Authoring Instructional Materials
(AIM)
Implementing AIM at Your Activity –
A General Approach Based on Lessons Learned
March 2012
Tiffany Dombrowski
AIM/CPM Program Manager
NAWCTSD Orlando
407-380-4431
tiffany.dombrowski@Navy.mil
Objective of Presentation
• To begin to answer some questions you may have
regarding AIM implementation at your activity
including:
– What is AIM?
– Why should I use AIM?
– What are the different AIM products and which should I
use?
– How should I approach implementation?
What is AIM?
• Government-owned & managed system of
software tools used by the Navy to design,
develop, update, manage, and integrate
training content
• Provides automated conformance to
standards
– NAVEDTRA 130B – AIM II
– NAVEDTRA 131B – AIM I
– NAVEDTRA 136/137 – CPM/LO Module
Why should I Use AIM?
• Links learning requirements to performance
standards
• Links learning content required resources including
Interactive Electronic Tech Manuals (IETMs) (S1000D
& other formats)
• Automates identification and notification of potential
learning content update requirements based on
performance standard & tech data changes
• Streamlines integration of changes into previous
learning content baseline with minimum impact
• Supports multiple output methods (paper, PDF,
HTML, & SCORM conformant XML formats)
Why should I Use AIM?
(contd)
• Automates new NETC Job Duty Task Analysis process
• Facilitates design, development, and maintenance of
blended learning content
• AIM is a mature application & service provider
supporting the development & sustainment of 250,000+
instructional hours of formal Navy training content
• AIM has proven results and supports efficient, cost
effective development & maintenance of learning
content
Which AIM Product Should I Use?
• Traditional Navy Curriculum Development
– AIM I supports NAVEDTRA 131
• Personnel Performance Profile (PPP)-based curriculum development
• Traditionally used by Undersea, parts of Surface and some Engineering
activities
– AIM II supports NAVEDTRA 130
• Task-based curriculum development
• Traditionally used by Air, part of Surface and most other activities
• New Navy Curriculum Development
– CPM/LO Module supports new Navy guidelines as reflected in
NAVEDTRA 136 and NAVEDTRA 137
• CPM centrally hosted as Web-based enterprise planning tool
• LO Module packaged with both AIM I and AIM II products
• Supports reuse of traditional AIM content when re-authoring to meet
new JDTA-based curriculum guidance
Which AIM Product Should I Use?
(contd)
• Content Planning Module (CPM) is designed to:
– Link Learning Objective to Job Duty Task Analysis Data
(JDTA) per NAVEDTRA 137
– Link learning objectives to reusable Learning Objects
– Provide the capability for populating important project
and instructional design strategy information to assist
with management of learning content development
efforts
– Enable linking skill data to existing traditional learning
content
Which AIM Product Should I Use?
(contd)
• Learning Object (LO) Module is designed to:
– Fully develop and maintain instructor-led training
content, based on CPM-generated, course outline of
instruction per NAVEDTRA 136 and NAVEDTRA 137
– Automatically generate default metadata per NETC
guidelines (Mar 2012)
– Enable digital linking of granular learning content
‘chunks’ to pertinent Interactive Electronic Technical
Manual (IETM) authoritative technical data
– Support design and maintenance of self-paced content
via interface with selected CBT tools
Which AIM Product Should I Use?
(contd)
• So which do I use?
– If you work for NETC, be sure to discuss with NETC
N74
– CPM is mandated for generation of JDTA data for all
new projects and LO Module is tightly integrated with
CPM
– CPM and LO Module are increasingly mature new
tools, with a number of prototype projects currently
underway to proof the new NAVEDTRA 136/137
business process they automate and to identify
additional functional enhancements needed
– There is much more experience with the traditional
tool set but it has limits especially if a transition of
content to self-paced E-learning is anticipated
How should I approach implementation?
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Discuss CPM and LO Module implementation with
the AIM team
To implement traditional AIM:
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Course selection
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Develop short courses first to build expertise
Sun-downing (do not convert courses scheduled to be
canceled within 3 years)
For initial projects get help from AIM team (in person or via
web-meeting) early on in process
Build an AIM guru for your activity
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Send them to formal training
Have them contact the AIM team for web-based assistance
and follow-on training
Have them represent you on the AIM Functional
Requirements Board (FRB)
Points of Contact / Website
• Program Manager
Tiffany Dombrowski
407-380-4431
tiffany.dombrowski@navy.mil
• Contractor PM
Jim Ferrall
703-494-1416
jferrall@aimereon.com
• Software Help Desk
Ron Zinnato
407-380-4667
ronald.zinnato@navy.mil
• ISD Lead
Jamie Stewart
757-481-2837
jstewart@aimereon.com
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