Design Specifications for the Advanced Instructional Design Advisor (AIDA). Volume 1

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TMelAssocate Iorporated DTI' 92-08418HIl / I 'l;til !Ili I ii l IiI /i If / AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS 78235-5000-- NOTICESWhen Government drawings, specifications, or other data are used for any purpose other than in connection with a definitely Government-related procurement, the United States Government incurs no responsibility or any obligation whatsoever. The fact that the Government may have formulated or in any way supplied the said drawings, specifications, or other data, is not to be regarded by implication, or otherwise in any manner construed, as licensing the holder, or any other person or corporation; or as conveying any rights or permission to manufacture, use, or sell any patente.J invention that may in any way be related thereto.The Office of Public Affairs has reviewed this paper, and it is releasaible to the National Technical Information Service, where k will be available to the ger -ral public, including foreign nationals. This paper has been reviewed and is approved for publication. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DANIEHJ. UHENDRICKW. PUCK ABSTRACT (Madmum 200 words)This is the final report for the second phase effort on the Advanced Instructional Design Advisor (AIDA) project. An experimental system called XAIDA is described. The proposed XAIDA is intended to assist subject-matter experts in the design and development of computer-based instructional materials. The functional requirements for an automated and intelligent advisor that would be appropriate for Air Force technical development are presented, along with a system specification. Section 1, describing the history of the AIDA concept within ALHRD and the Laboratory's long-range plan for AIDA, was written by ALHRD. SUBJECT TERMSSections 2 and 3, describing the purpose, detailed requirements, approach, and plan for Task 0013, were prepared by Mei Associates.Section 4 presents an overview of the results obtained in Task 0013.It was prepared by Mei Associates.The purpose of XAIDA is to assist subject-matter experts to design instruction for maintenance training. Section 5 is an analysis of the requirements for successful maintenance training derived from three papers prepared for Mei Associates by Dr. Henry M. Halff during Task 0013.In Task 0006 it was agreed that AIDA would be based on the general theory of instructional design developed by Dr. M. David Merrill and his associates. Section 6 is a summary of that theory prepared by Dr. Merrill for Mei Associates during Task 0013.In Section 7 the functional requirements for maintenance training described by Dr. Halff in Section 5, are restated in Dr. Merrill's more general instructional design theory, as presented in Section 6. This section, prepared by Mei Associates, comprises the functional baseline for XAIDA.In Section 8 Mei Associates proposes a software architecture to implement the functional requirements for XAIDA. It is a summary of Appendix D, the Data Base Design Document.Finally, Section 9 outlines additional research que...