USING 3-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS TO TEACH EQUIPMENT PROCEDURES

This report focuses on how 3-D graphical and interactive features of c omputer-based instruction can enhance learning and support human cogni tion during technical training of equipment procedures (where procedur al training tasks are often highly specific to a piece of equipment). Studies of the effects of graphics, motion, and interactivity in techn ical training, and reports of successful instruction using state-of-th e art graphics and animation were reviewed to extract a set of guideli nes for using 3-D interactive graphics to teach equipment procedures.