While the concept and technology were developed at the university, a spin-off company has been established to carry the new technology into the marketplace. Future product development will include conversion to DOS and Windows platforms, production and sale of generic software training modules, and customized application services. In conventional interactive video systems, the trainee simulates skill performance on a keyboard, mouse or touchscreen. This innovation allows for automated training in skills that previously required tutorial clinical settings. Furthermore, each trainee may practice and test in complete privacy, thereby eliminating learning anxiety and mislearning in distractive surroundings.
Innovation is also evident in the potential flexibility and adaptability of the system.
In conventional multimedia systems, the software is complex, making changes both difficult and costly. It consists of a template into which video segments can be placed and replaced according to changed personnel needs, changed equipment and changed organizational procedures. A supervisor or instructor can reliably evaluate the verbal skills and learning abilities of many people in a short time, as many as 45 persons in just 15 minutes according to our experiences. It can replace lectures and seminars in which people talk about skills rather than doing them. Benefits of Quality Excellence in terms of training quality is manifested in several ways.