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A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2022) | Viewed by 16898

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Dr. Charlott Sellberg

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Department of Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg, 417 56 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: maritime education and training; digital technologies in higher education; pedagogical development of teachers; theories of cognition and learning

Prof. Dr. Salman Nazir

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Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences, Department of Maritime operations, University of South-Eastern Norway, Raveien 215, 3184 Borre, Norway
Interests: human factors; training methods; virtual reality training simulators; training syllabus; performance indices; performance assessment; performance management; spatial learning; virtual and augmented virtual reality; learning processes; complex socio-technical systems; situation awareness and distributed situation awareness; distributed situation awareness indices; human-autonomy teaming
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Dr. Gesa Praetorius

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1. Kalmar Maritime Academy, Linnaeus University, 39182 Kalmar, Sweden
2. Department of Maritime Operations, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3199 Borre, Norway
Interests: maritime education and training; safety training; resilience engineering; cognitive systems engineering
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Dear colleagues,

In a constantly evolving society, the maritime industry faces similar challenges to those of other technologically advanced and safety-critical domains to prepare future seafarers for work in a global industry, characterized by rapidly advancing levels of digitalization, as well as an increasingly diverse workforce. Raised awareness on the need for sustainable shipping, reducing the negative impact on our marine and costal environments, is also leading to increased levels of ambition for the international shipping sector. This, in turn, poses challenges for maritime education and training (MET) to train and assess the future workforce towards high standards of professionalism, equipped with relevant technical competences, interpersonal skills related to communication, teamwork and leadership, as well as awareness of issues such as gender equality, cultural competencies, and labor rights. Rapidly advancing levels of automation also lead to increasing demands for MET to support career development and transition between shore- and shipborne work environments in the maritime industry. The aim of this Special Issue is to gather empirical research from MET, as well as new theoretical and methodological approaches and literature reviews that address emerging issues related to these technological, societal and environmental changes. Emerging issues include but are not limited to the following themes:

Implementation of new technologies, such as advanced simulators, virtual reality, augmented reality or eye-tracking technologies and the need for new pedagogical approaches that follows;
Development of 21-centrury literacies, for example, digital literacy, data literacy, and information literacy;
Pedagogical issues related to social sustainability, e.g., lifelong learning, personal growth, and social inclusion;
Pedagogical efforts to advance awareness on environmental sustainability in shipping, e.g., reduction of CO2 emissions, sewage and toxic disposal, transfer of invasive alien species, and noise and wave disturbances;
Emerging approaches to safety training, such as resilience training, cybersecurity training or antipiracy training;
Competence insurance, certification and inclusive learning opportunities for a globally distributed workforce.

Dr. Charlott Sellberg
Prof. Dr. Salman Nazir
Dr. Gesa Praetorius
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Keywords

maritime education and training (MET)
educational technologies
sustainability
literacy
safety training
teaching
learning
assessment

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Using Operational Scenarios in a Virtual Reality Enhanced Design Process

by Katie Aylward, Joakim Dahlman, Kjetil Nordby and Monica Lundh

Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 448; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11080448 - 21 Aug 2021

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Maritime user interfaces for ships’ bridges are highly dependent on the context in which they are used, and rich maritime context is difficult to recreate in the early stages of user-centered design processes. Operations in Arctic waters where crews are faced with extreme environmental conditions, technology limitations and a lack of accurate navigational information further increase this challenge. There is a lack of research supporting the user-centered design of workplaces for hazardous Arctic operations. To meet this challenge, this paper reports on the process of developing virtual reality-reconstructed operational scenarios to connect stakeholders, end-users, designers, and human factors specialists in a joint process. This paper explores how virtual reality-reconstructed operational scenarios can be used as a tool both for concept development and user testing. Three operational scenarios were developed, implemented in a full mission bridge simulator, recreated in virtual reality (VR), and finally tested on navigators (end-users). Qualitative data were captured throughout the design process and user-testing, resulting in a thematic analysis that identified common themes reflecting the experiences gained throughout this process. In conclusion, we argue that operational scenarios, rendered in immersive media such as VR, may be an important and reusable asset when supporting maritime design processes and in maritime training and education. Full article

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Enhancing Maritime Crew Resource Management Training by Applying Resilience Engineering: A Case Study of the Bachelor Maritime Officer Training Programme in Rotterdam

by Jaco Griffioen, Monique van der Drift and Hans van den Broek

Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(8), 378; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11080378 - 23 Jul 2021

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This paper sets out to enhance current Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training, and with that to improve the training of technical and non-technical skills given to bachelor maritime officers. The rationale for CRM training is improving safety performance by reducing accidents caused by human error. The central notion of CRM training is that applying good resource management principles during day-to-day operations will lead to a beneficial change in attitudes and behaviour regarding safety. This article therefore indicates that enhanced MCRM should play a more structural role in the training of student officers. However, the key question is: what are the required changes in attitude and behaviour that will create sufficient adaptability to improve safety performance? To provide an answer, we introduce the Resilience Engineering (RE) theory. From an RE point of view, we elaborate on the relation between team adaptability and safety performance, operationalized as a competence profile. In addition, a case study of the ‘Rotterdam Approach’ will be presented, in which the MCRM training design has been enhanced with RE, with the objective to train team adaptability skills for improved safety performance. Full article

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Assessing the Technology Self-Efficacy of Maritime Instructors: An Explorative Study

by Amit Sharma and Salman Nazir

Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(7), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070342 - 12 Jul 2021

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Maritime Education and Training (MET) is an integral part of the global maritime industry, playing an essential role in ensuring that the sector is supplied continuously with a skilled workforce. The successful outcomes of the educational content delivery in MET institutes depend, to a certain extent, on the maritime instructor’s ability to create conducive learning environments utilizing all of the resources available. The self-efficacy of maritime instructors in various facets, most notably their proficiency with the use of technology in classrooms, can lead to the introduction of transformative learning practices. Accurately measuring their self-reported technological proficiency could be the initial step in this direction. This study aimed to measure the self-reported technology proficiency of maritime instructors using an established and validated scale: Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment for the 21st century (TPSA-C21). The scale was administered, using an online survey, to a sample of MET instructors within Europe and the UK, with n = 62 valid responses received. Using descriptive statistics and the evaluation of the measurement model, the study highlighted the perceived level of proficiency of the MET instructors along dimensions such as email, world-wide web use, emerging tools, teaching with technology, integrated applications, and teaching with emerging technologies. The survey also measured the perceived level of technology integration for maritime instructors according to the Concerned-Based Adoption Model–Level of Use (CBAM–LoU) classification. The results indicate a potential area of improvement for maritime instructors with regard to their self-reported proficiency, namely in the dimension of teaching with emerging technology. The implications for the MET domain, the respondent demographics and the future research directions are discussed. Full article

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Systematic Literature Review on the Fidelity of Maritime Simulator Training

by Renan P. de Oliveira, Guido Carim Junior, Bruno Pereira, David Hunter, Jeanine Drummond and Marilyn Andre

Educ. Sci. 2022, 12(11), 817; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110817 - 15 Nov 2022

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The fidelity of a maritime simulator refers to how realistic the representation of a vessel and its environment look, behave, and feel in real life. Despite the benefits of using simulators in maritime training and education, there is a lack of understanding of different debates on whether higher levels of fidelity translate into better training outcomes. Therefore, to investigate and summarise what is known about maritime simulator fidelity, we conducted a systematic literature review on the maritime simulator-based training literature from 2005 to 2021. We performed bibliometric, authorship, and content analyses of thirty-six references, including white and grey literature. The results show that simulator fidelity is divided into physical and functional fidelity. While the former includes the ergonomics layout of the bridge, visual system, vessel manoeuvrability, and hydrographic modelling, the latter involves training program design, simulator session design, and the role of the instructor. The results reveal that there is no prevalent tradition in the literature, a low number of citations, and the references are dispersed among many publications, authors, and institutions. Despite the fact that the prevalence of studies employing high-fidelity simulators can positively impact training, most of the studies are based on subjective evaluation, if any evidence is provided, and were produced by Scandinavian and European institutions and researchers. To address these limitations, we propose a research agenda containing three recommendations. Full article

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