1. Increasing Training Efficiency Using Embedded Pedagogical Tools in a Combat Flight Simulator
- Author
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Staffan Nählinder, Peter Berggren, and Bjorn Persson
- Subjects
Medical Terminology ,Engineering ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Training (meteorology) ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,business ,Flight simulator ,050107 human factors ,050105 experimental psychology ,Simulation ,Medical Assisting and Transcription - Abstract
Many flight simulators today are made to provide a realistic environment for training. However, they often lack the possibility of providing pedagogical feedback to the person in training as well as feedback to any instructor leading the training. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the usefulness of several pedagogical tools embedded in a flight simulator and to examine their potential for increasing training efficiency. Twenty students and instructors from the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School volunteered in this study. Seven embedded pedagogical tools were assessed using questionnaires. There was a quite consistent opinion in favor of the pedagogical tools implying that the embedded pedagogical tools is the way forward in training simulator development. The results from the present study are believed to be equally valid in many other areas besides flight simulators.
- Published
- 2005