Results are reported of a project which involved the design of computer-based courseware for maintenance training. The courseware includes a training simulation which combines two levels of fidelity. The microprocessor-based courseware was developed for troubleshooting training on an electronic telephone switchboard at the U.S. Army Signal School in Fort Gordon, Georgia. Initial evaluation of the courseware demonstrated that computer-based simulation can be effectively used to supplement or partially replace “hands-on” practice with real equipment. Practice on the simulation, interspersed with real equipment practice, added a new and valuable dimension to the diagnostic training.
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