Online Program May Mark End Of Printed Study
Materials
As Aero-News reported earlier this
week, Diamond Aircraft and Jeppesen have joined forces
to deliver an online private pilot training course that is tailored
to Diamond airplanes. More details of that plan -- which also
includes additional Diamond specific online course packages that
will follow the private course -- were revealed Thursday at
Lakeland 2007.
Representatives with Jeppesen state the course will provide a
comprehensive suite of materials that will be delivered online to
students, plus airplane-specific training on systems, procedures,
real life operational scenarios, and advanced avionics like the
Garmin G1000.
Instructors will also benefit from the course by using the
Jeppesen Learning Center, which will offer a centralized location
to manage, track and store student training progress and
records.
“We are very excited to further develop our partnership
with an innovative and forward-thinking manufacturer like Diamond
Aircraft,” said Kevin Collins, Jeppesen executive vice
president, General and Business Aviation. “Delivering custom
courses to OEMs is something that goes back to the roots of our
training business and Paul Sanderson himself.
Aircraft-specific ground training helps students to better retain
knowledge and apply it to their flight training, and internet-based
delivery will make the courses convenient for both students and
instructors.”
“Diamond has always been about leading edge technology,
innovation, quality, safety and making flying more accessible to
more people,” said Peter Maurer, President of Diamond
Aircraft Industries. “Jeppesen shares these values, in
addition to being the recognized leader in flight training
materials, and as such is the ideal partner for developing a new
generation of flight training tools. The Diamond-specific training
courses will be the perfect complement to our newly launched
Diamond Flight Center Program. We are truly delighted to be
partnered with Jeppesen in providing a modern basis for the
training of future generations of pilots.”
The Diamond partnership points to Jeppesen’s strategy for
transitioning its award-winning training products from paper
textbooks to more flexible options that are delivered via various
customizable methods -– be it web, CD, or a combination of
printed and electronic media. The strategy also focuses on using
innovative instructional design principles like objective-based
learning, realistic scenarios, and pre-tests that identify exactly
what subjects need additional study, and what subjects are already
known.
With the added flexibility that computer-based training offers,
Jeppesen says entire training systems can now be customized, and
kept more current due to reduced production lead times.
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