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... 62.1 Instructional Design Shortly after World War II, the U.S. military services realized that the training of personnel to operate and maintain increasingly sophisticated weapon systems was key to the future of those services (Dick 1987)
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... 7CBI is not intrinsically good. If instructional programs are not well designed, if student needs are not met, if incorrect or incomplete content is presented, and if student performance is not measured, then all that the computer does is provide an efficient means for bad instruction to be distributed (Brock 1997, 2003)
From page 8...
... 2.3 Instructional Technology -- Simulator-Based Instruction Some simulators are training devices; others are R&D tools. Some training devices are simulators, but most are not.
From page 9...
... an instructional program, be tested throughout the program to ensure that they are progressing, and then be tested at the end of the program to ensure they met all the objectives of the course. In most cases, the successful passing of an end of course test results in a certificate or diploma -- some documentation of 9 successful completion.
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... knowledge and skills transfers to the job. Level three evaluations attempt to answer whether or not students' behaviors actually change as a result of new learning.

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