Computer-based employee training is being increasingly utilized. For an employer, the benefit is lower training costs in terms of instructor-hours. For the student, there is the pedagogical benefit of self-paced learning. However, students may lose the potential benefit of personal contact with an instructor associated in "hands-on" learning or in the classroom experience. How effective is computer-based training in reducing instructor time and cost, and how effective is this type of training in assuring students' learning comprehension and retention? This IQP will approach these questions in the context of training operators for nuclear reactors. The training of operators for the WPI Nuclear Reactor Facility will be used as a test example by the creation of a Web-based training system to augment the existing training program. This Web-based system will have all the features of traditional computer-based training with the additional advantages of hyperlinks to additional resources, such as the NRC Web site for 10CFR, located in the appropriate locations throughout the training program.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Koser, John P.
• Tino, Richard Vincent
• Shear, Michael A.

Subject

• Computing
• Industry
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D278I

Keyword

• Computer-assisted instruction
• Human-computer interaction
• Education, Higher

Advisor

• Boulette, E. T.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright