A Pilot Evaluation of a Multi-Media CD-ROM-Based Interactive Staff Education Program

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. S262
Author(s):  
W. Hansbrough ◽  
J. Noordenbos ◽  
J. F. Hansbrough ◽  
M. M. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Staff Education ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Multi Media

Tools for Human Performance Enhancement in Aviation Maintenance

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-60
Author(s):  
William B. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Aviation Maintenance ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Maintenance And Inspection ◽  
The Right

Human Factors and ergonomics professionals are often asked to “show” how their research has affected on-the-job human performance. They are asked to show measurable changes in human effectiveness and efficiency at work. There is always the demand for HF&E researchers to create procedures and tools that can guide non-human factors personnel to make the “right” human-centered decisions. This symposium will show and distribute such tools that have been designed and tested in an aviation maintenance environment. For over six years now, the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Aviation Medicine has conducted an extensive research program centered on human factors in aviation maintenance and inspection. The research program has earned a reputation of demonstrating a “hands-on” understanding of aviation maintenance and maintaining a close working relationship with all segments of the industry. The symposium will begin with an overview of FAA-sponsored research results applied to aviation maintenance and safety over the past six years. In the second paper the Human Factors Guide for Aviation Maintenance, completed in 1995, will be described. The third presentation will demonstrate a CD-ROM version of the Guide. The presentation shall also discuss human-computer interface issues pertinent to developing interactive multi-media information systems. The final presentation will show a multi-media software package to conduct ergonomics audits in a variety of industrial environments. The system has evolved from three years of ergonomics audit research in aviation maintenance workplaces. Each of the session presentations will demonstrate and distribute HF&E tools to session attendees.

Window on Resources: Computer Materials; Books; Products

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 498-508
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Master Teacher ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Interactive Instruction ◽  
Art Of Teaching

This professional-education program was developed in Australia. It includes a guidebook and a CD-ROM that provide interactive instruction and activities to enable the user to examine the “art of teaching.” The program uses one lesson presented by a master teacher to a class of eleven- and twelve-year-olds. The CD-ROM offers the capability to view the lesson and allows the user to observe and reflect on all facets of the lesson. The guidebook gives directions, includes professional readings, and suggests questions for discussion.

Moving the Atlas of Saskatchewan from a Hardcopy (Millennium Edition) to a Multi-Media (CD-ROM Edition) Platform

2003 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Lawrence Martz ◽  
Elise Pietroniro
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Image Resolution ◽  
Hard Copy ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Paper Version ◽  
Map Design ◽  
Multi Media

Production of the Atlas of Saskatchewan (CD-ROM Edition) required a synthesis of skills including technical expertise in the fields of digital multimedia technology, geographic information systems technology and cartography. Recent advances in electronic media based technology have had a substantial impact on certain aspects of cartography in recent years. Some of these advances include the use of multimedia tools for map design and production, presentation and interactivity. CD-ROM atlases, in particular, have become extremely popular and have been produced in increasing numbers in recent years. According to the literature, advances in electronic technology render electronic atlases more effective in communicating geographic information than those in a paper medium. The former can combine multimedia elements such as sound and motion that cannot be incorporated in a printed atlas. The effects of these advances on cartographic information processing (cartographic communication) forces cartographers to reexamine the way they design maps. Layout, screen real estate, image resolution and colour are among some of the design features that will differ in an electronic medium.The development of the Atlas of Saskatchewan (CD-ROM Edition), an electronic version of the existing hard-copy Atlas of Saskatchewan (Millennium Edition) incorporated many of these new multi-media features and tackled a number of issues associated with the implementation of new technology. These issued included; generalization, legibility, speed, screen resolution and color, as well as software capabilities, hardware requirements, cross platform and file size issues. The fact that this CD-ROM atlas was generated from the transformation of an existing paper version did not make the production any less complex. Issues of consistency, continuity, layout and design had to be considered for the electronic medium. This paper discusses these issues and the ensuing stages in the development of the Atlas of Saskatchewan (CD-ROM Edition) in the context of cartographic communication. It also looks at various techniques employed and the multi-disciplinary nature of the development of the interactive CDROM Atlas, as well as some of the issues that surfaced in the production process.

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