The LILIENTHAL Project

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The LILIENTHAL Project

• Goal Introduction of distance teaching and
  learning for private pilot training via the
  Internet
• Vision Integrated system for distance teaching
  and learning in pilot instruction for the
  European Airline Transport Pilot License
  (ATPL) to strengthen the position of European
  Flight Schools in World Wide Competition
• Approach Joint development - Harmonisation
• Gather Experience with Private Pilot License
• Results of validation and demonstration
• Consequent development ATPL

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The LILIENTHAL Project
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LILIENTHAL - Partners

• Harmonised Curriculum and Instruction Material?
  Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH, Pilot School
  (LFT)? KLM Flight Academy (KLM)?
  Horizon Swiss Flight Academy Ltd. (HOR)?
  Ecole De Pilotage Amaury De La Grange (EPAG)?
  Institute Aeronautique Jean Mermoz (JM FPN)
• Development of Internetsoftware and CBT?
  Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft und
  Technologiemanagement, Universität
  Stuttgart (IAT)? Lufthansa Flight Training,
  FRA OF2 CBT / IT (LFT-FRA)? GSM Software
  Management AG. (GSM)
• Didactical Helpdesk Scientific Research ?
  Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und
  Organisation (IAO) Fraunhofer
  Gesellschaft Stuttgart? Institut für die
  Didaktik der Physik (HUB) Humboldt
  Universität Berlin? Faculty of Mathematics,
  Computer Science Informatics and Astronomy ,
  Universität von Amsterdam (UVA)

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LILIENTHAL in Figures

• Overall expenses of the project
  21 years of
  employment for all partners for
• Costs for personnel and equipment
  2.500.000 EUROFunding 1.175.000
  EUROInvest 1.325.000 EURO

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Course Development Network

• Development of a European harmonised
  CurriculumforPrivate Pilot Training

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Problem areas while going for a European PPL

• Various national regulations
• different school policies
• instructors preferences
• open questions on the JAR FCL syllabus

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National differences
JAR syllabus

• Status quo
• each country / school
• follows its own syllabus
• with different subject structures
• and different proportions

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Flight hours versus theoretical instruction

• JAR FCL requires for PPL
• 100 hrs instruction
• 45 hrs flight praxis

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Instructors preferences

• How to achieve a true altitude?

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JAR FCL syllabus

• describes the content of 100 hours of theoretical
  instruction for PPL

• is divided into nine subjects

• contains 108 numbered headlines ( JAR items)

• with a very uneven substructure (items vary from
  30 to 300 min)

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The Sense Giving Structure

• teachers have to assign their traditional
  subjects to the new JAR subject structure
• subdivision of the 108 JAR items into 202 modules
  of more comparable size (from 15 to 60 min)
• concrete description of the content of each
  module with one rough learning objective
• reorder of the modules along the typical phases
  of practical flight training
• example...

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Module definition

• describing the character of each module in
  general (taxonomy)

• defining the substructure and content in terms of
  operative, detailed learning objectives (dLO),
  each covering about 5 min of learning time

• Delphi discussion
• example...

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Multimedia document development

• creating a structure of HTML pages according to
  the dLO structure for each module
• creating text for each dLO/page
• develop several media elements (graphics, audio,
  animation, video, ext. links, exercises, etc.)
  for each page
• publish in our Distance Learning Platform - DLP
• examples...

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Result

• from the list of 108 headlines (items) of the JAR
  FCL syllabus the teachers created
• 202 modules of comparable size, assigned along
  the practical flight training, where
• the content is described by one rough learning
  objective and further on defined by operational,
  detailed learning objectives, leading to
• one multimedia document for each module with one
  HTML-page per dLO and several media elements
  (approx. 5000 pages!)
• and how to bring the course to the students...?

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The Distance Learning PPL Course

• Off-line learning (CD-ROM)

• Tele-tutoring and support via Internet

• Two presence learning seminars

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Services of the Distance Learning Platform
Distance Learning Platform
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Tele Tutor Training

• Goals
• Tutors should be technically able to work with
  the DLP and the communication tools
• Tutors should develop their own teaching style
• Guidelines will be created with a collection of
  best practise examples for future reference
• Approach
• two seminars a two weeks summerschool

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Questions