Dynamic Task Selection for Flexible Training Systems: A New Training Philosophy

This PhD-project will focus on the question how a flexible training system for ATC can be developed that makes it possible to meet the individual learning needs of trainees by shifting responsibility to the trainees in such a way that they become more and more self-directed learners, and are able to monitor and assess task performance, and select learning tasks that fulfill their learning needs. The focus of the project will be on a training philosophy, based on further developments of current training methods and will use the existing learning tasks (that is simulator training tasks and part task practices) and the current portfolio (LIS) as a starting point, but will also anticipate on future competences needed in various (unforeseeable) situations. The project will build on the current innovations in ATC. That is, it will use the available standards and criteria for assessment, the assessment system and the coaching protocols. The project aims at developing general design guidelines for flexible training, especially concerning SDL in dynamic task selection.