Effective Simulator Instruction      

• Course Objective
  This training course for new or experienced simulator instructor personnel focuses on developing your interpersonal skills to enable you to deal more effectively with the students in the simulator environment to increase the abilities of the students in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. This will be evident in higher performance levels and attitudes in the actual job environment.
  
  By the end of this course the student should be able to:

  • Identify the different approaches for dealing with individual differences relating to teaching adults.
  • Explain how to work with each student to clearly define the course objectives and expectations including their own objectives and expectations.
  • Identify and explain the attributes of and Instructor and Evaluator and how they relate to effective completion of simulator activities.
  • Describe the process and attributes of creating realistic simulator scenarios that effectively engage the students to accomplish specific goals.

• Who Should Attend?
  Power Plant simulator training personnel responsible for creating and presenting effective simulator-based training programs will find the course curriculum relevant, informative, and extremely beneficial. Power industry personnel who are moving into a simulator instruction position will also find this course very helpful in preparing to teach simulator usage.

• Course Content
  • Consideration for Teaching Adults
  • Recognizing and Dealing with Individual Differences in Training
  • Establishing Direction and Purpose for Adult Learners
  • Learning: What is it and how do people learn?
  • Consistent presentation method
  • Adjusting the level of instruction
  • Overview of Simulator Instructor Requirements
  • Qualities of an instructor and evaluator
  • Common training errors and solutions
  • Creating and documenting realistic scenarios
  • Identifying relevant critical parameters and their uses
  • Objectively evaluate student performance
  • Mitigate the consequences of training "Problems"
  • Review of Instructional System Design Basics and Gap Analysis
  • Overview of Training Evaluations
  • The Four Levels: An Overview
  • Evaluation Methods
  • Exam Banks