshop: Rutgers/WTP Best Practices in Using Technology in HAZMAT Training

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Time	Topic
9:00 a.m.	Welcome Advanced Training Technologies (806KB) Mitchel Rosen, Rutgers University Carlos Padin, Universidad Metropolitana Joseph “Chip” Hughes, Jr., NIEHS Linda Birnbaum, NIEHS
9:15 a.m.	Introductions and Icebreaker Activity (343KB)
9:45 a.m.	Evolution of Technology Use in WTP: Our History and Looking Ahead History of Technology among WTP Awardees (1MB)  Chip Hughes, NIEHS Current Technology among WTP Awardees (721KB)  Kenda Freeman and Deborah Weinstock, National Clearinghouse/MDB, Inc.
10:30 a.m.	Use of E-learning Technologies and Resources in WTP Mobile Apps/Online MODERATOR: Carol Rice, Ph.D., Midwest Consortium Micro Video Games for Training (539KB)  Gary Gustafson, CPWR– The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), and Ken Smith, SimcoachGames Metphast Midwest Emerging Technologies Public Health and Safety Training Program (285KB)  Peter Raynor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota/Midwest Consortium Virtual Reality/Simulations MODERATOR: Jim Remington, NIEHS WTP Matt Kozak and Janet Womachka, The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association(TNEC-CSEA) Jennifer Lastra, 360immersive HazSim (333KB) Russell Rivard, Milwaukee Fire Department E-learning Resources and Technologies MODERATOR: Chip Hughes, NIEHS WTP A You Tube Video Library for Health and Safety Professionals and Trainers (773KB)  Mark Catlin, Service Employees International Union Pat Goble and Rob Wininger, International Chemical Workers Union Council (ICWUC) Gamification Integrating Tech into the Classroom (849KB)  Sean Phillips, OAI, Inc. DIDRT: Duke Infectious Disease Response Training (892KB)  Gregory Sempowski, Ph.D., Duke University
1:15 p.m.	Evaluating the Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Training Technologies MODERATOR: Donald Elisburg, National Clearinghouse/MDB, Inc. Evaluating the Effectiveness and Appropriateness of E-Learning Training Technologies (732KB) Salvatore Cali, OAI, Inc. LMS (1MB) Sean Phillips, OAI, Inc. Evaluating the Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Training Technologies (1MB) Matt Kozak and Janet Womachka, TNEC-CSEA
2:15 p.m.	Current and Emerging E-learning Tools and Technologies MODERATOR: Kenneth Oldfield, Alabama Fire College Innovation in Learning and Education Using VR (video) Jennifer Lastra, 360immersive Best Practices in Using Technology in HAZMAT Training (1MB) Henry Ryng, inXsol Game Based Learning (1MB) Gautham Venugopalan, Ph.D., Gryphon Scientific
3:45 p.m.	Interactive Learning Sessions Explore Training Technologies Using Technology to Train about the Emergency Response Guidebook Pat Goble and Rob Wininger, ICWUC Latest Technology Used in Work Zone Safety Training/Roadway Safety (3MB)  Emmett Russell, The American Road and Transportation Builders Association Micro Video Games for Training (539KB) Ken Smith, Simcoach Product Sharing SBIR grantees and other companies shared the products they have created that may be useful for health and safety training. Cesar Bandera, Ph.D., Cell Podium  Matt Hammer, Vivid Learning Systems  Jennifer Lastra, 360immersive  Shariar Motakef, Ph.D., CapeSym, Inc.  Henry Ryng, inXsol  Gautham Venugopalan,  Gryphon Scientific and Construction Worker Training

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Time	Topic
9:00 a.m.	The Evolution and Future of Health and Safety Training Jill James, Vivid Learning Systems
10:00 a.m.	Best Practices for Technology Use In or Out of the Classroom MODERATOR: Sharon Beard, NIEHS WTP Jill James, Vivid Learning Systems TRU-Net: Trainers & Researchers United Network (1MB) Chris Trahan Cain, CPWR: TRU-Net – The Trainers & Researchers United Network (TRU-Net)
11:15 a.m.	E-learning and Minimum Criteria (307KB) : Kick-off Planning for the Fall Workshop on Minimum Criteria FACILITATOR: Craig Slatin, Sc.D., TNEC