Published as: Sugrue, B. & Clark, R. E. (2000), Media Selection for Training. In S. Tobias & D. Fletcher (Eds.), Training & Retraining: a handbook for Business, Industry, Government and the Military. New York: Macmillan

Two stages:

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  Task/trainee/instructional events matched to media
  

• 
  Practical considerations
  

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  No sound basis for matching media to tasks and trainees
  

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  Not enough focus on matching media to instructional events
  

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  Instructional events not cognitively defined and linked to media attributes
  

Media lists and categories

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  Media mixed with non-media
  

• 
  Media-independent variables associated with particular media
  

Goal Elaboration

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  Description
  

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  Demonstration
  

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  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Before
  
• 
  During
  

• 
  System,
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Information

• 
  Description
  

• 
  Demonstration
  

• 
  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Before practice
  
• 
  During
  

• 
  System
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Pactice

• 
  Level of Contextual Authenticity
  

• 
  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  System
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Monitoring

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  Data collection (performance/ perceptions)
  

• 
  Guidance (self- or peer- monitoring)
  

• 
  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  System
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Diagnosis

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  Data Analysis (individual/ group)
  

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  Guidance
  

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  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Immediate
  
• 
  Delayed
  

• 
  System
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Adaptation

• 
  Prescription (individual/ group)
  

• 
  Goal Elaboration
  
• 
  Information
  
• 
  Practice
  

• 
  Low
  
• 
  High
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Fixed
  
• 
  Flexible
  

• 
  Immediate
  
• 
  Delayed
  

• 
  System
  
• 
  Trainee
  
• 
  Shared
  

Step 1

Step 3

Step 5

Step 7

Step 9

Select:
Type of goal elaboration

(description and/or demonstration)

(description and/or demonstration)

(high and/or low contextual authenticity)

(data collection or guidance)

(analysis or guidance)

(goal/information/practice; or guidance)

(low or high; fixed or variable)

(fixed or variable; immediate or delayed)

(system, trainee, or shared)

Step 1

Select:
Transmission requirements for Goal Elaboration, Information and Practice

Step 1

Step 3

Select:
Computer or human if processing attributes required for diagnosis or adaptation