Distributed Training Technology Cost Analysis Templates (TTCATS): User's Manual

Abstract

This manual is a guide for the Training Technology Cost Analysis Templates (TTCATS) software program. TTCATS contains seven individual subprograms, or templates, that customize the LOTUS 1-2-3 spreadsheet to help project the cost of delivering training to geographically distributed locations. The cost estimates pertain either to delivery method and equipment configurations that have been independently determined to be appropriate for an anticipated application or to configurations recommended by a companion expert- system-based software program called TECHSELECT. The first six TTCATS templates calculate costs for a variety of distributed training delivery method and equipment configurations: asynchronous delivery via computer-based training with desktop microcomputers, asynchronous delivery via computer-based training with portable or laptop microcomputers, asynchronous delivery via computer conferencing, synchronous delivery via audio conferencing, synchronous delivery via video conferencing with land-based microwave communications, and synchronous delivery via video conferencing with satellite-based communications. The last template calculates the cost of transporting trainees to a central training site.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA235893

Entities

People

  • Dewey J. Dykstra Jr.
  • Joseph D. Hagman

Organizations

  • Boise State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compact Disks
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Instruction
  • Computers
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Distance Learning
  • Education
  • Information Processing
  • Local Area Networks
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Social Sciences
  • Teleconferencing
  • Training
  • Video
  • Video Teleconferencing

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
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  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space