US 5,788,504 AGranted

Computerized training management system

AssigneeBrookhaven Science Associates, LLC

InventorsHarold B. Rice, Robert C. McNair, Kenneth White, Terry Maugeri

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Abstract

A Computerized Training Management System (CTMS) for providing a procedurally defined process that is employed to develop accreditable performance based training programs for job classifications that are sensitive to documented regulations and technical information. CTMS is a database that links information needed to maintain a five-phase approach to training-analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation independent of training program design. CTMS is designed using R-Base.RTM., an-SQL compliant software platform. Information is logically entered and linked in CTMS. Each task is linked directly to a performance objective, which, in turn, is linked directly to a learning objective; then, each enabling objective is linked to its respective test items. In addition, tasks, performance objectives, enabling objectives, and test items are linked to their associated reference documents. CTMS keeps all information up to date since it automatically sorts, files and links all data; CTMS includes key word and reference document searches.

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Dependent claims

A Computerized Training Management System operable in a multiple relational databases environment for creating and maintaining at least one computerized training material database having a plurality of training data and documents, the computerized training material database being correlated to at least one related reference manual database having a plurality of identified reference documents, the System comprising:

means for creating at least one computerized training material database having a plurality of training data and documents arranged into a plurality of training phases;
and means for creating at least one computerized reference manual database having a plurality of identified related reference documents;
computerized means for serially linking and correlating said plurality of training phases and for directly linking all of the training phases in parallel to the reference manual database, said computerized means being operable to enable a user working with any of said training phases to select menus that allow for inputting, editing or browsing items in each selected menu thereby to systematically enhance features facilitating the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of the training management system performance and its content validity while simultaneously updating existing materials in all of the other training phases to assure validity of the resultant data throughout the training management system;
computerized means for searching said training material database using a correlated reference document code for thereby determining related training data and documents;
and
computerized means for automatically updating all of said linked and related training data and documents and said reference manual database of reference documents, responsive to a change being made in any one of said data and documents.

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