Department of Energy - Radworker

Anyone working in an areas of low radiation at Brookhaven or Argonne Laboratories require re-certification training every 24 months, an 8 hour course. Given the learning objectives and content, provide a CBT course that delivers the same information and course mastery in less time without direct instructor involvement.

Make the course useful to individuals with English as a second language, make the project as self sufficient as possible.

Approach

BNL reconstructed the course content into 58 individual learning objectives including visuals, text, and skill assessment exercises. These materials were integrated into a comprehensive environment where the user could take discrete segments of the program based on available time. Navigation and tracking provided the individual with a tailored course that remembered what sections were completed and mastered various segments that needed additional work and intervention before mastery was granted.

The universe 368 multiple choice questions were divided into these 58 learning objectives so that individuals could place out of sections they already knew and spend quality time in areas where additional information and measurement were required in order to insure they were safe to work in areas of low level radiation.

Lessons Learned

QuickTime™ technology played an elegant role in the delivery of content. Use of database programs to manage content and questions provided better management of editing and revisions throughout the project

Program design must be accomplished first before course rollout is initiated.

Digital photography and sound capture provided significant production efficiencies in course development.