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Using three-dimensional interactive graphics to teach equipment procedures

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This report focuses on how 3-D graphical and interactive features of computer-based instruction can enhance learning and support human cognition during technical training of equipment procedures (where procedural training tasks are often highly specific to a piece of equipment). Studies of the effects of graphics, motion, and interactivity in technical training, and reports of successful instruction using state-of-the art graphics and animation were reviewed to extract a set of guidelines for using 3-D interactive graphics to teach equipment procedures.

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  1. the Department of Social Science, Valencia Community College, USA

    Cheryl J. Hamel (professor)

  2. Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego, USA

    David L. Ryan-Jones

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Hamel, C.J., Ryan-Jones, D.L. Using three-dimensional interactive graphics to teach equipment procedures. ETR&D 45, 77–87 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02299684

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