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Peer reviewedHawkridge, David; Houldsworth, Elizabeth – Open Learning, 1996
Presents a case study of Sainsbury's, a United Kingdom food retailer who adopted innovations in retail technology and whose resulting training needs were met in part through open learning technology. Highlights include networked personal computers, course materials created by trainers, and implications for higher education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Food Service, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCrocker, D. M. E.; Turner, J. D. – Computers and Education, 1988
Outlines the development of a computer-based means of assessment and training for motorized wheelchair users. Programs designed to run on a BBC microcomputer that allow the ability of a severely handicapped person to be tested are explained; a joystick-controlled wheelchair simulation is described, and its use with children highlighted.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Children, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Eary, John – Interactive Learning International, 1992
Describes an interactive video system, VISTRAIN (Video-Based Integrated System for Training Applications), which was developed by the National Computing Centre in the United Kingdom for the Scottish Police College to help train police supervisory officers in crowd control. Group training is discussed, and management training applications are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation
O'Neill, Gerard – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Describes the component parts of interactive video systems and suggests reasons for the increasing popularity of interactive video over other forms of instruction in education and training. A British project is described which is concerned with investigating the potential of interactive video for teaching foreign languages to secondary school…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedHughes, Alun; Priestley, John – Information Services and Use, 1992
Describes SOLS TICE, the Satellite On-Line Searching Interactive Conferencing Experiment, conducted at the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) to meet the training needs of staff in the library and information science (LIS) sector. Continuing professional development is discussed, instructional effectiveness and cost effectiveness are…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Powell, James; And Others – Interactive Learning International, 1992
Describes a computer simulation called ICCARUS (Intelligent Command and Control, Acquisition and Review Using Simulation) that was developed for training fire officers in the United Kingdom. The integration of microcomputer-based software, videodisks, and audio material on compact disks into the simulation is described; and results of an…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
