Authoring Instructional Materials

AIM was developed for and is primarily used by the United States Navy

Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM) is a management system consisting of a set of commercial and government software used by the United States Navy for the development and design of training curricula and instructional content.[1]

First proposed in the 1970s,[2] AIM was designed to maximize the efficiency of the curriculum development process through the use of computer-based automation tools.[3] Currently, over 300,000 hours of the Navy's instructional materials exist using the AIM system.[2]

AIM comprises the toolsets AIM I and AIM II, which were developed for the Personal Performance Profile approach and the Task Based approach respectively.[4] AIM II stores training content on a SQL server, serving as a relational database for managing the relationships between instructional material elements.[4] PDF, XML and HTML are available as content outputs.[4]

Newer versions of AIM include the Content Planning Module (CPM) and Learning Object (LO) Module. The modules incorporate data from the Job Duty Task Analysis (JDTA) process, which aids the revision and creation of training programs.[5] The latest version of the system is AIM 5.0.[6]

  1. ^ Wulfeck, Wallace H.; Dickieson, Janet L.; Apple, James; Vogt, Jerry L. (1993). "The automation of curriculum development using the Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM) system". Instructional Science. 21 (4): 255–267. doi:10.1007/BF00128495. ISSN 0020-4277. S2CID 58775823.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Silber was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ J. L. Vogt; E.R. Robinson; B. Taylor; W.H. Wulfeck (1989). "Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM): Automated Curriculum Development (NPRDC TR 89–12)" (PDF). Navy Personnel Research and Development Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c Reginald L. Johnson (2005). "Authoring Instructional Materials". In B. Hoffman (ed.). Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. San Diego State University.
  5. ^ "CPM-LO Module (NAVEDTRA 136/137/138)". AIM (Authoring Instructional Materials). Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. ^ "AIM Version 5.0". AIM (Authoring Instructional Materials). Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2013.