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Note: in cases where the presentation was accompanied by PowerPoint slides those slides are available on the AICC website along with these meeting notes. Where used, they are noted in the notes below. Frequently more detailed information than as in these notes is available by looking at the PowerPoint presentation. Monday 26 Jun 06 Captain Guennadii Prikhodchenko,
Aeroflot welcomed the AICC to AICC Overview: Neil Cramer NWA
(AICC Chairman) PowerPoint available. Neil gave an overview and a little history lesson about the AICC for new attendees. New and current projects were also briefly described. Benefits of AICC membership were described. Membership costs: First meeting free. Observer membership for a year is $500. Voting membership is $2000. CMI/ITL (Independent Test Lab)
Overview: Bill McDonald Alteon (CMI and ITL Chairman) PowerPoint available. Bill outlined the current specs and projects being worked on in the CMI subcommittee. CMI001 Version 4.0 SDA - Simple Deployment Architecture SCORM convergence PENS - Packaging and Exchange Notification Services CMI Offline Specification Bill outlined current test lab activities CMI Testing Procedures AICC Sample Lesson The upcoming PENS plugfest in Sankhya Infotech has volunteered to
build a new test suite. Bill is working with them
now to develop a requirements document which should be
completed before the SDA Overview: Bill McDonald
Alteon PowerPoint available. Many-to-many LMS and content system issues, and cross-domain issues will be attacked by this guideline. Bill reviewed the concepts behind the Simple Deployment Architecture. He gave recap of a previous presentation "XML and Service Enhancement to HACP API and More." He restated te goal of the effort and highlighted what is important: do not loose backward compatibility, solve the cross domain issue, increase configurability, reduce compatibility issues between content LMS/CMI. Bill described the problem showing several scenarios. Bill gave a status update of the work on the SDA. Ed Cohen of Plateau is heading the effort. AGR 001 (Platform) update: Bill
McDonald Alteon PowerPoint available. Platform guideline needs to be updated again. Current version is 9.1. It is time to shift some of the current recommendations. In Jan of 2007 when Microsoft Vista is introduced, new hardware recommendations will probably become mandatory. Training Technology Objectives:
Jean-Louis Bravo Airbus Chairman PowerPoint available. Jean-Louis presented an overview of the activities of the Training Technologies Subcommittee. Jean-Louis described three examples of new technology training tools at Airbus. Jean-Louis also provided a demonstration of each of the new training tools. Simulation briefing tool. Smart graphics use. HTTP monitored training device. Action Item: At the next meeting Jean-Louis will provide a demonstration of using SVG and flash for smart graphics. CMI Offline CMI Specification:
Jack Hyde AICC PowerPoint available. There are now three specifications planned to support offline CMI. Offline CMI - the main specification with communication standards and header or envelop information for the data transmitted. XML Communication - an XSD for the student data transmitted from LMS to content and content to LMS. AICC Packaging - a description of how to package all the files in an AICC course. Currently PKZip is recommended. Future versions will probably add an XML packaging mechanism ISO PowerPoint available. The ISO organization devoted to
training technology standards is SC36. This stands
for subcommittee #36. This subcommittee met in Jack's presentation provides an
overview of the general meeting and some information
about 4 of the working groups (WG) in the subcommittee.
At the general meeting (called a plenary session) two new
members were approved: The ADL has submitted the SCORM documents for SC36 comment. A later AICC session this week is devoted to this subject (see Thursday's notes). WG4 is tasked with building a metadata standard. Details on what occurred in that meeting is discussed in a later AICC session this week (see Thursday's notes). Simulation and Smart Graphic
Subcommittee Overview: Kris Rockwell Chairman Smart Graphic: a graphic as a single object whose appearance may be manipulated through external code. Kris introduced Sebastien Fraysse. Designing Smart Graphics
Scenarios with IMS Simple Sequencing: Sebastien Fraysse,
i3M PowerPoint available. Instructional designers needs. What do smart graphics need to do to support instructional design? i3M worked with Airbus to do a case study and determine some best practices. Smart graphics are useless without outside control and input. Instructional scenarios with simulations were reviewed with an explanation that smart graphics can do some of these scenarios with simple sequencing. Sebastien explained an example of smoke detection procedures in an Airbus A320 with smart graphics. i3M has built a document on designing training scenarios with SCORM simple sequencing. Sebastien provided an overview of this document and examples using the principles and techniques described in the document. IEEE/SISO Simulation
Interoperability: Jack Hyde, AICC PowerPoint available. Jack provided an update on what has
been happening since this group met at the end of the
last AICC meeting in They have formed 3 teams Use Cases Architecture Taxonomy They meet every other week via
telecon, and have had one face to face meeting at Jack gave the AICC presentation at this meeting. It described how the components of a simulation may be arranged differently in different training scenarios. The components include Instructional Component Interface to instruction Simulation engine Interface to the simulation LMS These components may appear locally, or on the Web in an infinite number of arrangements. Jack showed diagrams of 7 topologies where these components reside in different places. He pointed out that all of these topologies exist in current training scenarios in the aviation industry. When standards are made for simulation interoperability these multiple topologies must be considered. Tuesday 27 Jun 06 Airbus Learning Management
System: Jacques Talvard, Airbus PowerPoint available. Airbus has developed its own LMS system using PHP and MySQL. Jacques explained the objectives, the hardware and software, and architecture of their new LMS. He also explained how they were conforming to the AICC guidelines. They are using HACP communication. Jacques demonstrated the LMS in operation. Airbus will offer the LMS to all airline customers buying a new airplane type. PowerPoint available. Aeroflot is the largest carrier in The training center trains cockpit crews, cabin crews and maintenance technicians. English language is taught by computers. All employees take the English courses. CBT/WBT Training at Aeroflot:
Olga Chashina-Semenova, Aeroflot PowerPoint available. Aeroflot is transitioning from CBT to WBT. The aircraft training (A-320, B-767, and IL-96) was originally file-based. The English language training is web-based. Aeroflot is going to adopt the new Airbus LMS. They are installing the A-320 course on the new LMS which will then enable web-deployment. They are installing other Aeroflot courseware including the English language courses. Olga demonstrated some Aeroflot courseware running on the Airbus LMS. One of the challenges was modifying the LMS for delivery of Aeroflot tests. Some custom modules were developed to allow delivery of Aeroflot tests. The result is that after taking a test a custom course can be automatically generated to provide training in the areas where the test taker showed weaknesses. Aeroflot is combining English language training with its other courseware. A dictionary is launched and attached to an assignable unit when it is launched. Virtual Aircraft Outside Check
Using Scalable 3D-Technologies: Udo Schleiden, Luftansa PowerPoint available. A preflight walk-around inspection module was designed as a research project. The intention was to develop a learning scenario in VR and get feedback from users. It is designed to run on a PC with a mouse - no special user interface required. However, a powerful graphics card is required. Udo demonstrated the walk-around lesson. The feedback from both pilots and maintenance technicians that used the demo was generally good. Lufthansa also built a VR module of the cockpit using helmet and VR gloves. They created a scenario of starting the engine and pushback. The pilot feedback was negative. Training at Gulf Air: Glyn
Chadwick, Gulf Air PowerPoint available. Glyn described a little of the history of the airline. Gulf Air formerly owned by 4
countries is now owned by 2 countries: Glyn described the direction and some of the future plans of Gulf Air. eLearning Implementation into VDA
Training: Roman Pravdyukov, Volga-Dnepr Airlines PowerPoint available. Roman described the airline. It is a Russian air carrier that was founded in 1990 and now has 21 wide bodied aircraft and 5 regional jets. The airline focuses on Charter flights and cargo transportation. Roman described the current flight training approaches and future plans. Training Development Checklist:
Mike Sharp, Honeywell PowerPoint available. Mike described the benefits of the AICC checklists covering: Hardware, CMI Instructional Systems Design Icons He then asked the question, "Do we need more?" He then reviewed the current "AGR 12 Training Development Checklist," its purpose, use, and content. Overview of Training in CSA: Jan
Miskovsky, CSA (Czech Airlines) PowerPoint available. Jan provided an entertaining digital video history of Czech Airlines founded in 1923. Current fleet consists of about 50 aircraft and includes Airbus, Boeing and ATR airplanes. CSA has about 500 pilots and 1000 cabin crew. CSA's first CBT was acquired in 1990 - A310. Wednesday, Jun 28 Maximizing Efficiency in
e-Learning Development: Renny Hart, Delta PowerPoint available. E-Learning is critical in today's environment when costs are rising and revenues are going down. But how can you reduce the cost of e-Learning? Renny described the benefits of dynamic development. Dynamic development means building infrastructure that can take formatted data and turn it into an interaction. Reduce development hours Reduce requirements for licensed software Centralize code for updates It is necessary to separate content from the presentation. You then feed data into the engine that creates the screen. Delta uses XML for data. It builds a data model for each type of interaction. Then it builds forms for each data model input. Currently Delta only has the forms for question/test interactions. However, they plan to build forms for instructional interactions in the future. Overview of Training at
Kingfisher Airlines Limited: Rakesh Gupta, Kingfisher
Airlines Kingfisher is a new airline just one year old. Currently it has 15 aircraft. In the next 20 months it is going to acquire 45 more aircraft. What is happening in aviation in Other airlines are starting also. Many small carriers have appeared since the opening of the economy. Kingfisher has positioned itself as the luxury carrier, not the low cost carrier. They have Kingfisher class and first class. There is a huge demand for pilots.
Most students get their license outside of Growth of airlines in Kingfisher is hiring graduates of engineering schools and training them to be pilots. Currently all simulator training is at Airbus. However, Kingfisher is in the process of purchasing many simulators. Currently Kingfisher is a domestic
airline, but next year it will become an international
carrier with flights from the eLearning Development
Consolidation at Northwest: Neil Cramer & Debra
Remington & Steven Steichen, NWA PowerPoint available. NWA business units all had their own training departments. NWA is now consolidating training for eLearning. Benefits that will be achieved include: Consistent instructional design methodology Shared training workstation Shared training rooms/facilities Flight Operations - current status Legacy content Development tools Content shell Templates and models SmartGraphics Expanding distance learning Technical Operations - current status DHTML text with graphics No audio No video Limited animation Plateau question editor assessments LMS and Webpage launch methods IS Development Services - current status Supports IS, In-flight, Ground Operations, Reservations, Cargo, HR, Safety and Environment Uses a development tool made at NWA called FOO - Flash Object Organizaer. This tool has three modes. Authoring mode Quality assurance mode Production mode Custom configured Firefox browser is included in any CD sent out for home use to eliminate most configuration control problems. eLearning Strategy - new Consolidate all eLearning development teams Two groups eLearning design and development eLearning technology Enterprise ISD methodologies and processes are being developed. How to Identify Differences
between Courseware Updates: Bernard Bouyt, Airbus PowerPoint available. Courseware may be provided to an airline, which in turn modifies the course. The courseware may be translated or customized. 2 yr later a revised version of the course is provided to the airline. The airline needs information about the changes that have occurred. Possible approaches to a solution: Course structure differences include Cancelled AUs New AUs Modified AUs because of technical evolutions Bernard demonstrated the use of ExamDif (freeware program) to examine course structure files to show the differences. The program lists the file contents side by side with highlights for the lines that have changed. Content differences - Airbus documents MPM - Modification Proposal Lists Improvements/corrections Lists Another approach (as opposed to separate documents) is to exploit the metadata. Information can be added to the MIF (Main Information File or Metadata Information File). MPM and Improvement information can be added. Today the MIF is used for producer information and not for airline information. Also, MIFs are used and created a little differently by different organizations within Airbus. Summary Course structure differences are not a big problem. Tools exist to help. Use of metadata needs to be disciplined and homogenized Metadata may be replaced by other systems with consistent readable information about revisions. Open Discussion: Issues that are
Important to Airlines: Bernard Bouyt, Airbus Bernard asked airlines what their concerns are and what the AICC can do to help. Ray (UPS) asked about the status of a best practices document. For instance where do you go to get information on filling out an RFP? Neil suggested we put this on the agenda of the next meeting. We can discuss what should go into a best practices document and what subjects would be appropriate for best practices. Jean-Louis suggested a basic knowledge document related to the AICC for new attendees. Neil asked if a two hour discussion like this one would be valuable to schedule in future meetings. Jan (Czech Air) suggested several best practice topics: How to manage course content How to move from classical training into eLearning How to construct objectives How to chose in-house vs. outsource for course development How to maintain control of content, if development is outsourced Bernard asked what airlines prefer in terms of support for courseware. Glyn (Gulf) suggested that you have a person to contact for questions. Neil suggested that you need a person you have developed a relationship with, and for more detailed or specialized questions he can direct you to the correct person. Mike Sharp suggested we create a plan to move forward with this type of discussion. Learn eXact LCMS Presentation:
Gianluca Rolandelli, Giunti Labs PowerPoint available. Giunti is a traditional publisher with a long distinguished history. Giunti Labs is owned by Giunti and produces both content and an LMS. eXact Learning produces content with partners around the world. Currently Guinti Labs is focusing on mobile computing. In general it is using SCORM standards but supports AICC as well. XML instances and style sheets are used to create screens on different devices. This enables the same content to run on portable devices as well as laptops and desk top computers. Giunti also supports AICC specs. Sequencing uses proprietary algorithms but Giunti is looking at SCORM for the future. Most current courses are linear. IMS content packaging is used. Giunti recommends the AICC use this spec for courseware packaging. All of Giunti published content is published as an IMS (SCORM) content package or AICC content package. Gianluca discussed some of the problems of running courseware using SCORM with a digital repository of content and an LMS on separate servers. Learn eXact is a content management system and LMS. Exact packages includes Importing Converting Indexing Templating Packaging Versioning Workflow Management Enrollment Delivery Scorm Tracking Scorm Sequencing Learning process management The same content can be delivered on traditional clients or mobile devices. Gianluca described some R&D pilot projects. He then did a live demo of the following capabilities. Browsing content in a digital repository. Importing assets into an authoring tool. Using templates Creating templates Creating an AICC course Creating a SCORM course Previewing a course Changing a SCO to an AU Generating an offline viewer of the course (with no tracking) Exporting to PDF E-Learning @ Capitalia
Informatica: Enzo Iodice, Capitallia Informatica PowerPoint available. Capitalia Informatica is a large banking organization that combines Bipop Carire, Banco di Sicillia and several other banking firms. Enzo showed statistics on the number
of users and completed courses accomplished with Enzo concluded by saying that the
AICC specifications were critical to the success of Learning Dream: Enzo Iodice,
Capitallia Informatica PowerPoint available. Learning Dream is an R&D project in e-learning. Its main objective is to disseminate e-learning standard knowledge, and show that it is possible to implement content for small and medium enterprises and primary and secondary schools. Learning Dream is a suite of
integrated software products. It has all the
characteristics of The first step of using Dream is being taken with Comprehensive Institute of Bagnolo. (its primary education system) Another step is to reach small businesses. An e-learning day was organized to show the potential of e-learning to them. Enzo described why an e-learning system can benefit a small company. ISO Report and SCORM Discussion:
Jack Hyde AICC PowerPoint available. Jack described the ADL becoming a new Liaison Organization to the ISO SC36. As its first action as a Liaison Organization, the ADL provided the latest versions of SCORM to the SC36 for comment. As another Liaison Organization, the AICC is encouraged to comment on SCORM. The group considered a number of comments and generally agreed to send the following comments to the SC36: SCORM should not become a fast-tracked ISO standard. Individual sections of the document should be deliberated separately. Any type of ISO endorsement should be at the level of different chapters or sections or documents (not the entire suite of documents called SCORM) Individual sections should only become standards after deficiencies have been addressed. The metadata portion of the document may soon become superceded by ISO standard. The runtime environment data model is incomplete (see AICC CMI guidelines for a more complete data model) The sequencing and navigation section is too complex and should be made easier for implementers and instructional designers to understand. The API interface needs to be more flexible (or augmented). There are cross domain issues that need to be addressed. The SCORM (IMS) packaging specification is useful and could become a standard. The AICC would like to participate in an effort to work with the SCORM specification, to fix its deficiencies, and make many parts of it into international standards. These comments will be reformatted, refined and forwarded to the SC36 by Jack Hyde. ISO Metadata Presentation: Jack
Hyde, AICC Multiple PowerPoints available. The ISO SC36 Working Group on
Metadata met in Flexible Hierarchy: How organizations can create unique structures for their metadata and still be 100% interoperable with other organizations' metadata. Flexible Names: How organizations can use there own terms or languages for metadata element names and structure titles and still be 100% interoperable with other organizations' metadata. Metadata for collections: Additional data elements (not currently in the LOM or ISO consideration) recommended to describe collections more clearly and fully. Metadata obligations: How mandatory and optional elements can be identified in metadata instances. Metadata for revisions: Additional data elements that can be used to describe what has changed in a new version of the content being described with metadata. Educational metadata: Additional data elements that can be used to more precisely describe the content being described with metadata.
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