The research conducted under this program clearly indicates that the use of a combination of artifical intelligence technologies and hypermedia provides one of the most promising approaches for improvement in instructional methods. Among the benefits that accrue from using these technologies are improvements in the portability and accessibility of instruction, and increases in instructional efficiency and comprehension. This research has detailed the specifications to implement a system to realize these benefits. This system will enable most activities requried to develop courses to be performed automatically, using advanced knowledge-based technology. The primary goal of the Phase II program is to implement the designed system, and to prove the concept by devloping an intelligent tutoring course in a specified Air Force domain. Expersoft has assembled a team for this development task that has practical experience in implemeinting knowledge-based systems across a range of commercial and military environments. The program will produce two major products, and intellignet training system and a 'knowledge publishing' system, with many unique benefits in military and commercial environments. Expersoft has allocated in excess of $400,000 for developing the commercial marketplace for these products, nad has estimated the total market to be over $400 million anually by 1993.
