Developing Exemplar Interactive Multimedia Instruction for Unmanned Aircraft System Repairers

Abstract

This research aimed to develop and apply systematic principles for the development of effective Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) that can be broadly applied to Army courses and to build and evaluate exemplar IMI for an Army Advanced Individual Training (AIT) course. This research developed exemplar IMI for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Repairer course material that is consistent with those principles. This research compared the effectiveness of IMI against the current live instruction for UAS Repairer course material and also compared the effectiveness of two different IMI design approaches used to progress the learner through the various training modulesone IMI that is controlled by the learners (freedom to choose the order of modules) and the other IMI that is controlled by the designers (in a lock-step manner). Results indicate that using IMI for initial training is an effective alternative to live training for the MOS 15E UAS Repairer AIT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1044540

Entities

People

  • Paul N. Blankenbeckler
  • Richard L. Wampler
  • Victor J. Ingurgio

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer-Aided Instruction
  • Doctrine
  • Instructions
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Military Training
  • Multimedia
  • Navigation
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy