SMART Center: a distance training approach for aviation maintenance personnel

Author

Chandler, Terrell N. ; Earon, Craig

Author_Institution

Galaxy Sci. Corp., Tucker, GA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1873

Abstract

This paper will describe the SMART Center (Safe Maintenance in Aviation Resource Training Center) developed for the FAA Office of Aviation Medicine to teach human factors concepts to aviation maintenance personnel. The intent of this paper is to illustrate possibilities of training through a virtual campus. The issues that one must consider when implementing such a facility will be highlighted, as will be the advantages to taking such an approach

Keywords

Internet; aerospace computing; aircraft maintenance; computer aided instruction; computer based training; engineering education; human factors; FAA Office of Aviation Medicine; SMART Center; aviation maintenance personnel; aviation resource training center; distance training approach; human factors concepts; safe maintenance; Communication industry; Distance learning; Educational institutions; FAA; Government; Human factors; Industrial training; Management training; Personnel; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.638318

Filename

638318