Computer-Based Instruction in Military Environments

This collection of papers is the result of a symposium sponsored by NATO's Defense Research Group Panel VIII in the Spring of 1985. The symposium came into being when it became obvious to the NATO countries that research, development and utilization of advanced technologies for training was the best means of increasing both training effectiveness and efficiency. This symposium was the second in a series of three devoted to training. The series was structured to cover all aspects of training. The first series addressed the value of training, the second one dealt with the application of training technologies and the third and last of the series focused on academic issues concerned with the effect of prior learning on subsequent learning. The fact that a major American publisher has determined that computer based instruction is the technology of greatest interest to the NATO community is not surprising. Advances in microprocessor technology have revolutionized both how and where we train. During this symposium there were a limited number of carefully chosen exhibits to demonstrate the various applications of computer based training techniques. In the following papers you will find both a practical and scientific basis for the way current and future training and training systems should be designed, applied and utilized. We know that training must be done faster and more effectively.

An Overview of Computer-Based Instruction in Military Environments.- Intelligent CAI.- An Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction System for Maintenance Training.- The Conversion of an Expert System to an Intelligent CAI System.- Self-Organised Learning within an Intelligent Teaching System.- Portable, Intelligent Simulation for ASW Training.- Development of Prototypes.- CAITER: A Computer-Based Instruction Terminal.- The Use of Computers in Training in the British Army.- Weapon Training and Simulation.- CBI in the Royal Air Force: A Case Study of Two Part-Task Trainers.- Development of a Prototype Computer-Based Testing and Assessment System.- Implementation and Evaluation.- Implementation of Computer-Based Training: A System Evaluation and Lessons Learned.- Evaluating New Technology: Formative Evaluation of Intelligent Computer-Assisted Instruction.- AIDS to Resource Usage, Resource Sharing and Authoring.- Online Help: Design Issues for Authoring Systems.- A User-Maintained Database for Trainers in Military Environments.- Computer-Based Instruction in the Department of Defense: Enhancing Application of the Technology.- Turning Educators into Authors: A Case Study in the Acquisition of Authoring Skills.- Research in Traditional and Non-Traditional Environments.- New Frontiers for Computer Aided Training.- The Development and Test of a Hand-Held Computerized Training Aid.- Consideration of Instruction and Training in Human Operator Models.- Computer-Assisted Programmed Cases: A Learning Method for Improving the Understanding of Persons.- Electronic Delivery of Job Performance Aids.- New Theory.- Video-Game Technology and Training Research.- Experience-Consolidation Systems: A Sketch of a Theory of Computer-Based Instruction in Ill-Structured Domains.- The Use of Intelligent Authoring Tools to Enhance CBI in Technical Training.- Invited Addresses.- Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence and Complex Training.- Authoring Tools: Past, Present, and Future.