AICC Subcommittee Working Group Meeting
Meeting Minutes
September 28 - October 2nd, 2009
Stuttgart, Germany

Monday

CMI Subcommittee - Bill McDonald (Boeing)

  • Major CMI activites are on hold pending feedback from the External Standards "Task Force". This team will review SCORM and other specifications for AICC applicability. Ed Cohen (Plateau) will organize this effort.

Independent Test Lab Subcommittee: - Bill McDonald (Boeing)

  • QuestionMark Recently Certified

Industry Affairs Subcommittee:- Ray Butler, UPS

  • FAA "Call to action" - Colgan Air accident caused a major spike in training for in Stall, Icing, and Crew Rest

Platform Subcommittee Report - Ed Cohen, Plateau

  • Windows 7 Demonstration and review of new features
  • Discuss over "floor and Ceiling" approach for platform specifications

Emerging Technology Subcommittee - Kris Rockwell, Hybrid Learning

  • Overview of Emerging Technology Activities
  • Mobile learning with DITA

How Video-Based Editorial Content Improves e-Learning
The Science of Motivation and Participation
Matthias Wesselmann & Sacha Müller Philipps Sohn, FischerAppeltTV

  • Demo of "Learning TV"

AICC compliant LMS: Feedback from an Airbus Study
S ébastien Fraysse, Knowledge Decision & Bernard Bouyt, Airbus

  • Airbus issurveying existing LMS systems on the market to determine which features should be added to its LMS offerning.

Reducing Development Costs Using a Steamlined XLM Approach
David Castillo, Buena Vista Learning

  • A Flash-based engine that is XML data driven

AICC Executive Committee

  • New focus on Airlines - Value Proposition
  • Meeting Venues will change to enable more Airline participation
  • Website redesign
  • Conference Planning Process will change
  • Task Force for External Standards (See CMI Subcommittee)

Tuesday

Learning Using a Virtual Environment for Aviation English Training
Olga Chashina, Aeroflot & Vitaly Chashin, Inral

  • Aviation English Language training using virtual worlds
  • Based on Open Simulator

Web 2.0 Applications for Learning and Training
Prof. Dr. Joachim Niemeier, former CEO, T-Systems Multimedia

  • Discussion on the evolution of Social Networking technolgies and their possible effects on future eLearining

Using DITA for Instructional Content Delivery to the iPhone
Kris Rockwell, Hybrid Leaning

  • Using DITA to produce training materials that can work with multiple delivery methods (including the iPhone)

Learning Standards Overview and LETSI Discussion
Ed Cohen, Plateau Systems and Robby Robson, Eduworks

  • Discussion on LETSI's role in the Learning Technology Standards
  • Discussion on relationship between ISO/SC36, IEEE/LTSC, ADL, and AICC

Hybrid Learning Systems
Prof. Dr. Reiss, University of Stuttgart

  • Why hybrid learning systems?
  • What are hybrid learning systems ?
  • What are hybrid learning systems for ?
  • How learning technologies and methods are combined in various ways.
  • Critical design factors

Wednesday

Authorware Conversion: Early Successes and Future Promise
Dr. Richard Hyde, Atlantic Link

  • Conversion Scenarios:
  • Authorware to PowerPoint
  • Authorwart to Flash
  • Authorware to Content Point
  • Content Point Demo

Xerte and Xerte Toolkits. Converting Authorware Content to Xerte
Mark Tomlinson, AC&S Ltd. and Dave Burnett (on Video)

  • Xerte : An Open Source Authoring tool
  • Designed to mimic authorware functionality.
  • Developed at the University of Nottingham.
  • Open source GPL license.
  • Video Presentation of Dave Burnett's Authorware to Xerte Conversion tool.

Authorware Conversion
Kris Rockwell, Hybrid Learning and Robby Robson, Eduworks

  • Eduworks/Hybrid Learning Systems Authorware Conversion services
  • Process
  • Tools
  • Authorware Conversion Case Study:
  • Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards (TCLEOSE)
  • 40 hours of Authorware courseware
  • Project challenges and outcomes
  • Demo

Authorware Conversion: Lessons Learned
Fred Banks, Boeing

  • Conversion of Military Aircraft training in Authoware to EEDO ForceTEN
  • Conversion Processs & Tool Demo
  • Summary of Problems/Challenges
  • Discussion of Alternatives

A New Life for Authorware Courses; A New Era for e-Learning
Dr. Michael Allen and Steve Lee, Allen Interactions Inc.

  • STREAM Conversion and Content Management & Delivery tools
  • New Authoring Tool - code name ZEBRA

Thursday

Shopfloor Training at Daimler
Friedemann Reim, CEO-Infoman AG

  • How training is done on the factor floor at Mercedes
  • The ProductionLearningSystem (PLS)
  • Just in time training system for shop floor
  • Trainee Feedback collection for Training improve
  • Highly productive and adaptable

Issues on e-Learning Implemetation at AirBerlin subsidiary Airline LTU
Robin Arhelger, Air Berlin

  • "Sky Book" - laptop PC for nomadic training at LTU/AirBerlin
  • Peleys LMS (online and offine)
  • Disconnect Use
  • Automatic Content & Progress Data synchronization
  • Encrypted Partition (for training & data) and Personal Partion for personal use
  • Bootable
  • Supports paperless cockpit

Pelesys' Crew Key: An Innovative Training and Distribution Platform
Allen Greene and George Wang, Pelesys

  • “CrewKey” © system
  • Platform for Distributive Training and Information Deployment
  • USB device encryption & content security
  • Integration with the following Pelesys Products
  • Pelesys LMS
  • Pelesys EGS (Exam Generation System)
  • Pelesys Galaxy Content Management System
  • Demo

Toward Guidelines for the Use of 3D Content in Training
Bruce Perrin, Boeing

  • Mission of the Management & Processes Subcommittee: Define what is "good CBT"
  • Based on Survey Results - Focused on the Value of 3D content
  • Collected Research Studies on Various 3D technologies and how they improve training (or not)
  • Single or Independent Viewpoints
  • Interrelated Viewpoints
  • Supplement Viewpoint
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Call for help: Please forward any published research on the use of 3D models in training that have a learning or behavior measure !

Airbus Training Support Products and Services for Airlines
Bernard Bouyt, Airbus

  • Airbus Training Products and Services
  • Differnences in Flight and Maintenance CBT products.
  • Value of the AICC to Airbus
  • Personal contacts with Airline Personnel directly involved in computer-based training.
  • Common standards between Aircraft Equipment Manufacturers
  • Example: Airbus LMS works with Boeing CBT.
  • A common discussion forum to share solutions

Boeing Training Support Products and Services for Airlines
Dave Jacobson, Boeing

  • Boeing Flight Training & Services
  • Re-branded from Alteon
  • Products and Services
  • Customer Population Served
  • Value of the AICC to Boeing
  • Challenge to the AICC: Help the industy to re-use the training "Core" of most aviation training progams rather than duplicating it

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