Deploying a conceptual approach to training, the ElectronicFlight CompleteLearning™ Garmin GPS Navigation module represents a breakthrough in effective GPS education. In the past, much of the GPS training concentrated on memorizing lengthy procedures, a rote approach. In studies looking into the effect of rote training on long term recall and problem solving, the rote method falls short in preparing the pilot to solve problems or work new processes into the ever-changing environment of aviation. Conceptual training, on the other hand, provides the tools that allow the creation of new procedures on the fly, to solve the problem at hand.
To achieve the goal of conceptual training, the CompleteLearning™ Garmin GPS Navigation module teaches common tasks using a building block approach. By teaching common tasks, the individual tasks can be combined to form any long procedure. Therefore, the pilot only needs to learn a few common tasks and also the reasoning behind the use of those tasks. No more endless and complicated procedures to learn, and forget, just a few small procedures that are retained in memory much longer.
The training teaches the philosophy behind every button and function. It also teaches how to navigate through the various screens of the Garmin GPS. This gives a pilot the tools to perform any function, even functions that were not intended by the engineers that created the GPS. These may be new techniques compared to typical training methods, but the research into the way people really learn has found that conceptual techniques are superior for problem solving and memory retention.
The GPS training program provides the tools to answer your own questions. Instead of “What is the procedure to do …?”, the tools allow a pilot to just answer the question at hand. This process is actually very quick. Once through this mental exercise the first time, the effort exerted to accomplish the lengthy task actually forces the knowledge directly into long-term memory. Much better than just dumping a procedure into short-term memory and hoping it eventually works its way into long-term memory after multiple practice sessions.
Highlights of ElectronicFlight CompleteLearning™ GPS Module:
- The satellite constellation, geometry and capabilities
- 3-D positioning, accuracy and RAIM calculations
- Great circle routes and map datums
- GPS input and output
- Common data entry methods
- Menu branching and mode structure
- Cross mode commonalities
- Integrating GPS into the instrument scan
- Efficient use of the display elements
- Integrating the GPS into checklist discipline
- Using OBS mode to the greatest advantage
- Interfaces to aircraft systems, moving maps and the autopilot
- Precision and non-precision approaches
- Using GPS for precision tracking in the hold
- Flight plan creation, organization and manipulation
- Current regulations
- Direct-to and tracking operation
- Loading predefined routes (SID/STAR)
- Nav page layout and use
- Emergency airport searches
- Waypoint information pages
- VNAV operation
- Intercept and tracking a multi-leg course
- ILS integration
- And much more
Training Credit — 8 hours
FAA Wings Pilot Proficiency Program
Aircraft Electronics Association Excellence Awards
FAA part 145 Repair Station training
FAA Aviation Maintenance Technology Awards
FAA IA Renewal training
FITS Training Credit
Minimum Computer System Requirements
Operating System: Windows 95 or newer, MAC OS X (with Bootcamp)
Processor: Pentium 250 Mhz
Hard Drive Storage: 300 MB of free space
Memory: 64 MB
CD-ROM: 4X
Sound Card: 16 bit
Speakers or headset required
