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Started by R. Darren Carlton
Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:55
Research Project--Please Respond
Author: R. Darren Carlton
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:55
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:55
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I'm a graduate student in Technical Communication at RPI, and I'm writing a report on the application of multimedia in job training. I would greatly appreciate any information you could give me about: who is currently using a multimedia platform for job training - what is the platform - what *kind* of training are they doing (company orientation, software tutorials) - how much are they spending (the cost of equipment & development) who plans to use a multimedia platform for training what are the ranges of multimedia platforms - is hypertext with animation considered "multimedia" - given the state of most company's equipment(often primitive), what kind of multimedia or other training programs can be developed on that equipment what do *employers* say about the advantages of multimedia training how do people who have been trained on multimedia platforms feel about being trained by a computer rather than a person Although I'm using this information primarily for a report, I'm also curious because I think I would like to work in the field of job training or software tutorials, and I know I would like to take a multimedia approach to the field of technical communication. Thanks in advance for your help. -- R.Darren Carlton Technical Communication carltr@rpi.edu Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
Re: Research Project--Please Respond
Author: martens p
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 12:01
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 12:01
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In article <7hq1d1f@rpi.edu> carltr@sage4c.its.rpi.edu (R. Darren Carlton) writes: >I'm a graduate student in Technical Communication at RPI, and I'm writing a >report on the application of multimedia in job training. I would greatly >appreciate any information you could give me about: > [...] >who is currently using a multimedia platform for job training >who plans to use a multimedia platform for training We at Philips Research are currently planning a training disc for mechanical engineers that will serve as reference as well. The platform is CD-I, for which users need a CD-I player and a TV set. Philips is currently selling the players for $500 in the USA, I think (In Europe it is usually more expensive, although I don't understand why). At another group within Philips they developed a training for a software program on CD-I and the users especially liked the way they could control the pace, compared to 'live' training. Also the ability of working with multiple languages came in handy and also the possibility of going in-depth on demand was appreciated. The reason why we choose for CD-I is because of the low cost for the user and ease-of-use, both compared to PC-based multimedia. Hope this helps, Peter Martens Philips Research, The Netherlands martens@prle.philips.nl
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