Video Teletraining: A Guide to Design, Development, and Use.Today's law enforcement training managers face a variety of challenges in identifying the most cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. methods to deliver training. An increasingly popular option to meet various training needs includes some form of teletraining, e.g., video teleconferencing See videoconferencing. , satellite-relay broadcasting, or desktop conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. . Where should trainers look for guidance when faced with using one of these instructional media? One helpful source, Video Teletraining: A Guide to Design, Development, and Use, developed by the Training Institute of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) provides a comprehensive discussion of teletraining technology and offers helpful suggestions for designing teletraining courses and preparing teletraining instructors. Although not written specifically for police trainers, the book contains information, culled from a 3-year GAO pilot study, that should prove useful to anyone in law enforcement interested in teletraining (or distance learning, as it is often called). The seven-chapter book begins with an introduction to distance learning and videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems . Subsequent chapters focus on topics such as using videoconferencing equipment, troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. , scheduling, and coordinating video teletraining sessions. Each of these discussions includes checklists designed to help instructors ensure that teletraining sessions function smoothly. The last three chapters of the book cover valuable information often overlooked in similar publications. These chapters, titled "Designing and Redesigning Courses for the Video Teletraining Class," "Adapting Visual Materials for Television," and "Delivering the Video Training Class," explain what works and what does not work during teletraining classes. The book points out crucial differences between using visual aids visual aids Noun, pl objects to be looked at that help the viewer to understand or remember something in traditional platform instruction and using them in teletraining. It then suggests ways to develop visual materials that meet the unique demands of teletraining instruction. The final chapter discusses the special demands teletraining places on instructors, focusing on such topics as coordinating administrative matters, encouraging "classroom" interactivity, and displaying a positive image during teletraining sessions. Video Teletraining takes much of the mystery out of a quickly emerging technology that offers many exciting possibilities for law enforcement trainers. In the not-too-distant future, teletraining may be a routine component of the instruction provided by law enforcement trainers. This book will help trainers prepare for that future. Agencies can order a free copy of Video Teletraining (each additional copy is $2) by contacting GAO at 202-512-6000 and requesting document GAO/TI-95-1. The book also can be accessed via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at http://www.gao.gov. Reviewed by Patricia M. Boord, M.S. Curriculum and Interactive Training Technologies Program Manager National Security Training FBI Academy The FBI Academy, located in Quantico, Virginia, is the training grounds for new Special Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was first opened for use in 1972 on 385 acres (1.6 km²) of woodland. Quantico, Virginia Quantico, Virginia lies in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. It is totally surrounded by Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Potomac River. |
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