Design and use of information systems for automated on-the-job training: II. Design of self-instructional features.

Design and Use of Information Systems for Automated on-the-Job Training, Volume 5

“…Reports have been issued which describe in detail the activities and results of each aspect of the study (7,8,9,10). This report brings together and summarizes the results reported in the individual documents, and includes additional items which did not warrant separate documentation.…”

“…The potential value of these diagrams for use as training aids was demonstrated for several widely differing tasks(7,9,10).C. Engineering Design Principles and ConsiderationsGeneral techniques and considerations for reducing instructional requirements, and for utilizing portions of the operational equipment for automated instruction, have been induced from the experiments and from a review of the literature(8).The systems capabilities required to provide the training functions used in the experiments vary widely. For example, at one extreme the tape/slides program could be presented from a single low-cost tape recorder and projector without connections of any sort to the operational equipment(8,9).…”

“…Engineering Design Principles and ConsiderationsGeneral techniques and considerations for reducing instructional requirements, and for utilizing portions of the operational equipment for automated instruction, have been induced from the experiments and from a review of the literature(8).The systems capabilities required to provide the training functions used in the experiments vary widely. For example, at one extreme the tape/slides program could be presented from a single low-cost tape recorder and projector without connections of any sort to the operational equipment(8,9). However, the same program would be more effective, and more costly, if the taped messages and slides were selected by the computer based on an evaluation of each successive operator response.In the latter case, access to the computer program must be available, and additional inputs provided to the computer from the individual controls.…”