Simulated Training Flashcards
Simulated Training
Simulations are abstractions of reality.
It is a method for practice and learning that can be useful to many different disciplines and trainees.
It is a technique to substitute and strengthen real experiences with guided ones Often “immersive” in nature, it suggests or replicates considerable aspects of the real world in a completely interactive mode.
It is also known as vestibule training.
Happens in a detached room (called vestibule) with the same equipment the trainees will utilize on the job.
Frequently entails the use of simulators for safety learning efficiency and cost savings.
It is essential when it’s too expensive or unsafe to train employees on the job.
Placing new assembly line workers instantly to work might slow down production.
When safety is a concern — simulated training may be the lone realistic choice.
Simulations usually come in 3 styles:
- Live simulations
- Virtual simulations
- Constructive simulations
- Live simulations
Usually engage humans and or equipment and activity in a location where they would function for real
War games with soldiers out in the field and manning command posts are examples of live simulations
Time is uninterrupted, as in the real world
Another example is checking a car battery by means of an electrical tester
- Virtual simulations
Regularly engage humans and or equipment in a computer controlled setting
Time is in disconnected steps, letting users to focus on the vital matter
A flight simulator is under this category
- Constructive simulations
These normally do not engage humans or equipment as participants
They are motivated more by the correct sequencing of events and not by time
The projected trail of a hurricane might be constructed through application of temperatures, pressures, wind currents and other weather factors
Science based simulations are naturally constructive in nature
Simulations may
Also be a combination of two or more styles.
Be used with any type of program.
It is best to reflect on specific benefits and advantages of simulations, especially when it comes to justifying a raise in cost or time for an overall training program.
The benefits and advantages of using simulations are not only for participants, but also to the moderators, the training organization, and the organization as a whole.
Benefits of simulation:
- Participants in a simulation are able to learn by performing an action to get to a certain outcome.
- The errors participants generate in a simulation, from simple to complex ones, are truly learning experiences.
- The simulation environment also offers the consistent, constant, and instant feedback.
- A well made simulation can be pleasurable, thrilling experience for both the participants and the moderator.
- Participants in a simulation are able to learn by performing an action to get to a certain outcome.
The outcome from simulation is one that comes from experience and not merely from reading, discussion, and testing.
One of the necessary bases of adult learning theory is the experiential component-
Adults learn through experience
Retention of knowledge and its applications is higher with experience
- The errors participants generate in a simulation, from simple to complex ones, are truly learning experiences
This means that the outcome is not damaging to the organization, its equipment, or personnel
Fewer clean ups of errors done in a simulation environment
- The simulation environment also offers the consistent, constant, and instant feedback
It leads to immediate application of knowledge
Application similar to experience is a key component of effective adult learning
- A well made simulation can be pleasurable, thrilling experience for both the participants and the moderator
First benefit: pleasurable experiences can be used as promotional tools for the training program
Business Games
This is a type of simulator that tries to present the way an industry, company, or organization, consultancy or sub unit of a company functions
It may be carried out for various business trainings such as general management, finance, organizational behavior, human resources or the like
They are based on a set of rules, procedures, plans, relationships, principles derived from the research
Trainees are given some information that describes a particular situation and are then asked to make decisions that will best suit the situation of the company
The system then provides feedback about the impact of decisions
How business games works:
Before starting, the game trainees are provided with information unfolding in an unfolding situation and the rules for playing the game
They are then asked to play the game and formulate decisions about what to do given certain information
Next, the trainees are offered feedback about the outcomes of their decisions and requested to create another decision
This process continues until some predefined condition of the organization exists or a specific number of tryouts have been accomplished
Example: financial situation of the company — the game may stop when the company has arrived at a particular profitability level or when the comp
Business games engage
An element of competition, whichever in opposition to other players or against the game itself.
In using business games
The trainer must be watchful to make certain that the learning points are Q O the spotlight, not the competition.
