WEBVTT 00:07.139 --> 00:10.739 Good morning . Good morning . It 00:10.739 --> 00:14.539 is about 9 o'clock , and I think we 00:14.539 --> 00:17.540 are going to go ahead and kick off the 00:17.540 --> 00:20.780 6th annual Military Scholarship of 00:20.780 --> 00:23.180 Teaching and Learning Forum , um , on 00:23.180 --> 00:25.291 behalf of the Marine Corps University 00:25.291 --> 00:27.569 President , General Matthew Tracy , and 00:27.569 --> 00:29.458 our provost and founder of MSUL , 00:29.459 --> 00:32.799 Doctor Megan Hen . It is my pleasure to 00:32.799 --> 00:36.040 welcome you to this two-day event . Uh , 00:36.080 --> 00:38.247 my name's Lauren McKenzie . I lead the 00:38.247 --> 00:40.524 faculty development effort here at MCU , 00:40.524 --> 00:42.747 and I just wanted to take a few minutes 00:42.747 --> 00:45.119 to set the stage and lay the foundation , 00:45.200 --> 00:47.311 uh , so you'd have a sense of what to 00:47.311 --> 00:49.422 expect , um , over the next couple of 00:49.422 --> 00:52.380 days . For those of you who have been 00:52.380 --> 00:55.159 with us since the very first forum was 00:55.159 --> 00:58.389 hosted . By Doctor Hennessy in 2020 , 00:58.439 --> 01:01.680 a huge thank you for your loyalty and 01:01.680 --> 01:03.680 your commitment to this community . 01:06.019 --> 01:07.963 Those of you who have been with us 01:07.963 --> 01:10.019 since the beginning , many of you at 01:10.019 --> 01:12.750 least , also served as submission 01:12.750 --> 01:15.029 reviewers this year , uh , over the 01:15.029 --> 01:18.550 summer , uh , thank you . We received 01:18.550 --> 01:20.949 more submissions than we could accept 01:20.949 --> 01:23.150 this year , uh , which we consider to 01:23.150 --> 01:25.580 be a big Success , um , and speaks to 01:25.580 --> 01:28.290 the growth of this event . Um , and so , 01:28.339 --> 01:30.450 yeah , these , these reviewers helped 01:30.450 --> 01:33.699 select the 60 presentations that will 01:33.699 --> 01:36.180 be delivered over the next couple days . 01:36.540 --> 01:38.707 Um , and so you can see , I don't want 01:38.707 --> 01:40.873 to read them all , but you can see our 01:40.873 --> 01:43.207 reviewers' names here on the slide . Um . 01:43.207 --> 01:45.096 I'm especially looking forward to 01:45.096 --> 01:48.819 showcasing our 3 keynote sessions , uh , 01:48.839 --> 01:52.800 over today and tomorrow . Uh , so , if 01:52.800 --> 01:54.959 you had a look at our program , you 01:54.959 --> 01:56.959 know that our keynote speaker this 01:56.959 --> 02:00.239 morning here in just a few minutes is 02:00.239 --> 02:03.360 Doctor Mark Hamilton . Um , he will be 02:03.360 --> 02:06.607 speaking specifically to This year's 02:06.607 --> 02:10.246 theme , which is AI and 02:10.626 --> 02:12.570 international education partnering 02:12.570 --> 02:14.682 across divides . So , excited to hear 02:14.682 --> 02:17.087 from Doctor Hamilton here in a few 02:17.087 --> 02:20.037 minutes . Um , tomorrow morning , our 02:20.037 --> 02:22.367 keynote panel , uh , will be devoted to 02:22.367 --> 02:25.227 personalized learning in military 02:25.227 --> 02:27.449 education , uh , led by Doctor Guerra , 02:27.766 --> 02:30.373 and it will . Include , uh , PME 02:30.373 --> 02:32.854 leadership and scholarship perspectives 02:32.854 --> 02:35.187 from Doctor Williams , Doctor Cosentino , 02:35.363 --> 02:37.585 Commander Singh , and Doctor Reath . So 02:37.585 --> 02:39.752 we're looking forward to that tomorrow 02:39.752 --> 02:42.893 at 9 a.m. And we have some special 02:42.893 --> 02:45.934 closing remarks for you at the end of 02:45.934 --> 02:48.673 day tomorrow . Uh , we have a session 02:48.673 --> 02:51.294 titled The Power of Human Connection 02:51.494 --> 02:54.720 and AI infused 21st century education . 02:55.141 --> 02:57.141 This will be led by Doctor Levitt , 02:57.141 --> 02:59.660 Doctor Brown , and Doctor Woya . So 02:59.660 --> 03:02.171 thank you for your willingness to , um , 03:02.380 --> 03:04.547 share your work with us . Uh , this is 03:04.547 --> 03:06.981 at the heart of what MSOTO is all about , 03:07.091 --> 03:09.258 and this idea of growth and connection 03:09.258 --> 03:11.424 is what , um , I think inspired Doctor 03:11.424 --> 03:13.460 Hennessy to create the first MSOTO 03:13.460 --> 03:16.539 Forum in 2020 . All right , uh , just a 03:16.539 --> 03:19.490 couple words about , um , what we are 03:19.490 --> 03:22.380 and who we are . Of course we recognize 03:22.380 --> 03:24.269 you all have conferences that you 03:24.269 --> 03:26.547 likely attend throughout the year , uh , 03:26.547 --> 03:28.547 in your fields , right ? Or , or in 03:28.547 --> 03:31.500 your areas of content expertise . Um , 03:31.580 --> 03:34.059 we're a little different and so , um , 03:34.179 --> 03:37.339 first in the sense that we offer a 100% 03:37.339 --> 03:39.720 free registration , uh , which I know , 03:39.729 --> 03:41.945 uh , can be . Hard to find , uh , and 03:41.945 --> 03:44.145 secondly , we come together not really 03:44.145 --> 03:46.895 around content or a topic per se , uh , 03:46.975 --> 03:49.142 but around the process of teaching and 03:49.142 --> 03:52.225 learning in a military context . Our 03:52.225 --> 03:54.705 goal , like I said , is to offer a , a 03:54.705 --> 03:57.964 free annual forum where our community 03:57.964 --> 04:00.345 of military educators can network and 04:00.345 --> 04:02.664 collaborate and share , uh , the 04:02.664 --> 04:04.942 results of their teaching and research . 04:05.490 --> 04:07.601 So those of you who have been with us 04:07.601 --> 04:09.712 since 2020 , you may know , uh , thus 04:09.712 --> 04:12.929 far we've had 258 MOtal 04:12.929 --> 04:16.089 presentations and close to 2000 04:16.089 --> 04:18.910 registered attendees , um , from across 04:18.910 --> 04:21.243 the globe , so we're real proud of that . 04:21.243 --> 04:23.188 Uh , but as we know , like numbers 04:23.188 --> 04:26.089 alone do not tell the whole story . Um , 04:26.130 --> 04:29.000 I think an indication of the maturity 04:29.000 --> 04:31.170 of this annual event is that we've 04:31.170 --> 04:34.209 begun to move slowly away from , from 04:34.209 --> 04:37.410 focusing on outputs or relying solely 04:37.410 --> 04:39.359 on things like attendance or , or 04:39.359 --> 04:41.769 survey completion rates and move 04:41.769 --> 04:44.450 towards outcomes , right ? So changes 04:44.450 --> 04:47.929 in teaching and research practices . Um , 04:48.049 --> 04:50.529 we think this growing initiative , um , 04:51.135 --> 04:53.174 It incurs alongside a few different 04:53.174 --> 04:55.075 things , right ? So some of us in 04:55.075 --> 04:57.535 different PME institutions have , have 04:57.535 --> 05:00.174 started MSOO Writing awards to really 05:00.174 --> 05:01.855 help the field of MSOTO gain 05:01.855 --> 05:03.466 recognition around our , our 05:03.466 --> 05:06.475 universities . I'll also say , um , 05:06.855 --> 05:09.077 that the Naval War College has stood up 05:09.077 --> 05:11.695 a naval Education research and design 05:11.695 --> 05:13.806 lab , which is exciting . This is led 05:13.806 --> 05:16.059 by Doctor Curran , Doctor Rosen . Um , 05:16.100 --> 05:18.211 you can see the QR code here if you'd 05:18.211 --> 05:20.322 like to learn a little bit more , but 05:20.322 --> 05:22.739 this is a great , uh , initiative that 05:22.739 --> 05:25.380 again has grown alongside the MSOO 05:25.380 --> 05:27.324 Forum and that we're happy to , to 05:27.324 --> 05:30.019 promote . Uh , we also have a , a book 05:30.019 --> 05:32.186 that came out or an edited volume that 05:32.186 --> 05:34.297 came out earlier this year , and this 05:34.297 --> 05:37.859 is the proceedings from the 2023 MSOO 05:37.859 --> 05:41.024 Forum with chapters derived from . Many 05:41.024 --> 05:44.065 of the MSOO Forum presentations , um , 05:44.225 --> 05:46.281 so we're real thrilled to be able to 05:46.281 --> 05:48.447 offer this book . It's free . It talks 05:48.447 --> 05:50.558 about our history and the why and the 05:50.558 --> 05:52.625 rationale of the MSOO Forum also has 05:52.625 --> 05:55.144 some great deep dives across all the 05:55.144 --> 05:57.904 different categories , um , of MSOO . 05:57.945 --> 06:00.167 So we're , again , uh , we look forward 06:00.167 --> 06:02.389 to , to continuing the conversation and 06:02.454 --> 06:04.644 offering something like this again in 06:04.665 --> 06:08.459 the future . Uh , we also , um , are 06:08.459 --> 06:11.859 excited to be able to promote our , our 06:11.859 --> 06:13.970 journal , our Marine Corps University 06:13.970 --> 06:16.192 Press , uh , international perspectives 06:16.192 --> 06:18.248 on military education . We hope this 06:18.248 --> 06:20.970 forum will , uh , maybe spur you to , 06:21.089 --> 06:23.145 to want to join the conversation and 06:23.145 --> 06:26.459 submit your work , um . So yeah , so 06:26.459 --> 06:28.459 please , uh , please know that we'd 06:28.459 --> 06:31.130 love if you would consider submitting 06:31.130 --> 06:33.700 your work to the journal . Um , and 06:33.700 --> 06:35.922 then finally , we're moving towards the 06:35.922 --> 06:38.940 formation of an MSoal association in 06:38.940 --> 06:42.359 2026 . We had hoped to get that 06:42.410 --> 06:44.354 conversation started over the past 06:44.354 --> 06:46.132 month , but with the government 06:46.132 --> 06:48.243 shutdown , as many of you know , uh , 06:48.243 --> 06:48.170 we had to make a few changes , but , uh , 06:48.179 --> 06:50.346 we're really hoping for this in 2026 , 06:50.380 --> 06:54.079 so please stay tuned . Um , before I 06:54.079 --> 06:56.519 turn it over to Brigadier General Tracy 06:56.519 --> 06:59.239 to offer his welcome remarks , um , to 06:59.239 --> 07:02.609 all of you , just a few admin notes , 07:02.679 --> 07:05.079 um , in the chat . I know it's a little 07:05.079 --> 07:07.135 busy over there on the right side of 07:07.135 --> 07:09.135 your screen , but I've put 3 things 07:09.135 --> 07:11.135 that might be helpful over the next 07:11.135 --> 07:13.480 couple days . Um , we have an MSOO . 07:13.549 --> 07:14.716 Email address , it's 07:14.716 --> 07:17.589 msotalfum@gmail.com . You're welcome to 07:17.589 --> 07:19.811 ask questions or make comments and send 07:19.811 --> 07:22.033 it to that address . I will be checking 07:22.033 --> 07:24.200 it , um , you know , every few minutes 07:24.200 --> 07:26.200 throughout the next couple days . I 07:26.200 --> 07:28.350 also put our web-based program , so 07:28.350 --> 07:30.572 you'll be able to see all the awesome , 07:30.572 --> 07:32.683 um , submissions and presentations we 07:32.683 --> 07:35.209 have today and tomorrow . Um , which 07:35.209 --> 07:37.809 again , we , we cannot wait to , to 07:37.809 --> 07:40.609 share with you . Um , and then also I 07:40.609 --> 07:42.387 put links to the team's rooms . 07:42.387 --> 07:44.498 Obviously if you're here now , you're 07:44.498 --> 07:46.665 in the auditorium , but we also have 4 07:46.665 --> 07:48.831 breakout rooms . So if you have a look 07:48.831 --> 07:51.053 at our web-based program or the Program 07:51.053 --> 07:52.942 I emailed you , the PDF , you see 07:52.942 --> 07:55.510 across the top of the page , you'll see 07:55.510 --> 07:57.566 the different , uh , locations , the 07:57.566 --> 07:59.566 different breakout rooms , and that 07:59.566 --> 08:01.732 will , uh , tell you how to locate the 08:01.732 --> 08:03.954 presentation that you want to view over 08:03.954 --> 08:06.600 the next two days . Um , so after 08:06.600 --> 08:08.859 Doctor Hamilton's keynote presentation 08:08.859 --> 08:11.192 this morning , we'll take a short break , 08:11.192 --> 08:13.540 and at 10:15 , the program will begin 08:13.959 --> 08:17.070 with 5 concurrent sessions . 08:17.600 --> 08:20.040 So , I , uh , would be remiss if I did 08:20.040 --> 08:22.279 not thank our moderators . These are 08:22.279 --> 08:25.119 folks that are volunteering their time 08:25.119 --> 08:27.119 over the next 2 days . Days to help 08:27.119 --> 08:29.008 make sure these presentations run 08:29.008 --> 08:31.329 smoothly . So , each time slot 08:31.329 --> 08:33.662 throughout the day , today and tomorrow , 08:33.662 --> 08:35.829 is 1 hour . Uh , this is divided up by 08:35.829 --> 08:37.979 either 2 20-minute presentations , 08:38.020 --> 08:40.969 followed by 10 minutes of Q&A each , or 08:40.969 --> 08:44.270 1 45-minute presentation , followed by 08:44.270 --> 08:46.690 a Q&A , 15 minutes or so of Q . Q and A . 08:46.979 --> 08:48.979 Uh , there will be a moderator , of 08:48.979 --> 08:51.146 course , in each of the five different 08:51.146 --> 08:53.201 teams' rooms , um , to introduce the 08:53.201 --> 08:55.368 speakers , to keep time , and , and to 08:55.368 --> 08:58.700 manage the Q&A . Um , so that's , that 08:58.700 --> 09:00.756 should about take care of it for our 09:00.756 --> 09:04.419 admin notes . Um , I am now excited 09:04.419 --> 09:07.409 to , uh , turn it over to . Brigadier 09:07.409 --> 09:10.309 General Matthew Tracy , um , to offer 09:10.309 --> 09:12.390 his welcome remarks , which connect 09:12.390 --> 09:14.334 directly to this year's conference 09:14.334 --> 09:16.669 theme of AI partnerships and 09:16.669 --> 09:18.891 international education . General Tracy 09:18.891 --> 09:20.947 is our commanding general and Marine 09:20.947 --> 09:22.558 Corps University president . 09:29.210 --> 09:31.570 Hey , welcome , everybody . Welcome to 09:31.570 --> 09:34.739 Marine Corps University . Welcome to 09:34.739 --> 09:38.390 our 6th annual Military Scholarship 09:39.030 --> 09:41.489 and Teaching and Learning Forum , MSOTL 09:41.489 --> 09:45.070 6th anniversary , so a big deal , 09:45.229 --> 09:47.979 not quite 250th , like the Marine Corps 09:47.979 --> 09:51.530 birthday , but significant . Um , 09:51.869 --> 09:55.630 we really are excited and on behalf of 09:55.630 --> 09:57.549 all of Marine Corps University , 09:57.869 --> 10:01.710 welcome . This topic of AI 10:02.659 --> 10:05.859 and international education is , I 10:05.859 --> 10:09.260 believe , critical . It's top of mind 10:09.260 --> 10:12.140 to many of our civilian and military 10:12.140 --> 10:14.700 leaders . It's top of mind to our 10:14.700 --> 10:18.140 students and top of mind to our faculty . 10:18.299 --> 10:21.539 And so really to have a deep discussion 10:21.539 --> 10:25.309 on this is exciting . I would 10:25.309 --> 10:27.900 say that Marine Corps University is 10:28.109 --> 10:30.940 pioneering the way of uploading or 10:30.940 --> 10:33.900 integrating AI into the curriculum in 10:33.900 --> 10:37.119 several . Different , aggressive , 10:37.159 --> 10:40.760 thought provoking and perhaps inspiring 10:40.760 --> 10:44.669 ways . Then in war gaming , um , we 10:44.669 --> 10:48.309 are working on creating um war 10:48.309 --> 10:52.200 gaming AI sensei . A teacher and an 10:52.200 --> 10:55.320 evaluator , uh , this is a long term 10:55.320 --> 10:58.679 project we have going on . We feel very 10:58.679 --> 11:00.901 strongly about war gaming as a critical 11:00.901 --> 11:04.520 modality and how we can utilize 11:04.520 --> 11:08.020 these tools , uh , to create 11:08.020 --> 11:11.869 a . A teacher 11:11.869 --> 11:14.309 slash fighter who our students can 11:14.309 --> 11:15.920 sharpen their skills at with 11:15.920 --> 11:18.849 experiential learning to directly apply 11:19.150 --> 11:22.109 the lessons from the classroom into 11:22.109 --> 11:24.276 direct practical application that then 11:24.276 --> 11:28.190 can be graded . And then lastly , 11:28.880 --> 11:30.991 Uh , we have a major project underway 11:30.991 --> 11:33.119 with the Office of Naval Research and 11:33.119 --> 11:35.880 in , uh , concert with the the 11:35.880 --> 11:38.119 Department of Cognitive Psychology at 11:38.119 --> 11:40.239 the University of Wisconsin for our 11:40.239 --> 11:42.840 enlisted professional military 11:42.989 --> 11:45.400 education . It's called Arcane Research 11:45.400 --> 11:48.159 into the Competency Acquisition Through 11:48.159 --> 11:51.609 novel e-gaming . What this is is that 11:52.010 --> 11:54.770 again , immersing them in experiential 11:54.770 --> 11:56.729 learning in a first person shooter 11:56.729 --> 11:59.289 scenario , which is proctored , 11:59.330 --> 12:02.909 evaluated . And mentored with a 12:02.909 --> 12:06.030 faculty advisor , can we actually 12:06.030 --> 12:08.510 improve decision making , tactical 12:08.510 --> 12:10.909 decision making , operational strategic 12:10.909 --> 12:12.909 decision making , communication and 12:12.909 --> 12:15.590 teamwork through a wholly immersive 12:15.590 --> 12:18.190 experience . We're utilizing AI on the 12:18.190 --> 12:20.309 back end of that again to assist in 12:20.309 --> 12:23.000 grading and for , um , 12:23.429 --> 12:26.450 difficulty and scenario manipulation . 12:26.710 --> 12:28.950 That is a two-year project which kicks 12:28.950 --> 12:32.849 off in January . So really at every 12:32.849 --> 12:36.090 level of PME whether uh enlisted . 12:37.659 --> 12:40.859 Uh , majors at JPME 1 , lieutenant 12:40.859 --> 12:43.099 colonels at JPMA 2 , and then at the 12:43.099 --> 12:45.979 advanced warfighting , um , MCU 12:45.979 --> 12:48.280 continues to push the boundaries , but 12:48.830 --> 12:50.663 We need your input . We needed a 12:50.663 --> 12:53.229 further discussion and , and widen so 12:53.229 --> 12:56.630 that it can't be just little , uh , MCU 12:56.630 --> 12:59.150 with its , uh , handful of graduates , 12:59.229 --> 13:02.429 but really to get a much broader and 13:02.429 --> 13:05.349 deeper penetration and utilizing these 13:05.349 --> 13:07.609 tools in an effective fashion to 13:07.890 --> 13:10.469 accelerate education , uh , throughout 13:10.469 --> 13:14.159 the military profession . With 13:14.159 --> 13:16.159 that , um , I'd like to . 13:18.059 --> 13:20.820 Close by saying we have several 13:20.820 --> 13:22.987 international presenters that I'm also 13:22.987 --> 13:24.876 very excited about . We have um . 13:25.679 --> 13:28.599 faculty from Ukraine and Romania and 13:28.599 --> 13:30.766 this really gets at this international 13:30.766 --> 13:34.700 flavor of like-minded , uh , Western . 13:35.950 --> 13:39.250 PME institutions can accelerate 13:39.789 --> 13:43.039 uh the learning . And accelerate , we 13:43.039 --> 13:45.320 must , I'm afraid , as the world 13:45.320 --> 13:48.909 continues to seem to destabilize and 13:48.919 --> 13:51.640 grow in complexity with novel and 13:51.640 --> 13:54.559 disruptive technologies , I think it's 13:54.559 --> 13:57.080 critical that we push the timeline , 13:57.679 --> 13:59.989 challenge our faculty and 13:59.989 --> 14:01.545 administrations to really . 14:04.549 --> 14:07.369 Really get us to a new and better place . 14:08.070 --> 14:10.014 I just want to close by saying how 14:10.014 --> 14:12.150 excited I am that you're here . I'm 14:12.150 --> 14:14.229 excited , uh , at this exchange of 14:14.229 --> 14:16.340 ideas . I'm excited about the topic , 14:16.669 --> 14:19.669 so excited that you got a recording of 14:19.669 --> 14:23.090 the human form . Of president of Mar 14:23.099 --> 14:25.320 Marine Corps University . With that , 14:25.599 --> 14:27.859 I'll turn over , I'll yield my time . 14:28.280 --> 14:30.447 Thank you very much for being here . I 14:30.447 --> 14:32.558 can't wait to see the outputs , Super 14:32.558 --> 14:34.780 by Dallas . All right , everyone , uh , 14:34.780 --> 14:36.836 thanks for bearing with us with that 14:36.836 --> 14:38.836 audio file . We meant to be able to 14:38.836 --> 14:40.780 show you the video , um , and just 14:40.780 --> 14:42.947 couldn't pull it off this morning , so 14:42.947 --> 14:45.280 we're grateful to you for your patience . 14:45.280 --> 14:47.613 All right , with that , Doctor Hamilton , 14:47.613 --> 14:51.530 are you with us ? Yes , I 14:51.530 --> 14:54.890 am . Hello , Lauren . Wonderful . Well , 14:54.969 --> 14:57.960 let me just take 10 seconds to say how 14:57.960 --> 15:00.169 grateful we are to you for delivering 15:00.169 --> 15:02.280 this morning's keynote presentation . 15:02.489 --> 15:04.545 Um , for those of you who don't know 15:04.545 --> 15:06.656 him , Doctor Mark Hamilton is a force 15:06.656 --> 15:08.767 of nature . He is the dean of faculty 15:08.767 --> 15:11.130 at the Inter-American Defense College 15:11.130 --> 15:13.297 and the co-editor of the International 15:13.297 --> 15:15.570 Perspectives on Military Education . 15:16.020 --> 15:18.260 Doctor Hamilton has taught at multiple 15:18.260 --> 15:21.200 levels and advised an array of United 15:21.200 --> 15:23.659 Nations governmental and NGO personnel 15:23.820 --> 15:26.340 on themes including program evaluation , 15:26.460 --> 15:28.739 conflict management , youth engagement , 15:28.809 --> 15:30.979 cybersecurity , and security sector 15:30.979 --> 15:32.812 reform . Doctor Hamilton , we're 15:32.812 --> 15:34.923 grateful , uh , to you for being with 15:34.923 --> 15:37.090 us this morning . Over to you to share 15:37.090 --> 15:39.979 your slides . All right . 15:40.960 --> 15:42.849 Let's see if we can , we can work 15:42.849 --> 15:45.940 through the tech here . Um . It is 15:46.280 --> 15:49.359 absolutely a pleasure , uh , to be here 15:49.359 --> 15:52.919 with all of you , uh , today . To make 15:52.919 --> 15:56.640 sure that we can You can see things 15:56.640 --> 15:57.140 here . 16:03.770 --> 16:07.559 All right . Um , so , it 16:07.559 --> 16:10.070 is , it is great . Uh , it's wonderful , 16:10.150 --> 16:12.539 uh , and an amazing privilege , uh , to 16:12.539 --> 16:15.380 participate in this , this MSoal forum . 16:15.760 --> 16:18.820 Um , a huge thank you to Marine Corps 16:18.820 --> 16:20.987 University , uh , General Tracy , um , 16:21.479 --> 16:23.950 Uh , Meg Hennessy , and , and , and I 16:23.950 --> 16:25.728 would say in particular , Laura 16:25.728 --> 16:27.880 McKenzie for the amazing work , uh , 16:28.039 --> 16:30.190 and , and just really all the 16:30.190 --> 16:32.301 organization to bring this together , 16:32.301 --> 16:34.468 and , and a lot of the team behind the 16:34.468 --> 16:36.190 scenes as well , uh , that are 16:36.190 --> 16:38.301 reviewing articles , those of you who 16:38.301 --> 16:38.219 have done a lot of work to get ready . 16:38.960 --> 16:41.016 I'm really thankful and thankful for 16:41.016 --> 16:43.820 the leadership role MCU has played , um , 16:44.200 --> 16:46.256 in this conference , this forum , as 16:46.256 --> 16:48.200 well as on some of the themes that 16:48.200 --> 16:50.144 we're gonna be looking at , AI and 16:50.144 --> 16:53.159 international education . Um , and I'd 16:53.159 --> 16:55.159 also really like to thank , uh , my 16:55.159 --> 16:57.381 leadership , uh , at the Inter-American 16:57.381 --> 16:59.159 Defense College and a lot of my 16:59.159 --> 17:01.381 colleagues , um , Major General Richard 17:01.381 --> 17:03.659 Heitkamp , uh , from the United States , 17:03.659 --> 17:05.959 uh , who is our director , uh , at the 17:05.959 --> 17:07.737 college , uh , and is playing a 17:07.737 --> 17:10.369 commandant role now . Uh , we also have , 17:10.519 --> 17:12.741 uh , our vice director is from Brazil , 17:12.741 --> 17:16.338 uh , uh , Rear Admiral Paulo 17:16.338 --> 17:18.509 Osorio , uh , and then our chief of 17:18.509 --> 17:20.787 studies who I work really closely with , 17:20.968 --> 17:24.869 um , is General Rogelio Amador , uh , 17:25.068 --> 17:27.948 from the Mexican Air Force , um . 17:29.859 --> 17:32.260 They , from the college , originally 17:32.260 --> 17:34.540 the plan was to have all of you on site 17:34.540 --> 17:36.890 with us , uh , because of the shutdown , 17:36.900 --> 17:39.122 that got a little more complicated with 17:39.122 --> 17:41.289 the timing . Uh , we look forward to , 17:41.289 --> 17:43.511 um , participating more in the future . 17:43.511 --> 17:45.678 I think also a couple of my colleagues 17:45.678 --> 17:47.844 that will be playing moderating , uh , 17:47.844 --> 17:50.011 panels a little bit later today . Um , 17:50.479 --> 17:52.920 I also wanna give a big thank you to 17:52.920 --> 17:55.319 the MSoal Network , uh , for the work 17:55.319 --> 17:57.652 you do on improving educational quality , 17:57.890 --> 18:00.800 um , for military learners , uh , in 18:00.800 --> 18:03.420 this strange , strange world we live in . 18:03.760 --> 18:05.816 Um , the theme that we're looking at 18:05.816 --> 18:08.699 this year is AI and international 18:08.699 --> 18:11.540 education , um , and partnering , uh , 18:11.550 --> 18:14.239 across the bots . And , and within that , 18:14.319 --> 18:16.719 I , um , I actually have an image up 18:16.719 --> 18:19.000 here that I used AI to create with , 18:19.079 --> 18:21.479 with some different comments . Uh , and 18:21.479 --> 18:23.646 that's gonna be a piece that I'm gonna 18:23.646 --> 18:25.812 be engaging kind of as we move through 18:25.812 --> 18:28.239 this . Um , and I'm not just gonna talk 18:28.239 --> 18:30.599 about AI international education . I'm 18:30.599 --> 18:32.655 gonna try to talk a little bit about 18:32.655 --> 18:34.543 our profession , um , as military 18:34.543 --> 18:36.655 educators , and how these things kind 18:36.655 --> 18:38.719 of feed in , uh , within that . So , 18:38.839 --> 18:41.006 thank you so much for the , the chance 18:41.006 --> 18:43.228 to be here . I'll try to be brief in my 18:43.228 --> 18:45.450 comments because I'd love to have a lot 18:45.450 --> 18:47.617 of time for our dialogue and to engage 18:47.617 --> 18:47.119 a lot of your perspectives as well . 18:51.699 --> 18:54.660 So , to start out , and , and , you 18:54.660 --> 18:56.900 know , I think it's important to set 18:56.900 --> 18:59.959 the context . Where are we living today ? 19:01.560 --> 19:03.640 Yeah Yeah 19:05.890 --> 19:08.060 And I think we live in a volatile , 19:08.140 --> 19:11.619 uncertain , complex , and ambiguous 19:11.619 --> 19:15.329 world . Uh , kind of the , the VUCA 19:15.329 --> 19:17.273 that we hear about in a lot of our 19:17.273 --> 19:19.839 military , we're alliances in flux . We 19:19.839 --> 19:21.728 have disruptive technologies that 19:21.728 --> 19:23.783 General Tracy talked about . Um , we 19:23.783 --> 19:25.783 have missions , you know , that are 19:25.783 --> 19:27.728 being debated on social media that 19:27.728 --> 19:29.561 there's a whole new world that's 19:29.561 --> 19:32.209 opening up for a lot of our military 19:32.209 --> 19:34.800 learners , and they have more access 19:34.800 --> 19:38.520 than ever to data . But yet the issue 19:38.520 --> 19:40.719 of decision making is not so clear . 19:41.339 --> 19:43.660 And I think the idea of in this new 19:43.660 --> 19:46.699 VUCA world , um , or ever evolving , I 19:46.699 --> 19:48.921 should say , the question is , are they 19:48.921 --> 19:51.739 prepared ? Um , and within that , we 19:51.739 --> 19:53.906 have to think critically about what is 19:53.906 --> 19:56.599 our role as , as military educators . 19:59.010 --> 20:01.890 And I think here it's important to talk 20:01.890 --> 20:05.449 about . What we can do , what is our 20:05.449 --> 20:08.689 value-added proposition , um , as PME 20:08.689 --> 20:12.369 educators , as MSoal scholars . And I 20:12.369 --> 20:14.480 think a big part of what we try to do 20:14.480 --> 20:18.319 is to move from a path of chaos that 20:18.319 --> 20:20.810 we're seeing all around us , and to try 20:20.810 --> 20:24.369 to offer , um , kind of a new path 20:24.369 --> 20:26.630 forward for our students . In 20:26.630 --> 20:29.089 particular , the idea of a culture of 20:29.089 --> 20:32.290 learning , and to gain greater clarity 20:32.290 --> 20:34.457 and understanding . And I'm gonna talk 20:34.457 --> 20:37.310 today about 5 pillars or traits of PME 20:37.869 --> 20:40.030 and I'll link all of those kind of to 20:40.030 --> 20:42.300 our issues of , of , of AI and 20:42.300 --> 20:44.467 international education . Um , but I'm 20:44.467 --> 20:47.199 gonna talk about slowing down . About 20:47.199 --> 20:50.260 pushing limits , about crossing divides . 20:51.010 --> 20:53.969 Asking questions and sharing lessons . 20:54.770 --> 20:57.250 And I'm , within this , I'm gonna draw 20:57.250 --> 21:00.089 for each one of these lessons from my 21:00.089 --> 21:01.922 experience at the Inter-American 21:01.922 --> 21:03.867 Defense College , where I've spent 21:03.867 --> 21:06.089 quite a bit of time . Um , for those of 21:06.089 --> 21:08.256 you who don't know us , we're a unique 21:08.256 --> 21:10.422 multinational senior service college . 21:10.422 --> 21:12.810 Uh , we work with defense and security 21:12.810 --> 21:15.310 practitioners from across the Americas . 21:15.689 --> 21:17.911 Uh , we're multilingual , we operate in 21:17.911 --> 21:20.930 4 languages . Um , we have leadership 21:20.930 --> 21:24.770 and staff and faculty from all over the 21:24.770 --> 21:27.849 Americas . And within that , our goal 21:27.849 --> 21:30.930 is to help foment strategic advisors to 21:30.930 --> 21:32.763 go back and make a difference on 21:32.763 --> 21:34.874 hemispheric cooperation . What can we 21:34.874 --> 21:37.089 do together , um , and to build a 21:37.089 --> 21:39.209 network of future leaders , um , that 21:39.209 --> 21:41.449 can really make a difference . Um , and 21:41.449 --> 21:43.505 I think that a lot of those things , 21:43.505 --> 21:45.671 again , we're gonna hit in the context 21:45.671 --> 21:48.430 of AI and international education . So , 21:48.439 --> 21:50.606 I'm gonna go through each one of these 21:50.606 --> 21:52.717 pillars , and , and discuss what they 21:52.717 --> 21:52.300 might 22:08.119 --> 22:11.609 So One for our 22:11.609 --> 22:14.930 soldiers to take a knee . Um 22:15.689 --> 22:17.800 It's a bit of a respite from combat , 22:17.930 --> 22:20.041 um , and it's an opportunity to think 22:20.041 --> 22:22.097 about lessons learned from their own 22:22.097 --> 22:24.263 experience , as well as those they may 22:24.263 --> 22:26.208 read about in a textbook , uh , or 22:26.208 --> 22:28.097 things that they can look back at 22:28.097 --> 22:30.208 history . Uh , and within that , they 22:30.208 --> 22:32.430 have the privilege to just be a student 22:32.430 --> 22:34.597 for a little bit , uh , and to prepare 22:34.597 --> 22:36.763 for what's next . At the IDC , I , I , 22:36.763 --> 22:38.319 I think this part we're not 22:38.319 --> 22:40.699 particularly unique . Um , our students 22:40.699 --> 22:42.699 are arriving from fast-paced , high 22:42.699 --> 22:44.643 responsibility roles . Most of our 22:44.643 --> 22:47.660 students are kind of at that cusp of 22:47.660 --> 22:49.827 operational and strategic leadership , 22:49.827 --> 22:51.939 at , at kind of a colonel , uh , navy 22:51.939 --> 22:54.161 captain level when they come in . A lot 22:54.161 --> 22:56.272 of them at the time they're leaving , 22:56.272 --> 22:58.439 they're flag officer , uh , right away 22:58.439 --> 23:01.500 after . Um , and the IADC offers a new 23:01.500 --> 23:04.180 experience for them of engaging , 23:04.260 --> 23:07.119 slowing down in a new setting . Um , 23:07.329 --> 23:09.440 and for some of our students who have 23:09.440 --> 23:11.385 been involved in the fight against 23:11.385 --> 23:13.440 transnational organized crime , um , 23:13.440 --> 23:15.607 who have been involved in a lot of the 23:15.607 --> 23:17.773 things that we're reading about in the 23:17.773 --> 23:19.829 newspaper these days for many , many 23:19.829 --> 23:21.996 years . Their time at IDC is even just 23:21.996 --> 23:23.996 the first time they get to spend an 23:23.996 --> 23:23.979 extended period with their families . 23:24.280 --> 23:27.479 Um , and they get the chance to think 23:27.479 --> 23:29.590 about what it means to be a student , 23:29.590 --> 23:31.812 to think big thoughts , to consider new 23:31.812 --> 23:34.035 ideas , and to really get a reset . And 23:34.035 --> 23:36.312 I think we do that not just at the IDC , 23:36.312 --> 23:38.257 I think we do that at Marine Corps 23:38.257 --> 23:40.312 University , Naval War College , and 23:40.312 --> 23:42.368 all of the institutions that you all 23:42.368 --> 23:44.479 represent . And it's important for us 23:44.479 --> 23:46.812 to take and think about what that means , 23:46.812 --> 23:48.812 and that our job in many ways is to 23:48.812 --> 23:50.979 help our students slow down , uh , for 23:50.979 --> 23:52.790 a moment and just think . 23:55.709 --> 23:59.310 A second piece is We push limits . 23:59.569 --> 24:01.599 PME is , is not just candies and 24:01.599 --> 24:05.479 rainbows . Um , it also helps 24:05.479 --> 24:07.646 push our students out of their comfort 24:07.646 --> 24:10.599 zone . Uh , we all know whether we're 24:10.599 --> 24:12.710 talking about in physical activity or 24:12.710 --> 24:14.920 cognitive activity , we all need to 24:14.920 --> 24:18.400 work out . Um , and in that , we need 24:18.400 --> 24:20.640 to work on cognitive dissonance , 24:20.719 --> 24:23.719 listening to new perspective . 24:24.780 --> 24:26.947 Practive , critical thinking exercises 24:27.170 --> 24:29.503 to push us out of our comfort zone . OK , 24:29.829 --> 24:31.996 we need to take a break , OK ? We need 24:31.996 --> 24:34.107 to pull back . We need to slow down . 24:34.107 --> 24:36.273 But while we're slowing down , we also 24:36.273 --> 24:38.329 need to challenge our comfort . Uh , 24:38.329 --> 24:40.496 and I think this , when I look at this 24:40.496 --> 24:42.718 in the context of the IEDC experience , 24:42.718 --> 24:44.940 uh , our students live this every day . 24:44.940 --> 24:47.162 The majority of our students are coming 24:47.162 --> 24:49.329 from outside the United States , and a 24:49.329 --> 24:51.630 lot of our students . Do not speak 24:51.630 --> 24:54.130 English , um , at a high level , where 24:54.130 --> 24:56.019 they can write papers in whatever 24:56.019 --> 24:58.352 language over time , they learn English , 24:58.352 --> 25:00.241 um , a lot of them , they're with 25:00.241 --> 24:59.859 families and some of the people don't . 25:00.150 --> 25:02.372 So , every day , just in order to go to 25:02.372 --> 25:04.650 the grocery store , to go on the metro , 25:04.650 --> 25:06.372 uh , to go to a parent-teacher 25:06.372 --> 25:08.594 conference with the kids that they have 25:08.594 --> 25:10.317 with them , they are operating 25:10.750 --> 25:13.670 literally in a foreign land , and often 25:13.670 --> 25:16.439 are treated that way . Um , so this is 25:16.439 --> 25:18.439 outside their comfort zone , and it 25:18.439 --> 25:20.050 creates a really interesting 25:20.050 --> 25:21.939 environment , and I think this is 25:21.939 --> 25:23.828 probably the case in some of your 25:23.828 --> 25:27.060 institutions . It creates 25:27.060 --> 25:30.839 an interesting environment for um 25:31.270 --> 25:33.719 for the two new ideas , they're pushed 25:34.060 --> 25:36.282 out of being in the status that they're 25:36.282 --> 25:38.393 used to . Um , and in the classroom , 25:38.393 --> 25:40.171 we have new ideas , we have new 25:40.171 --> 25:42.227 technologies that they're engaging , 25:42.227 --> 25:44.004 and we really try to push their 25:44.004 --> 25:46.171 intellectual and cultural boundaries , 25:46.171 --> 25:48.282 uh , in the classroom as well as what 25:48.282 --> 25:50.504 they have in their everyday life . So , 25:50.504 --> 25:52.727 these first two pillars , I haven't hit 25:52.727 --> 25:54.893 it as much in the context of , of kind 25:54.893 --> 25:57.140 of the international education and AI . 25:57.459 --> 25:59.570 Um , I've hit it to some extent , but 25:59.570 --> 26:01.737 we're gonna get into that a little bit 26:01.737 --> 26:03.403 more now . But of course , AI 26:03.403 --> 26:05.348 international education always are 26:05.348 --> 26:08.050 pushing our limits . Our third pillar , 26:08.229 --> 26:10.550 um , on this bridging that we do within 26:10.550 --> 26:13.310 PME , um , is really about crossing 26:13.310 --> 26:17.270 divides . Um , and this 26:17.270 --> 26:21.130 piece is Recognizing that when we 26:21.130 --> 26:23.709 cross cultures , We are pushing 26:23.709 --> 26:26.989 ourselves , but it also has a huge 26:26.989 --> 26:30.869 payoff . It expands our worldview as we 26:30.869 --> 26:34.609 incorporate the others . And this is 26:34.609 --> 26:36.887 not just about international education , 26:36.887 --> 26:38.831 and , and this is something that's 26:38.831 --> 26:38.729 gonna come up in some of the speeches 26:38.729 --> 26:40.896 and the talks that we have going on in 26:40.896 --> 26:43.118 our panels , you know , we are crossing 26:43.118 --> 26:45.118 civil-military relations , academic 26:45.118 --> 26:44.650 discipline , service cultures , 26:44.810 --> 26:47.032 political ideologies . Um , we're gonna 26:47.032 --> 26:49.032 see things differently at different 26:49.032 --> 26:51.143 ranks of , of what we're looking at . 26:51.143 --> 26:53.310 We're gonna see different things based 26:53.310 --> 26:55.477 on , um , gender and based on our just 26:55.477 --> 26:59.290 our backgrounds . So , We need 26:59.630 --> 27:02.189 each other's perspective picture . Uh , 27:02.239 --> 27:05.949 I'm reminded of the , the fable 27:05.949 --> 27:08.310 of the blind man and the elephant . Uh , 27:08.430 --> 27:10.597 we , there's a wise man that tells the 27:10.597 --> 27:12.652 blind men , uh , around them to tell 27:12.652 --> 27:14.597 what they perceive , and , and one 27:14.597 --> 27:16.763 person says it's a snake , and another 27:16.910 --> 27:18.854 touches and says it's a wall , and 27:18.854 --> 27:21.077 another , uh , says , no , it's a fan , 27:21.077 --> 27:23.188 and another said , no , it's a rope . 27:23.188 --> 27:25.410 But in practice , what they have before 27:25.410 --> 27:28.689 them . is an elephant . And if any one 27:28.689 --> 27:30.856 of them tries to act within that , and 27:30.856 --> 27:32.856 I think this comes into our idea of 27:32.856 --> 27:34.967 kind of security doctrines and things 27:34.967 --> 27:37.119 like that . If we don't have the big 27:37.119 --> 27:39.680 picture , it's really difficult to even 27:39.680 --> 27:41.920 know what we have in front of us . Uh , 27:42.000 --> 27:44.111 I teach a class , I've taught a class 27:44.111 --> 27:46.167 for many years at the Inter-American 27:46.167 --> 27:45.880 Defense College on multi-dimensional 27:45.880 --> 27:47.991 security . It's , it's the concept of 27:47.991 --> 27:50.102 the Organization of American States , 27:50.102 --> 27:51.880 which we , we belong within the 27:51.880 --> 27:53.880 Inter-American system . Um , and so 27:53.880 --> 27:55.936 we're engaged within that . And that 27:55.936 --> 27:58.102 multi-dimensional security perspective 27:58.102 --> 28:00.158 basically says we need to learn from 28:00.158 --> 27:59.439 other disciplines . We need to think 27:59.439 --> 28:01.328 about human security and national 28:01.328 --> 28:03.630 security . And as we do that , we're 28:03.630 --> 28:05.352 able to think about how we can 28:05.352 --> 28:07.130 collaborate and listen to other 28:07.130 --> 28:10.150 dialogues . Um , at the IADC in 28:10.150 --> 28:12.039 particular , um , I , I mentioned 28:12.039 --> 28:14.261 before , we operate in 4 languages . We 28:14.261 --> 28:16.150 have 67 students and 19 countries 28:16.150 --> 28:18.317 represented in our student body . Um , 28:18.317 --> 28:20.539 we're multinational , multilingual . We 28:20.539 --> 28:22.817 have seminar groups that are operating . 28:22.817 --> 28:24.983 Um , you know , on a daily basis , and 28:24.983 --> 28:27.469 we blend military , civilian , and mil 28:27.469 --> 28:29.739 and , uh , military , civilian , and 28:29.739 --> 28:33.420 police officers , uh , within that . 28:33.500 --> 28:35.722 And over time our students , they learn 28:35.722 --> 28:37.540 to listen , to respect , and to 28:37.540 --> 28:38.818 collaborate together . 28:41.969 --> 28:44.930 In terms of the issue of AI , uh , I 28:44.930 --> 28:47.041 think it's really important for us to 28:47.041 --> 28:49.097 hear that . We have a lot of divides 28:49.097 --> 28:51.560 here as well . Uh , and , and I think 28:51.560 --> 28:54.560 in this MOal forum and in a lot of our 28:54.560 --> 28:55.949 classrooms and on our 28:59.979 --> 29:02.920 Campuses , there's a lot of debate . Um , 29:03.079 --> 29:05.301 we are really , uh , based on our level 29:05.301 --> 29:07.468 of experience within AI and disruptive 29:07.468 --> 29:09.635 technologies . Um , I talk about it as 29:09.635 --> 29:11.801 the skeptics and the fanboys , uh , or 29:11.801 --> 29:14.579 fangirls . What I would what I would 29:14.579 --> 29:17.939 say is , it is important to promote 29:17.939 --> 29:20.500 dialogue because we , on the one hand , 29:20.619 --> 29:22.786 need to think about what are these new 29:22.786 --> 29:24.786 opportunities we have , but we also 29:24.786 --> 29:27.260 need to engage the real risks , uh , to 29:27.260 --> 29:29.579 learning . And we need each other's 29:29.579 --> 29:31.690 perspectives on this . We need to see 29:31.690 --> 29:34.089 the whole elephant as it relates to AI . 29:34.739 --> 29:37.380 Um , at the IDC , you know , a lot , as 29:37.380 --> 29:39.602 a lot of your institutions , we've been 29:39.602 --> 29:41.824 evolving . Over the last 2 to 3 years , 29:41.824 --> 29:44.530 we've really shifted from Um , A 29:44.530 --> 29:46.329 framework of kind of policing 29:46.329 --> 29:48.650 originality and really helping our 29:48.650 --> 29:50.483 students understand citation and 29:50.483 --> 29:52.483 references , which we continue , of 29:52.483 --> 29:54.317 course . But as we engaged AI we 29:54.317 --> 29:56.428 started out with a very skeptical and 29:56.428 --> 29:59.079 just don't use it . Avoid it . And what 29:59.079 --> 30:00.968 we've found is , it's going to be 30:00.968 --> 30:03.190 integrated , it's going to be engaged , 30:03.190 --> 30:05.246 and our students are going back into 30:05.246 --> 30:07.468 leadership positions . In just a little 30:07.468 --> 30:09.523 while , they'll be leading their own 30:09.523 --> 30:11.523 more colleges . And so , we need to 30:11.523 --> 30:13.690 help empower and engage um in a way to 30:13.690 --> 30:17.119 see AI as a tool uh for learning and to 30:17.119 --> 30:19.599 go deeper on things , and not just as a 30:19.599 --> 30:22.229 barrier and a crutch . Uh , and so , 30:22.239 --> 30:24.599 this is something that our learning 30:24.599 --> 30:26.710 resources coordinator , who is one of 30:26.710 --> 30:30.609 the moderators today , He's really 30:30.609 --> 30:32.969 pushed the envelope and really helped 30:32.969 --> 30:35.025 me to see this in a lot of different 30:35.025 --> 30:37.025 ways , and different members of our 30:37.025 --> 30:39.025 faculty have come down in different 30:39.025 --> 30:41.247 ways on this . Um , we try to work with 30:41.247 --> 30:43.550 a collaborative process . Um , AI 30:43.550 --> 30:45.439 policies and guidelines have been 30:45.439 --> 30:47.661 developed in collaboration . Uh , we're 30:47.661 --> 30:49.661 small enough as a campus that , you 30:49.661 --> 30:51.883 know , we can kind of sit in a room and 30:51.883 --> 30:53.994 debate and discuss these things . And 30:53.994 --> 30:56.106 we want to make sure all these voices 30:56.106 --> 30:58.328 are heard . Um , And again , we need to 30:58.328 --> 31:01.810 look at ways to coach our students and 31:01.810 --> 31:04.290 our faculty on how to use AI 31:04.290 --> 31:07.250 responsibly . We want them to document 31:07.250 --> 31:09.530 the way they use it and try to think 31:09.530 --> 31:11.839 about ways to engage inherent risks . 31:12.050 --> 31:15.920 Yes . Yeah . 31:22.219 --> 31:25.540 The fourth pillar , um , is about 31:25.540 --> 31:28.760 asking questions . And I think this , 31:29.260 --> 31:32.459 it may seem obvious . But it's not so 31:32.459 --> 31:34.819 it's not so easy . Our students , our 31:34.819 --> 31:37.510 soldiers and sailors who want answers . 31:38.569 --> 31:40.791 They go out to try to complete a task , 31:40.791 --> 31:42.847 often as a matter of life or death . 31:42.847 --> 31:46.420 And so within that , We , our job is 31:46.420 --> 31:48.630 not easy , but we need to help them 31:48.630 --> 31:51.109 think about questions . In this 31:51.109 --> 31:53.331 environment , the question is sometimes 31:53.331 --> 31:55.331 more important than the answer that 31:55.331 --> 31:58.359 they get . Um , and , and this is a 31:58.359 --> 31:59.349 piece that 32:02.459 --> 32:06.459 It's really important as we think about 32:06.459 --> 32:08.859 international education , the IEDC we 32:08.859 --> 32:11.026 engage on this in terms of cultivating 32:11.026 --> 32:12.748 a spirit of inquiry across our 32:12.748 --> 32:14.970 curriculum . Uh , and Soto does a great 32:14.970 --> 32:17.137 job of this , asking tough questions . 32:17.137 --> 32:19.026 What does this look ? What are we 32:19.026 --> 32:18.449 actually learning ? What are the 32:18.449 --> 32:22.180 outcomes we have ? Um , at IEDC , AI 32:22.180 --> 32:24.500 has pushed the envelope for us as 32:24.500 --> 32:27.689 faculty members . We need to think 32:27.689 --> 32:31.430 about . Our long tenured assignments 32:31.430 --> 32:33.829 that we , that we love , can we still 32:33.829 --> 32:36.310 assign those and meet the outcomes that 32:36.310 --> 32:39.339 we want ? How do we need to 32:39.339 --> 32:41.949 reframe the tasks that we give our 32:41.949 --> 32:44.430 students to do , to get them to ask the 32:44.430 --> 32:46.541 questions that are necessary for them 32:46.541 --> 32:48.790 to get the results , um , and the 32:48.790 --> 32:51.099 knowledge that they need . And for our 32:51.099 --> 32:53.719 students As well . How do they ask 32:53.719 --> 32:56.050 better questions ? How do they target 32:56.050 --> 32:58.290 their AI use ? How do they engage 32:58.290 --> 32:59.734 questions of bias and the 32:59.734 --> 33:01.957 hallucinations in the software ? How do 33:01.957 --> 33:03.790 they develop strategies for more 33:03.790 --> 33:05.623 effective queries ? As our world 33:05.623 --> 33:07.449 continues to change , and as we 33:07.449 --> 33:10.849 increasingly , um , our , there's our 33:10.849 --> 33:13.250 entire economies are up in the air with 33:13.250 --> 33:15.306 a lot of the disruptive technologies 33:15.306 --> 33:17.472 out there . Those that will be able to 33:17.472 --> 33:19.417 lead , need to know how to ask the 33:19.417 --> 33:22.189 right questions . All right , of each 33:22.189 --> 33:25.410 other . Of the context and the VUCA 33:25.410 --> 33:27.670 setting we're in . And even just of the 33:27.670 --> 33:29.503 AI that we have in front of us . 33:32.290 --> 33:34.959 The fifth pillar , critical trait that 33:34.959 --> 33:38.609 we have in PME , uh , is to share 33:38.609 --> 33:41.489 lessons , all right ? After we've gone 33:41.489 --> 33:43.656 through and , and we've taken a knee , 33:43.750 --> 33:46.849 after we've gone through , uh , and 33:46.849 --> 33:48.930 pushed the limits out of our comfort 33:48.930 --> 33:51.949 zone , uh , after we've crossed divides , 33:53.969 --> 33:56.930 And engaged in dialogue with different 33:56.930 --> 33:59.041 actors . We have a lot of questions . 33:59.469 --> 34:01.839 We need to share what we find out . Uh , 34:01.920 --> 34:03.920 we need to systematize , synthesize 34:03.920 --> 34:05.809 information across institutions . 34:05.809 --> 34:07.864 That's what you all do . That's what 34:07.864 --> 34:10.087 this MSO , this Misodal forum is really 34:10.087 --> 34:12.309 about . Um , having mechanisms to share 34:12.309 --> 34:14.420 our lessons learned , our questions , 34:14.420 --> 34:17.320 our doubts . Um , at the IDC this is 34:17.320 --> 34:21.159 what we're about as well . Um . We 34:21.169 --> 34:23.391 have this in our identity . Each one of 34:23.391 --> 34:25.280 our student classes , the student 34:25.280 --> 34:27.113 cohorts that come in , are named 34:27.113 --> 34:29.280 Lamehor , the best , uh , and that's , 34:29.280 --> 34:31.391 it , it's kind of a funny thing . And 34:31.391 --> 34:33.391 each class that comes through gives 34:33.391 --> 34:36.110 their class title and Lamejoor . But in 34:36.110 --> 34:38.221 practice , what this means is that we 34:38.221 --> 34:40.388 have a chance to learn from each other 34:40.388 --> 34:42.332 as well , and share what we have . 34:43.110 --> 34:45.221 About a quarter of our graduates stay 34:45.221 --> 34:47.350 on as seminar leaders and assistant 34:47.350 --> 34:50.169 faculty . Uh , and these , these , 34:50.550 --> 34:53.189 these actors play a critical role in 34:53.189 --> 34:55.411 bridging between faculty and students . 34:55.411 --> 34:57.522 They keep us as faculty on our toes . 34:57.522 --> 34:59.411 They also help students learn the 34:59.411 --> 35:01.522 things that they need to move forward 35:01.522 --> 35:03.745 and give them mentoring tips . And then 35:03.745 --> 35:05.856 they go home to their own countries , 35:05.856 --> 35:08.078 and those that are in the US go back to 35:08.078 --> 35:10.245 their normal commands , and they share 35:10.245 --> 35:12.522 there . Uh , and a lot of our students , 35:12.522 --> 35:14.578 about , I mean , we're , we're up at 35:14.578 --> 35:16.689 about 30% , move on to flag or senior 35:16.689 --> 35:18.856 leadership roles , and they're able to 35:18.856 --> 35:21.189 share those experiences as they go home . 35:21.189 --> 35:23.356 Uh , and I think that's something that 35:23.356 --> 35:25.356 we can see here , um , from other , 35:25.540 --> 35:27.484 from what I've seen from the other 35:27.484 --> 35:29.540 presentations that are coming , um , 35:29.540 --> 35:31.318 this idea of sharing lessons is 35:31.318 --> 35:34.669 critical . So , 35:35.860 --> 35:39.649 Here , MOTO PME we are building 35:39.649 --> 35:43.250 bridges . We are helping our students 35:43.260 --> 35:46.530 to slow down , to push their limits , 35:46.899 --> 35:49.780 to cross divides , to ask tough 35:49.780 --> 35:52.959 questions . And precise questions . 35:54.050 --> 35:56.330 And to share the lessons that we have . 35:57.449 --> 35:59.879 And within this , we want to move from 35:59.879 --> 36:02.610 uncertainty to really a culture of 36:02.610 --> 36:04.689 learning . Uh , 36:11.310 --> 36:14.080 And this comes to you . What can you do 36:14.080 --> 36:16.280 to share the lessons we have ? We need 36:16.280 --> 36:18.447 this collective knowledge . So publish 36:18.447 --> 36:20.447 your work , all right ? We have the 36:20.447 --> 36:22.613 International perspectives on military 36:22.613 --> 36:24.669 education . That's uh , uh , a Naked 36:24.669 --> 36:26.669 Plug is one of the co-editors . But 36:26.669 --> 36:26.590 there's other MSoto relevant 36:26.590 --> 36:28.760 publications , um , and a lot of you 36:28.760 --> 36:31.038 are editing those and working on those . 36:31.038 --> 36:33.149 Build some connections . I know we're 36:33.149 --> 36:35.371 just virtual here , but try to , try to 36:35.371 --> 36:37.427 get to know someone . If you're in a 36:37.427 --> 36:39.371 talk , find out something and seek 36:39.371 --> 36:41.316 collaboration to partner , work on 36:41.316 --> 36:43.149 curriculum , cross-institutional 36:43.149 --> 36:43.090 projects . This is something that we're 36:43.090 --> 36:44.979 trying to do . I was on the phone 36:44.979 --> 36:47.201 yesterday with a civilian university in 36:47.201 --> 36:49.368 Peru . Uh , and this is something that 36:49.368 --> 36:51.479 we're trying to do with the IEDC with 36:51.479 --> 36:53.590 institutions like yours . Um , how do 36:53.590 --> 36:55.646 we work together ? How do we learn ? 36:55.646 --> 36:57.590 How do we kind of move to the next 36:57.590 --> 36:59.923 level with AI , international education , 36:59.949 --> 37:01.949 and within PME , within some of the 37:01.949 --> 37:04.005 traits and pillars that we've talked 37:04.005 --> 37:06.080 about . Finally , thank you for the 37:06.080 --> 37:08.024 privilege of being here with you , 37:08.024 --> 37:10.300 sharing these ideas , the great work , 37:10.439 --> 37:12.750 uh , that was started by Meg , uh , 37:12.939 --> 37:15.161 Megan Hennessy , and , and continued on 37:15.161 --> 37:17.217 by Lauren , and , and so many of you 37:17.217 --> 37:19.328 behind the scenes . You contribute to 37:19.328 --> 37:21.439 this culture of learning , um , and I 37:21.439 --> 37:23.772 really appreciate the chance to be here . 37:23.772 --> 37:26.050 Uh , at this point , I wanna pull back . 37:26.050 --> 37:27.828 I wanna take some time for your 37:27.828 --> 37:30.161 questions , comments , reflections . Um , 37:30.161 --> 37:32.161 as far as this , this is one of the 37:32.161 --> 37:34.679 first times that I tried to use all AI , 37:35.260 --> 37:37.909 uh , within my conference presentation , 37:37.919 --> 37:39.975 and , and , you know , moving in and 37:39.975 --> 37:42.141 out and trying some different things , 37:42.141 --> 37:43.975 playing with different prompts , 37:43.975 --> 37:46.197 because I need to push my limits . Um , 37:46.197 --> 37:48.197 and so you'll see a few things . My 37:48.197 --> 37:50.850 graphics are , are from , um , are from 37:50.850 --> 37:52.906 Comet , and then a lot of this I was 37:52.906 --> 37:55.128 working with , uh , based on my notes , 37:55.129 --> 37:57.879 uh , and prepping for this with , with , 37:57.889 --> 38:01.770 uh , Google Notebook LM . We need to 38:01.770 --> 38:03.881 be learners as well as our students . 38:03.881 --> 38:05.881 Uh , and so , I wanna open up now . 38:05.969 --> 38:08.250 Thanks so much for the chance . Uh , I 38:08.250 --> 38:10.729 have my contact information here . Um , 38:10.929 --> 38:12.985 happy to collaborate , happy to work 38:12.985 --> 38:15.207 together and happy to learn from all of 38:15.207 --> 38:17.262 you as well . It's a privilege . I'm 38:17.262 --> 38:16.290 looking forward to be in a lot of the 38:16.290 --> 38:18.401 sessions . Thanks to everyone for the 38:18.401 --> 38:18.290 time . 38:25.350 --> 38:27.239 Hey , Doctor Hamilton , we have a 38:27.239 --> 38:29.183 couple of questions and folks with 38:29.183 --> 38:31.406 their hands up . Um , Abraham Trotsky , 38:31.406 --> 38:34.330 over to you . Hey , thanks and thanks , 38:34.360 --> 38:36.270 Doctor Hamilton . Um , at an 38:36.270 --> 38:37.881 institution like yours , I'm 38:37.881 --> 38:39.992 particularly interested in how you've 38:39.992 --> 38:41.881 accommodated the capabilities and 38:41.881 --> 38:44.048 generative AI for , uh , translation , 38:44.048 --> 38:46.048 um , evolving just like the rest of 38:46.048 --> 38:48.659 them as is presumably our policies . Uh , 38:48.679 --> 38:51.560 we were at the US Army War College , a 38:51.560 --> 38:54.729 little between treating this as , um , 38:56.260 --> 38:58.593 More like cases that we're skeptical of , 38:58.593 --> 39:00.704 putting in bulk text , hopefully your 39:00.704 --> 39:03.149 text , and then deciding how to 39:03.149 --> 39:05.371 footnote what comes out . I think other 39:05.371 --> 39:07.538 places are even more restrictive . How 39:07.538 --> 39:10.449 do you handle it ? Thanks . Great , 39:10.709 --> 39:13.030 great question . Um , a few different 39:13.030 --> 39:16.629 things . Um , Uh , generative AI offers 39:16.629 --> 39:19.229 some amazing tools for us . We , a huge 39:19.229 --> 39:22.469 amount of our investment at IDC is in 39:22.469 --> 39:25.110 having professional interpreters . Um , 39:25.570 --> 39:27.739 conference interpreters and , and 39:27.739 --> 39:30.030 translators , we give all of our texts 39:30.030 --> 39:31.974 in every language , and we've been 39:31.974 --> 39:33.697 doing that for years . We have 39:33.697 --> 39:35.474 simultaneous translation in the 39:35.474 --> 39:37.697 auditorium , uh , for our students , so 39:37.697 --> 39:39.919 they can get that experience . They can 39:39.919 --> 39:39.510 write their paper in any language they 39:39.510 --> 39:41.621 want , and if we are having trouble , 39:41.621 --> 39:43.788 we can engage and , and , and get some 39:43.788 --> 39:45.899 support plus on faculty , those of us 39:45.899 --> 39:47.954 who have been there a while , we can 39:47.954 --> 39:50.177 operate in , in the four languages . We 39:50.177 --> 39:48.830 work with English , Spanish , 39:48.939 --> 39:51.161 Portuguese , French , uh , to different 39:51.161 --> 39:54.689 extents . Um , So , you know , 39:54.850 --> 39:56.961 having some of these technologies out 39:56.961 --> 39:59.128 there like Deple , um , which actually 39:59.128 --> 40:01.209 can translate a text really quickly 40:01.209 --> 40:03.679 that at a , at a semi-high level , uh , 40:03.689 --> 40:06.810 has been really helpful . Um , so , for 40:06.810 --> 40:08.977 us , that's a , that's a useful tool . 40:09.729 --> 40:11.699 Um , that we're able to use in 40:11.699 --> 40:13.780 conjunction with our interpreters to 40:13.780 --> 40:16.002 try to make sure that the quality level 40:16.002 --> 40:18.113 is high . And we have surveys for our 40:18.113 --> 40:20.002 students about the quality of the 40:20.002 --> 40:22.169 reading text . And so we kind of blend 40:22.169 --> 40:21.959 our syllabi , we usually do with people , 40:22.159 --> 40:24.060 um , some of our texts , um , 40:24.260 --> 40:26.482 especially if it's a quick turnaround , 40:26.482 --> 40:28.704 uh , with our faculty , we end up using 40:28.704 --> 40:30.760 the deepple , and then we try to see 40:30.760 --> 40:32.982 what , if this is working or not . So , 40:32.982 --> 40:32.419 we've tried a lot of different things 40:32.419 --> 40:36.379 with that . Um , We , we've 40:36.379 --> 40:38.712 tried different pieces of generative AI , 40:39.100 --> 40:41.044 uh , with our students , and we're 40:41.044 --> 40:43.156 training and working with them . Uh , 40:43.156 --> 40:45.211 we have kind of brown bag lunches of 40:45.211 --> 40:47.433 how to use this , how to try this , how 40:47.433 --> 40:49.489 to , how to use , um , Notebook LM , 40:49.540 --> 40:52.020 things like that , um , as well as we 40:52.020 --> 40:54.242 have , you know , memberships and , and 40:54.242 --> 40:56.464 we're , we're sampling and trying to do 40:56.464 --> 40:58.576 new things all the time . We want our 40:58.576 --> 41:00.464 students to document the types of 41:00.464 --> 41:02.464 queries that they have , to say how 41:02.464 --> 41:04.687 they're using it . Say this is a shared 41:04.687 --> 41:06.520 adventure , uh , as we try to go 41:06.520 --> 41:08.742 through . Um , again , how to move from 41:08.742 --> 41:10.798 that policing model ? How do we make 41:10.798 --> 41:13.020 sure that they're doing the work ? Um , 41:13.020 --> 41:15.242 we try to model it , we try to engage . 41:15.242 --> 41:17.464 One of the toughest things I think with 41:17.464 --> 41:16.750 generative AI , and this is not just 41:16.750 --> 41:18.972 about language , um , is how do we deal 41:18.972 --> 41:20.917 with the privacy issues involved . 41:21.070 --> 41:23.070 We're , we're not like on faculty , 41:23.070 --> 41:25.979 we're not using AI for assessment , uh , 41:25.989 --> 41:28.510 for , for many reasons . Um , but one 41:28.510 --> 41:31.669 of those is My students' papers aren't 41:31.669 --> 41:34.002 something that I can just put out there , 41:34.860 --> 41:37.027 uh , with Gen AI unless I have a , a , 41:37.027 --> 41:38.860 a black box to work with , which 41:38.860 --> 41:41.082 sometimes you can have . Um , these are 41:41.082 --> 41:43.249 things that we're really working . Who 41:43.249 --> 41:42.820 owns the information that we have ? 41:43.110 --> 41:45.221 When we're doing research , what is , 41:45.221 --> 41:47.388 you know , what can we use , not use , 41:47.388 --> 41:49.666 who's the copyright issues around that ? 41:49.800 --> 41:51.744 These are the really , some of the 41:51.744 --> 41:53.744 really tough issues that we need to 41:53.744 --> 41:55.800 continue to play out . Um , so we're 41:55.800 --> 41:57.633 trying to pilot , engage , we're 41:57.633 --> 41:59.522 messing up as we go , and I think 41:59.522 --> 41:59.310 that's one of the things we have to 41:59.310 --> 42:01.409 deal with . And our students are as 42:01.409 --> 42:03.520 well . And , and then we just kind of 42:03.520 --> 42:05.576 work together on that . Uh , I don't 42:05.576 --> 42:07.853 know if that helps , but it's , it's a , 42:07.853 --> 42:09.853 it's a journey , and it's something 42:09.853 --> 42:12.570 that we really want to , um , wanna 42:12.570 --> 42:14.792 continue to learn from others on . Uh , 42:14.792 --> 42:16.792 I'm going to a conference next week 42:16.792 --> 42:18.459 with Middle States , uh , our 42:18.459 --> 42:20.459 accreditor , and I'm really excited 42:20.459 --> 42:22.626 there as well as here to hear what are 42:22.626 --> 42:24.792 some of the things that are going on , 42:24.792 --> 42:24.770 what are some , some pieces , what are 42:24.770 --> 42:26.937 some really cool tools that are coming 42:26.937 --> 42:29.159 out , so that we can think about how to 42:29.159 --> 42:31.381 integrate those things . It does help . 42:31.381 --> 42:33.437 Thank you . We're also learning from 42:33.437 --> 42:35.659 mistakes . It's the subject of breakout 42:35.659 --> 42:37.381 room run talk next if anyone's 42:37.381 --> 42:39.270 interested in seeing our wounds . 42:39.270 --> 42:42.899 Thanks . Thanks . Any other questions , 42:42.989 --> 42:43.610 comments ? 42:48.330 --> 42:50.663 Hey Mark , can I , can I ask a question ? 42:50.663 --> 42:53.050 Um , it , it goes back to your role as 42:53.050 --> 42:55.399 one of the co-editors for the IPME 42:55.399 --> 42:57.830 Journal . Can you just speak to any 42:57.959 --> 42:59.959 patterns that you've noticed in the 42:59.959 --> 43:02.209 papers that you reviewed so far or 43:02.209 --> 43:04.265 anything that stands out to you that 43:04.265 --> 43:06.431 you might want to share with the group 43:06.431 --> 43:08.653 about the new research and writing that 43:08.653 --> 43:10.987 you're seeing in this new ? Yeah , yeah , 43:10.987 --> 43:13.409 so it's , uh , you know , the , this , 43:13.489 --> 43:16.790 this journal really , um , was born out 43:16.790 --> 43:18.846 of some different conferences that , 43:18.846 --> 43:21.068 that some of us were sharing , and some 43:21.068 --> 43:23.346 of the networks that we're involved in , 43:23.346 --> 43:25.623 um , that were saying , hey , where is , 43:25.623 --> 43:27.679 where is the place that we can go to 43:27.679 --> 43:29.790 publish and to engage across national 43:29.790 --> 43:33.300 boundaries , um , on And what are we 43:33.300 --> 43:35.467 doing , uh , within teaching and , and 43:35.467 --> 43:37.578 having things that are kind of theoal 43:37.578 --> 43:39.689 type work that we're doing , that's a 43:39.689 --> 43:41.911 more scholarly approach , but also have 43:41.911 --> 43:43.689 a space , um , just for student 43:43.689 --> 43:45.689 reflections and , and to talk about 43:45.689 --> 43:47.800 lessons that we're having , uh , talk 43:47.800 --> 43:49.744 about some of the books that we're 43:49.744 --> 43:52.078 interested , you know , practical tools , 43:52.078 --> 43:54.300 and we found those hit or miss in a lot 43:54.300 --> 43:56.522 of journals around . And so that's kind 43:56.522 --> 43:58.633 of where this idea of IPME and Marine 43:58.633 --> 44:00.689 Corps University jumped right in and 44:00.689 --> 44:02.744 amazing editorial . Uh , team , uh , 44:02.744 --> 44:05.078 with Angela Anderson and , and , and my , 44:05.078 --> 44:07.244 my co-editors , um , who are , I think 44:07.244 --> 44:09.356 are here , uh , on , online here with 44:09.356 --> 44:11.467 Meg , uh , Hennessy , as , as well as 44:11.467 --> 44:13.578 Amanda Rosen . Um , I learn every day 44:13.578 --> 44:16.409 from all of them . Um , what I'm seeing 44:16.409 --> 44:18.969 and , and in a lot of the text that we 44:18.969 --> 44:21.025 have coming in , we're , we're still 44:21.025 --> 44:23.247 expanding , we're , we're still getting 44:23.247 --> 44:25.413 new , um , I would say we're hoping to 44:25.413 --> 44:27.469 get more international voices , more 44:27.469 --> 44:29.530 multilingual voices , um , that are 44:29.530 --> 44:31.729 coming into this . But what I'm seeing 44:31.729 --> 44:33.840 is a lot of these things that I ended 44:33.840 --> 44:35.969 up talking about today , this slowing 44:35.969 --> 44:38.689 down , um , asking you like , what are 44:38.689 --> 44:41.570 we doing in education to make us stop a 44:41.570 --> 44:44.389 little bit . And think about what it is 44:44.389 --> 44:46.709 we're doing . Um , I have some pieces 44:46.709 --> 44:48.820 that we've reviewed recently that are 44:48.820 --> 44:50.820 gonna be published , um , shortly , 44:50.820 --> 44:52.987 some that are already out on the web , 44:52.987 --> 44:54.931 um , that are asking those kind of 44:54.931 --> 44:57.050 questions , OK ? As we are looking at 44:57.270 --> 44:59.492 what kind of communication do we need , 44:59.659 --> 45:02.899 uh , for , um , for marines during 45:02.899 --> 45:06.139 basic school ? How does that help ? Uh , 45:06.320 --> 45:08.376 why do we , if we wanna have leaders 45:08.376 --> 45:10.376 that can communicate , how do we do 45:10.376 --> 45:12.209 that along the way ? Um , asking 45:12.209 --> 45:14.320 questions about what's the underlying 45:14.320 --> 45:16.560 theory behind our strategies . Um , and 45:16.560 --> 45:18.782 it really crosses a lot of disciplinary 45:18.782 --> 45:21.116 boundaries , which I think is fantastic . 45:21.229 --> 45:23.919 Um , asking how do we get to where we 45:23.919 --> 45:26.500 get ? Why do we do the things we do ? 45:26.870 --> 45:29.139 And within that , pushing the envelope 45:29.139 --> 45:31.361 and trying to do some linkages across . 45:31.429 --> 45:33.429 And I think that's where we want to 45:33.429 --> 45:35.540 continue to go . Uh , I think some of 45:35.540 --> 45:37.707 the pieces that are , we're gonna hear 45:37.707 --> 45:39.540 about today , I'm really looking 45:39.540 --> 45:41.540 forward to getting some of those as 45:41.540 --> 45:43.318 submissions , um , because that 45:43.318 --> 45:45.649 learning can really help , uh , and we 45:45.649 --> 45:49.409 really wanna have , um , IPME be kind 45:49.409 --> 45:52.050 of like MSOL in the sense of building a 45:52.050 --> 45:54.699 network that we can continue to kind of 45:54.699 --> 45:56.820 a community of practice , uh , around 45:56.820 --> 45:58.987 military education across boundaries . 46:01.260 --> 46:04.330 Great . Is that Lauren anything else 46:04.330 --> 46:07.709 with that ? No , it sounds great . 46:07.860 --> 46:11.270 Um , could I , uh , just refer you to a 46:11.270 --> 46:13.669 question that's in the chat ? Um , so , 46:13.750 --> 46:15.750 thank you for your presentation . I 46:15.750 --> 46:17.972 really like how students write in their 46:17.972 --> 46:20.028 native languages . How do professors 46:20.028 --> 46:23.020 assess their written work ? Great 46:23.030 --> 46:26.929 question . Um , Oh , there's a 46:26.929 --> 46:29.040 host of ways , uh , that we do that . 46:29.090 --> 46:31.649 At , at IDC we've , we've had a cohort 46:31.649 --> 46:34.050 of kind of permanent faculty since 46:34.050 --> 46:35.550 we've , we've gone through 46:35.550 --> 46:37.550 accreditation and that like , we've 46:37.550 --> 46:39.530 existed . Um , now we're in our 46:39.530 --> 46:41.929 sixty-fifth class . Uh , we were , we 46:41.929 --> 46:44.151 were kind of born during the Cold War . 46:44.239 --> 46:47.010 Uh , and it's really after the end of 46:47.010 --> 46:48.954 the Cold War , uh , and in the new 46:48.954 --> 46:51.370 millennium that we pushed in and said , 46:51.449 --> 46:53.649 hey , how do we , how do we really 46:53.649 --> 46:55.427 professionalize the , and , and 46:55.427 --> 46:58.159 systematize , um , our , our academic , 46:58.330 --> 47:00.386 our academic work . We've always had 47:00.386 --> 47:02.608 fantastic graduates that are presidents 47:02.608 --> 47:04.830 and ministers and things like that from 47:04.830 --> 47:06.997 throughout the hemisphere , but how do 47:06.997 --> 47:09.108 we do this in a systematic way ? Um , 47:09.108 --> 47:11.219 so one of the things we did is really 47:11.219 --> 47:13.330 build in , uh , a permanent faculty , 47:13.330 --> 47:15.679 uh , or kind of a Our version of a 47:15.679 --> 47:18.479 tenure track . And within that , we've 47:18.479 --> 47:21.199 really tried to have an international 47:21.199 --> 47:23.421 faculty that's working on that . That's 47:23.421 --> 47:25.643 complex in our current environment . We 47:25.643 --> 47:27.866 have , we complement that with visiting 47:27.866 --> 47:29.866 faculty who are students from prior 47:29.866 --> 47:31.699 years , um , some subject matter 47:31.699 --> 47:33.699 experts , uh , that can come in and 47:33.699 --> 47:35.810 help with some of the teaching , some 47:35.810 --> 47:35.239 practitioners , uh professors of 47:35.239 --> 47:37.295 practice , uh , that may be military 47:37.295 --> 47:39.600 educators , um , or military leaders 47:39.600 --> 47:42.239 who have lessons to bear . And we come 47:42.239 --> 47:44.461 in with different language capacities . 47:44.461 --> 47:46.683 Um , I kind of entered the college with 47:46.959 --> 47:48.792 English and a , and a fluency in 47:48.792 --> 47:50.848 Spanish . Um , since I've been there 47:50.848 --> 47:53.015 long enough , uh , follow Portuguese . 47:53.015 --> 47:54.903 I , and now I can get by , I read 47:54.903 --> 47:57.126 Portuguese , I can comment . I , I tend 47:57.126 --> 47:59.292 to write my comments in English . Uh , 47:59.292 --> 48:01.237 for my Portuguese students , or my 48:01.237 --> 48:03.459 Brazilian students , with French , I 48:03.459 --> 48:07.060 read French , um , but I may use Google 48:07.060 --> 48:09.282 Translate , I may use our help from our 48:09.282 --> 48:11.449 interpreters , uh , to do that . So it 48:11.449 --> 48:13.671 really depends . We have , depending on 48:13.671 --> 48:15.949 where our , our faculty capacities are , 48:15.949 --> 48:18.116 um , but we also do collaboration . We 48:18.116 --> 48:20.171 have assistant faculty and we try to 48:20.171 --> 48:22.282 cross languages within that as well , 48:22.282 --> 48:24.504 so we make sure that we get where we're 48:24.504 --> 48:23.929 going . I'm not , also , I'm not 48:23.929 --> 48:26.399 grading grammar . Uh , from my papers , 48:26.479 --> 48:28.149 we use rubrics and authentic 48:28.149 --> 48:30.260 assessments , and within that , we're 48:30.260 --> 48:32.427 trying to get to what is the structure 48:32.427 --> 48:34.482 of thinking , uh , that students can 48:34.482 --> 48:36.649 get , and , and , and we try to get at 48:36.649 --> 48:38.427 that within the language , uh , 48:38.427 --> 48:41.510 capacities that we have , um . It's a 48:41.510 --> 48:43.989 journey , um , and it really , it kind 48:43.989 --> 48:46.300 of , it takes all . And some of the Gen 48:46.300 --> 48:49.229 AI , um , is really helpful , uh , 48:49.429 --> 48:51.485 along that way . Um , the same thing 48:51.485 --> 48:53.596 when we're doing research , we try to 48:53.596 --> 48:55.762 have research from all over , uh , for 48:55.762 --> 48:57.818 our students , uh , to read , and so 48:57.818 --> 48:59.818 trying to use that to cross some of 48:59.818 --> 48:59.530 these boundaries . And then with some 48:59.530 --> 49:01.752 of the networks , we also have networks 49:01.752 --> 49:03.863 around the hemisphere , and so we can 49:03.863 --> 49:03.580 have other people help us with 49:03.580 --> 49:06.429 assessment , um , as appropriate . 49:11.020 --> 49:13.100 Excellent . I need to work with the 49:13.100 --> 49:15.156 French , and hey , you're welcome to 49:15.156 --> 49:18.300 come , come engage with us . Jeetit 49:18.300 --> 49:22.280 Fran . All right . Any other 49:22.280 --> 49:23.724 questions , engagements ? 49:28.080 --> 49:30.320 Mark , I'll just ask one more question 49:30.320 --> 49:32.320 if that's OK . Um , can you speak a 49:32.320 --> 49:34.431 little bit because a lot of folks who 49:34.431 --> 49:36.653 are with us this morning are in the PME 49:36.653 --> 49:38.764 community , but some are also outside 49:38.764 --> 49:40.931 in civilian institutions . Do you host 49:40.931 --> 49:43.153 events at IADC or if somebody wanted to 49:43.153 --> 49:45.209 come , I know you're co-located with 49:45.209 --> 49:47.320 the National Defense University . Can 49:47.320 --> 49:49.487 you talk a little bit about any events 49:49.487 --> 49:51.598 you might have coming up or ways that 49:51.598 --> 49:53.653 people could , uh , learn more about 49:53.653 --> 49:57.179 IADC ? Sure , definitely . So , the IDC , 49:57.310 --> 50:00.229 we , we welcome , uh , engagement with 50:00.229 --> 50:02.173 those of you in PME , those of you 50:02.173 --> 50:05.580 outside PME , um , and one of the 50:05.580 --> 50:07.747 mechanisms that we're really trying to 50:07.747 --> 50:09.913 do with our updated curriculum , we're 50:09.913 --> 50:12.080 trying to do more with symposia , uh , 50:12.080 --> 50:14.629 the , which will have , um , most of 50:14.629 --> 50:16.685 our , that are , that are on some of 50:16.685 --> 50:18.629 the topics that we look at . We're 50:18.629 --> 50:20.740 looking within our curriculum , we've 50:20.740 --> 50:20.129 kind of a lockstep curriculum during 50:20.669 --> 50:22.725 The course of a year , so , we start 50:22.725 --> 50:25.002 out engaging things around geopolitics , 50:25.002 --> 50:27.629 international relations , um , we , we 50:27.629 --> 50:30.389 then move in and start to engage into 50:30.389 --> 50:32.611 topics of democracy and governance . We 50:32.611 --> 50:33.945 move into things around 50:33.945 --> 50:36.111 multi-dimensional insecurity , illicit 50:36.111 --> 50:38.222 economies , um , things on strategy , 50:38.222 --> 50:39.722 policy development , civil 50:39.722 --> 50:41.833 civil-military relations . So we have 50:41.833 --> 50:43.945 symposia across the year . Um , we're 50:43.945 --> 50:46.111 trying to work with the Inter-American 50:46.111 --> 50:48.278 Defense Board , uh , which is , we are 50:48.278 --> 50:51.449 a part of that , uh , That institution 50:51.449 --> 50:53.616 with this dialogue and we're under the 50:53.616 --> 50:55.393 umbrella of the Organization of 50:55.393 --> 50:57.393 American States . So we collaborate 50:57.393 --> 50:57.290 with them on these issues , and then 50:57.290 --> 51:00.290 we'll also link in with other uh 51:00.290 --> 51:02.290 institutions around . We've , we've 51:02.290 --> 51:05.639 held , um , an event with CSIS , uh , 51:05.649 --> 51:07.705 relatively recently , we have one on 51:07.705 --> 51:09.927 the illicit economy coming up , uh , in 51:09.927 --> 51:12.038 which we're gonna be at the DEA . For 51:12.038 --> 51:14.149 security reasons , with the DEA we're 51:14.149 --> 51:16.371 not able to , uh , broadcast that one . 51:16.610 --> 51:18.739 but Most of these we're gonna be 51:18.739 --> 51:21.459 broadcasting online . Um , so , my 51:21.459 --> 51:24.739 email , um , it was posted on one of 51:24.739 --> 51:27.360 the last slides . It's Mark.hamilton@ 51:27.360 --> 51:31.340 IEDC.edu . Uh , and then I'm happy to 51:31.340 --> 51:33.396 kind of connect you in to be able to 51:33.396 --> 51:35.507 have some of the , some of the pieces 51:35.507 --> 51:37.507 that we have coming forward . And I 51:37.507 --> 51:39.340 also look forward to within this 51:39.340 --> 51:41.284 Misodal network as we get a little 51:41.284 --> 51:43.340 better and are doing better outreach 51:43.340 --> 51:45.451 into the community here in the United 51:45.451 --> 51:47.396 States . Uh , we're already pretty 51:47.396 --> 51:49.618 engaged in the Americas , but as we are 51:49.618 --> 51:51.784 in the United States , kind of in this 51:51.784 --> 51:53.562 DC community and within the PME 51:53.562 --> 51:55.840 community and kind of focusing on that , 51:55.840 --> 51:57.896 um , we're really happy to have more 51:57.896 --> 52:00.062 involvement and more engagement , uh , 52:00.062 --> 52:02.229 virtually . As far as on campus , um , 52:02.229 --> 52:04.507 Yeah , people are welcome . Uh , we're , 52:04.507 --> 52:06.729 we share a campus with National Defense 52:06.729 --> 52:09.062 University , US is the host institution , 52:09.062 --> 52:11.229 uh , for the IADC , um , and so , even 52:11.229 --> 52:13.284 though , uh , it's kind of strange , 52:13.284 --> 52:15.340 we're on the campus with NDU , the , 52:15.580 --> 52:17.580 you know , the War College , things 52:17.580 --> 52:19.747 like that , but here , we're kind of a 52:19.747 --> 52:21.969 piece of the OAS . My boss is Mexican . 52:21.969 --> 52:23.747 Uh , it's , it's a very strange 52:23.747 --> 52:26.090 environment . So there's an idea that 52:26.090 --> 52:27.923 we need to get on . There's some 52:27.923 --> 52:30.330 security features , but , uh , but we 52:30.330 --> 52:32.570 really do welcome engagement , and I 52:32.570 --> 52:34.681 would love to have , um , some of you 52:34.681 --> 52:36.903 as learners . We're also trying to find 52:36.903 --> 52:39.181 ways to do collaborative research , uh , 52:39.181 --> 52:41.292 with different institutions on edu on 52:41.292 --> 52:43.459 themes of defense and security in , in 52:43.459 --> 52:45.514 the Americas , but also on issues of 52:45.514 --> 52:47.737 PME and how do we do education ? How do 52:47.737 --> 52:50.810 we work on , uh , teaching a lot of the 52:50.810 --> 52:52.921 themes that we're doing and our , and 52:52.921 --> 52:55.143 our disciplines are pretty broad . Uh , 52:55.143 --> 52:57.199 cause we try to push our students in 52:57.199 --> 52:58.977 economics and IR thinking about 52:58.977 --> 53:00.866 environmental issues , um , as it 53:00.866 --> 53:03.032 relates to defense and security in the 53:03.032 --> 53:02.370 Americas , to help them be better 53:02.370 --> 53:04.426 strategic advisors . So , any of you 53:04.426 --> 53:06.759 who want to collaborate on those things , 53:06.759 --> 53:06.530 we welcome it . 53:11.100 --> 53:14.250 Wonderful . Thank you , Doctor Hamilton . 53:14.419 --> 53:17.340 Um , this is very inspiring , um , and 53:17.340 --> 53:19.284 you just brought so many different 53:19.284 --> 53:21.396 themes together that we'll be talking 53:21.396 --> 53:23.507 about , uh , over the course of today 53:23.507 --> 53:25.729 and tomorrow . So thanks so much , uh , 53:25.729 --> 53:27.896 for your effort , for your time , uh , 53:27.896 --> 53:27.300 for your commitment to them little 53:27.300 --> 53:29.489 forum . Thank you . Thanks , Lauren , 53:29.580 --> 53:32.379 you're amazing . Thank you . Oh , 53:32.530 --> 53:33.159 thanks again .