Development and Field Test of a Multimedia Simulation System for Training Aviation Technicians via the Internet

该项目正在开发、现场测试和通过互联网传播多媒体模拟系统，用于培训航空维修技术人员。它正在通过一所两年制学院、一所四年制大学、一所高中、专业协会、一所大学以及软件和航空维修业。本研究的主要目的为：（1）开发五个模拟模组，每个模组针对二年制大专航空维修技术课程的一个特定方面;（2）在二年制大专航空维修课程中，持续实地测试AMT模拟系统的教学效果和经济性，并辅以验证性测试;（3）通过面向全国的教师研讨会，向两年制大学的AMT系介绍开发的AMT模拟系统和开发类似模拟的技术;（4）透过网际网路及光碟光碟，将模拟系统传播至全国大专AMT教师及高中辅导员。

This project is developing, field-testing, and disseminating a multimedia simulation system via the Internet for training aviation maintenance technicians. It is enhancing the comprehension of the interdisciplinary nature of a career in aviation maintenance technology (AMT) by students, including women and minorities, reducing the training costs by maximizing the adaptiveness of the curriculum, and improving laboratory safety with minimized environmental hazards, via a coalition of a two-year college, a four-year university, a high school, professional associations, and the software and aviation maintenance industries. The project is (1) developing five simulation modules, each targeting a particular aspect of aviation maintenance technology in the two-year associate degree programs; (2) field-testing the AMT simulation system in two-year college aviation maintenance classes on its pedagogical effects and economy on an ongoing basis complemented with confirmative tests; (3) introducing the developed AMT simulation system and the technology of developing similar simulations to AMT faculties at two-year colleges via teacher workshops with participants recruited nationwide; and (4) disseminating the simulation system via both the Internet and CD-ROM to two-year college AMT faculty and high schools counselors throughout the nation.