MODIA: Volume I. Overview of a Tool for Planning the Use of Air Force Training Resources.

Abstract

A description of MODIA (a Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives), a system developed to help Air Training Command (ATC) plan technical courses. This, the first in a series of five reports, introduces the series by describing MODIA's rationale, structure, and support requirements and by discussing the results of ATC's evaluation of its effectiveness as an aid to course planning. Technical training offers both the potential for effecting substantial improvements in training efficiency and ample opportunities to improve efficiency through redesign of courses. MODIA helps the Air Force achieve these goals by (1) systematically relating quantitative requirements for training resources to the details of course design and operation during the planning stage and (2) computerizing course design to encourage the examination of alternative designs. ATC's evaluation of MODIA showed that it does help planners design more efficient courses. Its potential value to ATC, however, hinges on management issues, which ATC is currently addressing in a follow-on evaluation. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040694

Entities

People

  • Polly Carpenter-huffman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Training
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Instructors
  • Materials
  • Military Training
  • Operating Systems
  • Students
  • Teaching Methods
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design