Computer-Aided Authoring of Instructional Materials.
Abstract
Job training in the military is clearly a huge enterprise. For example, the Department of Defense in FY 78 provided 136,000 man-years of specialized skill training at a cost of $3.3 billion. In the Navy alone there are over 2,000 courses on the calibration, repair, and service of specific pieces of equipment. Producing job training materials for these courses is expensive, and the training effectiveness of these materials is not guaranteed since effective principles derived from training research are not fully incorporated into these materials. Without effective training materials, costly training time is wasted. Currently, the problems associated with writing and publishing instructional materials are coming under systematic scrutiny. Several large scale design efforts for the efficient presentation of technical information are underway. One of these programs is the Naval Technical Information Presentation Program (NTIPP), a 5-year, multimillion dollar program to improve the Navy's efficiency in publishing. State-of-the-art techniques in authoring, editing, composing, typesetting, illustrating, printing, and distributing are being applied to support maintenance and operation of Navy equipment. Within NTIPP, the TAEG is investigating the feasibility of authoring instructional materials with the aid of computers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA152442
Entities
People
- R. Braby