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Eary, John – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
The National Computing Centre (NCC) has developed an interactive video training system for the Scottish Police College to help train police supervisory officers in crowd control at major spectator events, such as football matches. This approach involves technology-enhanced training in a group-learning environment, and may have significant impact…
Descriptors: Interactive Video, Police Education, Management Development, Supervisory Training
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Powell, James; Wright, Theo; Newland, Paul; Creed, Chris; Logan, Brian – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Is it possible to educate a fire officer to deal intelligently with the command and control of a major fire event he will never have experienced? The authors of this paper believe there is, and present here just one solution to this training challenge. It involves the development of an intelligent simulation based upon computer managed interactive…
Descriptors: Fire Protection, Fire Science Education, Artificial Intelligence, Case Studies
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Cherrett, Tom; Wills, Gary; Price, Joe; Maynard, Sarah; Dror, Itiel E. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The cost of health and safety (H&S) failures to the UK industry is currently estimated at up to 6.5 billion British Pounds per annum, with the construction sector suffering unacceptably high levels of work-related incidents. Better H&S education across all skill levels in the industry is seen as an integral part of any solution.…
Descriptors: Industry, Civil Engineering, Learning Experience, Training Methods
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Gardner, John; McNally, Helena – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1995
Reports on a project commissioned by the National Council for Educational Technology designed to investigate the potential for interactive video in school-based initial teacher training; results are derived from an empirical study in 26 schools. Training needs; interactive video in distance learning and staff development; and the potential for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Development