Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM)- Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) Interface December 2008

The Problem No cost-effective method for responsively keeping learning content current with changes to authoritative technical data –AIM solved for paper and CD-based tech data in 2000 –Navy shifting to on-line enterprise data repositories with no enterprise solution to this problem –Even more important for distributed Web-based training as instructor surveillance efforts are removed –Must address emerging S1000D standard adopted by DoD / Navy

Functional Requirement Support design and development of learning content tied to performance requirements Streamline QA review, approval, and configuration management Simplify instructor preparation and delivery Promote efficient life-cycle surveillance and update Enhance cost-effective re-purposing of proven content

Design and Development Technical and procedural documents are primary authoritative data source for technical training content For ILT, developer must associate technical / procedural documents to learning content for display in classroom For self-paced training, developer must include pertinent data and associate tech / procedural document to learning content for computer display and student interaction

QA Review, Approval, and CM QA must confirm associations made with and data copied from technical / procedural documents accurate and current Approval authority must ensure complete and accurate learning content in place Content manager must ensure approved content is prepared by instructors and taught in classrooms / delivered by LMS

Instructor Preparation / Delivery As part of preparation, instructor must confirm hundreds of links to technical / procedural documents and prepare to present documents in classroom During presentation, instructor must quickly display authoritative documents to students For self-paced content, students must launch technical / procedural documents for reference and interaction

Life-cycle Surveillance / Update Curriculum maintainer must re-confirm accuracy of all links in baseline learning content to technical / procedural documents each time document is updated Based on that analysis, maintainer must generate change / rev to learning content to ensure it remains current and accurate

Overview of Operational IETM/AIM Interface

Benefits Integrated, standardized, configuration- managed development, QA, and management of baseline curricula and electronic classroom content Reduced workload, better accuracy, and faster turnaround for schoolhouse LSO and instructor staff Reduced workload, better accuracy, and faster turnaround of training content surveillance and update

A Few Metrics... A single 23-week replacement course on- line today contains more than 1500 separate links to more than 5 separate technical / procedural manuals All tech / procedural manuals updated 2 minutes per link, review for possible changes during curriculum maintenance would take 50 person-hrs per quarter

Demo of Current Interface

Technical Process for IETM Interface

Interface Process EXTRACT structural data (“table of contents”) from IETM database IMPORT structural data into AIM BROWSE IETM Structure via Resource Requirements List (Site RRL). Launch IETM viewer/browser to verify applicability of reference LINK specific Related Instructor Activity (RIA) or Trainee Guide (TG) Sheet to IETM reference CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE of curricula by importing revised IETM structural data and using detailed Change Impact Report/auto-generated maintenance flags signaling affected curriculum elements

Development

Surveillance/Update

IETM Authoring  Unique Element ID: Alphanumeric value used by IETM to assign distinct identifier for specific element  Element Title: English language descriptive name for each individual node in IETM  Persistent Element ID: Unique element ID maintained over multiple versions of IETM  Version Information at Element Level: Alphanumeric value used by individual IETM element to identify change level for that particular element (when element was added or modified)