Introduction: Advanced Technologies Applied to Training Design

Abstract

The purpose of NATO workshops are “to establish active exchange of information among member nations and to stimulate the defense applications of research.” In 1985, NATO’s Defense Research Group sponsored its first workshop on computer based training. During the next 6 years, there have been so many changes in technology, national priorities, and training needs that in 1991, a second workshop was held. This workshop covered advanced training technologies and the products that they could provide to the alliance. The workshop focused on the following 6 technological areas plus existing data base structures that could provide both researchers and practitioners with ready sources of information.