Performance Support Systems Research Articles

Concept of operations for increasingly autonomous space operations

Concept of Operations (ConOps) documents provide a common view of future system functions to all stakeholders. This ConOps focuses on deep space missions, such as a mission to Mars. While Earth experts will be continuously monitoring operations during crewed deep-space missions, there will be communication delays and disruptions that will impede the rapid assistance required by the crew in time- and safety-critical situations. An argument will be made that the crew will require (some kind of) assistance to quickly understand the situation enough to safe the system. This document describes a notional vision of the operational processes, practices and capabilities needed by a deep space mission crew for them to autonomously respond to anticipated and unanticipated, time-critical anomalies. A descriptive model of a Crew Performance Support System (CPSS) is used to illustrate what will be required for a safe and successful manned mission to Mars. Scenarios will address crew, Earth-Support and technology roles/responsibilities, task prioritization, teaming strategies, complex procedure development and execution, assumptions, asynchronous collaboration under communication time delay and limited data exchange to illustrate potential operational needs and approaches. Scenarios are responsive to known human risks identified during and after long duration spaceflight and incorporate transition plans as space travel moves from ISS to Lunar to Mars operations specifically identifying test bed and research activity needs. The envisioned CPSS will alter the current operational paradigm of crew reliance on Earth experts to resolve anomalies. The intent of this ConOps is to advance the research and development of a CPSS.

THE EFFECTS OF GROUP-BASED PERSONALIZED ONLINE TEACHING ON LEARNERS’ COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY AND ACHIEVEMENT OF A COURSE

The aim is to investigate the effects of delivering group-based personalized teaching via an electronic performance support system (EPSS) in an online medical informatics course on medical students' academic achievement and community of inquiry levels. The basic working principle of EPSS is to provide the most appropriate teaching methods to the educator, according to the students' variables and learning outcomes. The research design of this study involved a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group and the qualitative research method of answers to follow-up questions. While the students in the experimental group were taught various teaching approaches (flipped classroom, brain storming, case-based learning, debate and think-pair-share), the students in the control group were taught directly by online lessons according to direct instruction method. It was seen that the experimental procedure had a positive effect on both the academic achievement and community of inquiry levels of the experimental group compared to the control group. Besides, students in the experimental group reported that the lessons were more effective when they were enjoyable, motivating, focused on discussion and research, and were taught through cases. The group personalized teaching method used in this study could be a guide for future studies.

Medical school department chair performance improvement: A qualitative study.

In medical education, department chairs should play a significant role. The present qualitative study was conducted to identify factors that influence the performance improvement of department chairs at medical schools in Iran. The study was conducted in Iran in 2022 and used a thematic analysis method. Using a purposeful sampling method, 20 participants were invited to participate, including medical school deans and department chairs. Focus group discussion (FGD) was used for qualitative data gathering. Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis was used to analyze data. There were 18 males and 2 females among the participants. The mean age of the participants was 45±4 years. Five overarching themes were formulated: human resource management, organizational behavior management, performance support system, leadership, and financial resources. Also, nine subthemes emerged, including performance evaluation, job and work design, educational and non-educational support, motivational efforts, organization culture, organizational knowledge management, planning for change, and financing. In this study, we found factors influencing DC performance improvement. Department chairs' effective performance may have a positive impact on department operations, processes, or outcomes.

Developing a customised learning design tool in support of curriculum design, professional development and institutional management within a South African military education context

Learning design at tertiary level is a challenging and complex task with many aspects to take into consideration (Bennett, Lockyer, Agostinho 2018; Bower and Vlachopoulos 2018, 975; Bates, 2019). Learning design is identified as a core aspect of a tertiary educator’s role, but often, little guidance is given to educators on this topic. Changes in the higher education landscape also bring about questions about ideal learning design. With changing times that require institutions to introduce other models like blended and online learning, more pedagogical guidance might be necessary to advise lecturers on best practices in terms of module design (Kebritchi, Lipschuetz, and Santiague 2017). To aid learning design thinking and to make the pedagogic structure of the design apparent, Laurillard and Ljubojevic (2011) and others have suggested the use of a learning design tool or aid. A learning design tool is a means which can provide analytical support for lecturers to evaluate their own practices (Bower et al. 2011). This study looks at the creation of a customised learning design tool (CLDT) and discusses whether it can serve as an Electronic Performance Support System, which is a tool that can guide and assist users in their roles in the workplace. This case study canvassed the experiences and opinions of faculty members in Military Education on the use of this CLDT. The tool is designed to capture and depict various features of a module’s design. This study made use of design-based research which is a methodology requiring a phased approach and aims to influence practice. Inputs from the participants revealed the perceived value and benefits along with the necessary amendments needed for the tool.

Development and Testing of an EPSS for Secondary School Teachers to Develop Contents and Material

This study aims to develop an Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) for secondary school teachers to develop contents and materials, and to determine the views of teachers. The study used a design-based research method and the data were collected through interview and observation technique. Before developing EPSS, a semi-structured interview was made with 11 teachers, out of various branch teachers working in secondary school, in order to determine the needs of teachers. After developing EPSS, a two-week process was determined for the teachers to use the platform and the teachers were monitored for whether they used this platform during this process and the technical support required for them to use the platform effectively was provided. The data collected were analyzed by Nvivo program and themes were created. According to the results; the teachers using the platform have stated that it is generally a practical system, that it provides motivation and self-confidence and makes them happy as it allows designing their own materials, and that the sources added to the platform are sufficient. Finally; it can be stated that the developed EPSS will allow performing experimental studies on teachers and that different scales can be used in future studies.

A ship performance and genetic algorithm-based decision support system for vessel speed optimisation of ocean route

A ship performance and genetic algorithm-based decision support system for vessel speed optimisation of ocean route

Automatic Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Cellular Networks and Beyond 5G: Intelligent Network Management

Handling faults in a running cellular network can impair the performance and dissatisfy the end users. It is important to design an automatic self-healing procedure to not only detect the active faults, but also to diagnosis them automatically. Although fault detection has been well studied in the literature, fewer studies have targeted the more complicated task of diagnosing. Our presented method aims to tackle fault detection and diagnosis using two sets of data collected by the network: performance support system data and drive test data. Although performance support system data is collected automatically by the network, drive test data are collected manually in three mode call scenarios: short, long and idle. The short call can identify faults in a call setup, the long call is designed to identify handover failures and call interruption, and, finally, the idle mode is designed to understand the characteristics of the standard signal in the network. We have applied unsupervised learning, along with various classified algorithms, on performance support system data. Congestion and failures in TCH assignments are a few examples of the detected and diagnosed faults with our method. In addition, we present a framework to identify the need for handovers. The Silhouette coefficient is used to evaluate the quality of the unsupervised learning approach. We achieved an accuracy of 96.86% with the dynamic neural network method.

Mobile Performance Support Systems: Characteristics, Benefits, and Conditions

Mobile Performance Support Systems: Characteristics, Benefits, and Conditions

Conversational Bots as Electronic Performance Support System for the Professional Development of Teacher Educators


 
 
 With the increased demand and interest in designing technology-enhanced lessons for 21st Century learners, ways to empower and enable teacher educators to use educational technologies effectively underpinning sound instructional strategies had to be reinvented. Teacher educators may require on-demand support in order to have the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the rapidly changing learning landscape. A learning intervention or a job aid had to be developed to provide just-in-time bite-sized knowledge in time of need. This conceptual paper elaborates the design and development of a next generation electronic performance support system for teacher educators and outlines a possible approach of using a rules-based chatbot as a means of empowering teacher educators to become active designers of meaningful technology-enhanced lessons.
 
 

Problem-Solving and Tool Use in Office Work: The Potential of Electronic Performance Support Systems to Promote Employee Performance and Learning.

In the context of office work, learning to handle an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is important as implementation costs for such systems and associated expectations are high. However, these expectations are often not met because the users are not trained adequately. Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) are designed to support employees’ ERP-related problem-solving and informal learning. EPSS are supposed to enhance employees’ performance and informal workplace learning through task-specific and granular help in task performance and problem-solving. However, there is little empirical research on EPSS. Two survey studies addressed this research gap. In the first study, 301 people working in Human Resource (HR)-related positions and functions evaluated the learning potential of EPSS as well as potential advantages and obstacles concerning the implementation and use of EPSS. Though other measures are currently assessed as more important for learning, HR employees expect a strong increase in the significance of EPSS for employee learning. In the second study, 652 users of ERP software completed a questionnaire on characteristics of their daily work tasks, team characteristics, individual dispositions, their coping with ERP-related problems, and characteristics of EPSS. Findings indicate that the most frequently available and used approach when dealing with an ERP-related problem is consulting colleagues. Three EPSS types can be distinguished by their increasing integration into the user interface and their context-sensitivity (external, extrinsic, and intrinsic EPSS). While external and extrinsic EPSS are available to many users, intrinsic EPSS are less common but are used intensively if available. EPSS availability is identified to be a strong positive predictor of frequency of EPSS use, while agreeableness as well as the task complexity and information-processing requirements show small negative effects. Moreover, more intensive ERP users use EPSS more frequently. In general, ERP users value, features such as context-sensitivity, an integration of the EPSS into the ERP system’s user interface, the option to save one’s own notes, and information displayed in an extra window. It is expected that EPSS will play an important role in workplace learning in the future, along with other measures.

Developing and investigating an electronic performance support system for skill learning in the simulation environment.

Electronic performance support systems (EPSSs) developed in the literature generally use advanced programming. This situation may limit the use of the EPSSs. The purpose of this study was to develop an EPSS without any financial cost and using advanced programming to improve dental and medical students' knowledge and performance in the basic life support course in simulation environment. This study was planned and carried out as a developmental research. The participants of the study were composed of dental/medical students and experts. The academic achievement test, performance test, expert evaluation form and interview form were used as data collection tools. Data analyses were done by SPSS 21 package software. Students taught using the EPSS have higher levels of academic achievement and performance compared with the students taught using the lecture format in a traditional way of teaching. Students stated that the system was useful and effective. This web-based mid-level EPSS was developed without any financial cost and using advanced programming. EPSSs like present system can be used for supporting learning. The used framework in this study can provide guidance for future works.

Development and Evaluation of a Musical Instrument Performance Support System Using Smart Glasses

Development and Evaluation of a Musical Instrument Performance Support System Using Smart Glasses

Design and evaluation of an electronic performance support system for quantitative data analysis

Design and evaluation of an electronic performance support system for quantitative data analysis

Developing and investigating an electronic performance support system (EPSS) for academic performance

The aim of this study was to develop an electronic performance support system (EPSS) to improve students’ performance in the topic of scientific research methods. A review of the literature shows that EPSSs are usually developed using advanced programming technologies. This limits the widespread use of EPSS for educators and researchers. In this study, a mid-level EPSS was developed by integrating Moodle to a static (non-interactive) educational system, without using advanced programming. The study was designed and carried out using the developmental research method. Study participants were second year students from the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University in Turkey. The system was designed by taking students’ needs into account, as well as other issues that the literature identified as points of consideration when developing an EPSS. The mid-level EPSS developed within the framework of this study increased the students’ academic achievement and students stated that the system met their expectations.
 Implications for practice or policy:
 
 Educators can support scientific research methods courses with EPSSs.
 Educators and researchers may take advantage of detailed steps in this research, if they want to develop such an EPSS.
 A mid-level EPSS is taken as reference when developing an EPSS without advanced programming skills.

Research on air cushion suspension support system with low speed and heavy load

In this paper, cushion suspension support system of low speed and heavy loading of the gas membrane flow field was in computational fluid dynamics analysis, explore the influence of air cushion suspension of performance support system air cushion structural parameters, and the air pressure in the process of air cushion lift proportional control system for mathematical modeling, thus to control the thickness of air cushion, based on pole assignment self-tuning controller, to improve the response and stability of the system, and the system in this paper the lifting process of air cushion suspension support system are analyzed and the gas film flow state, deepening the theoretical research of air cushion suspension technology.

Paper Prototype Usability of Electronic Performance Support System Designed For Children With Special Needs

Makalenin Erken çocukluk aşamasında gelişim ile ilgili kritik dönemler fazladır. Bu nedenle özel eğitime ihtiyaç duyan çocukların gelişimlerini desteklemek için çeşitli yollar arandığı bilinmektedir. Buradan hareketle erken çocukluk özel eğitiminde erken müdahaleyi desteklemek amacıyla 0-6 yaş arası çocukların gelişimlerini izleyip raporlamaya ve öğretmenlerin veya uygulayıcıların performanslarını desteklemeye yönelik bir Elektronik Performans Destek Sistemine (EPDS) gereksinim olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu çalışmada, geliştirilmesi planlanan EPDS’nin kullanılabilirlik çalışmalarından ilki olan kâğıt prototip kullanılabilirlik çalışması, süreç ve sonuçlarıyla paylaşılmıştır. Bilindiği gibi tasarım sürecinin başında, kâğıt prototiplerin hızlıca üretilmesi, kullanıcı deneyimlerinin göz önünde bulundurularak bir sistemde değiştirilmesi gereken yerlerin hızlı ve ucuz bir şekilde öğrenilmesine katkı sağlamaktadır. Öncelikle, EPDS’nin tasarlanabilmesi için sekiz kişi ile ihtiyaç analizi çalışması yapılmıştır. Kâğıt üzerinde tasarlanan EPDS’nin kullanılabilirlik çalışması için beşi özel eğitim kurumu çalışanı bir tanesi de uzman tasarımcıdan oluşan altı kişi ile çalışılmıştır. Veriler yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu, video ve ses kayıtları ile toplanmıştır. Toplanan veriler, görev tamamlama durumu temel alınarak analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda görevlerin uygulanması ve tamamlanması için yapılması gereken değişiklikler belirlenerek, öneriler ortaya konulmuştur. Alanyazında da belirtildiği gibi, sistemde, danışman/uzman sistem, öğretimsel sistem ve kişiselleştirilmiş araçlar önemli bileşenler olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak bu çalışma ile gerçek kullanıcıların gereksinimleri doğrultusunda, erken çocukluk özel eğitimine yönelik erken müdahale konusunda geliştirilmesi düşünülen sistemin tasarım aşamasının temeli oluşturulmuştur.

"I Didn't Make It, but…": Deselected Athletes' Experiences of the Talent Development Pathway.

The experiences of youth athletes on specialized talent development pathways has received considerable attention in both the media and literature. Despite the low conversion of pathway entrants into senior athletes, the experiences of deselected athletes have received less attention. The purpose of this study therefore was to explore the talent pathway experiences of youth athletes who were deselected from a pathway and to consider how those experiences influenced their life post deselection. Ten participants were purposefully sampled based on their prior involvement in a formalized and selective talent programme. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data was analyzed via a thematic analysis. Participants identified constructs of the talent development environment, psychobehavioral skills for future development and personal responsibility for future development as facilitators for future success beyond the talent pathway. Specifically, environmental constructs, such as high performance support systems and expectations of professionalism positively contributed toward the acquisition of transferable psychobehavioral skills, such as a determination to be successful, a confidence to back oneself and social maturity. Youth athletes reported feeling empowered to take personal responsibility for development, through attributes such as a commitment to be the best they can be and an intrinsic motivation to succeed. These findings suggest positive experiences, built around the development of transferable skills and behaviors, can accrue from being on the talent pathway. As such, the talent pathway can be a successful foundation for both success in that sport and as a facilitator of success beyond sport.

Advancing the Knowledge Base Toward A Comprehensive Model—Part 1: an Empirically Tested Performance Model

This study, the first part of a series of research projects on advancing the knowledge base toward a comprehensive performance model, examines structural associations among performance-support systems, human behaviors, and performance and empirically tests the proposed performance model, using national government-wide representative data (2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, N = 687,687, 82 federal agencies). How the results and findings of this study contribute to theory, research, and practices supporting human behavior and successful organization performance is discussed.

A Study on the Development of PBL Performance Support System based on Flipped Learning

A Study on the Development of PBL Performance Support System based on Flipped Learning

EPSS – METHOD AND TOOLS FOR IMPROVING THE COMPETENCE IN THE XXI CENTURY

The paper discusses the features and usability of Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) in education and improving the competence of adults. It is a serious problem for enterprises to search for employees (definite period, employment of students) for work that requires the use of business software. Learning (training) in the performance of tasks in such environment is an investment (requires time and expense). EPSS have been designed as tools to reduce the number of hours of training involving a trainer (human). These systems are coached - supported by people who use business software in their work on an ongoing basis. In the research we present how to implement them and in which way their popularization can help in hiring people without special pre-preparation, and only with the basic computer skills.