AKAB (Kriterienkatalog des Arbeitskreises Automobilindustrie Bildung)

(Criteria Catalogue of the Automotive Industry Education Work Group)

Further Information

The Automotive Industry Education Work Group ["Arbeitskreis Automoblilindustrie Bildung"] is made up of representatives of major German car makers. The "self-directed learning" initiative was set up in this context and uses the AKAB criteria catalogue to pursue the goal of making self-directed learning programs comparable and  cataloguing them.

The criteria catalogue relates to computer based training (CBTs); the authors explicitly state that it is not designed for evaluating what are known as drill and practice programs and planning games.

The AKAB criteria catalogue allows you to enter a short evaluation (8 questions) or individual opinions in these 12 area:

1. Subject-related evaluation (3 questions)
2. Text design (5 questions)
3. Screen design (4 questions)
4. Multimedia use (6 questions)
5. Content (8 questions)
6. Interaction (12 questions)
7. Feedback (3 questions)
8. Help (4 questions)
9. Learning goal controls (3 questions)
10. Motivation (5 questions)
11. Sequence control (11 questions)
12. Documentation (2 questions)

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