SUBJECT MATTER AND PEDAGOGICAL EXPERTS FOR TRAINING DEVICE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

THE FOCUS OF PHASE I OF THIS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS THE FORMULATION AND TESTING OF A "WORKING MODEL" OF KASE, AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL. KASE CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A PROTOTYPE DESIGN FOR AN AUTOMATED AND ENHANCED IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADOC INTERSERVICE PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN PHASEE OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. KASE IS A CONCEPTUAL DEEIGN FOR A DOMAIN INDEPENDENT EXPERT SYSTEM WHICH EMULATES THE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF AN EXPERIENCED CURRICULUM DEVELOPER. THE EXPERT SYSTEM CONSISTS OF OBJECTORIENTED KNOWLEDGE BASES WHICH INTEGRATE MODELS OF INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION, EDITORS FOR KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND STUDENT INFORMATION, CASE STUDIES OF PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED COURSES, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PROTOCOLS, INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTS, AND PRODUCTION RULES INCORPORATING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES. KASE FACILITATES THE COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BY CAPTURING DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE FROM THE USER/DEVELOPER AND AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZING THIS KNOWLEDGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO GENERATE A DETAILED DESIGN SPECIFICATION FOR INSTRUCTION. THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONINCLUDES TASK ANALYSIS, COURSE DESCRIPTION, COURSE OBJECTIVES, TERMINAL AND ENABLING OBJECTIVES, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS, AND DESIGN NOTES. NOREOVER, KASE QUERIES THE USER/DEVELOPER FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, TRAINING CONSTRAINTS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS, COURSE PARAMETERS); BUILDS INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTS FROM THIS KNOWLEDGE, AND REASONS OVER THESE OBJECTS TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO USE FOR A GIVEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT. FINALLY, KASE ACCOUNTS FOR THE REASONING WHICH UNDERLIES ITS CHOICES OF SELECTED PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES.