Commandant
United States Coast Guard
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Staff Symbol: G-WTT-2
Phone: 267-2660
COMDTINST 1554.1
FEB 3 1999
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 1554.1
Subj: DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERACTIVE COURSEWARE (ICW)
FOR COAST GUARD TRAINING
Ref: (a) Coast Guard Information Technology Management Strategy, COMDINST 5230.58
(b) Management of the Coast Guard Training System, COMDTINST 1550.9 (series)
(c) Coast Guard Training and Education Manual, COMDTINST 1500.10 (series)
1. PURPOSE
. This instruction establishes Coast Guard policy, prescribes procedures, assigns
responsibilities and establishes requirements for the development and management of
interactive courseware (ICW).
2. ACTION
. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics
commands, commanding officers of Headquarters units, assistant commandant for directorates,
chief counsel, and special staff offices at Headquarters shall ensure compliance with the
provisions of this Instruction.
3. BACKGROUND
. Training technologies can now incorporate and store expert knowledge and
skills through computers and other communication technologies. For the purposes of this
instruction, ICW encompasses computer-based training (CBT), computer-based instruction
(CBI), interactive multimedia instruction (IMI), and their variant forms. ICW is becoming a
prevalent training technology and is expected to be even more widespread by the year 2000.
ICW is computer controlled courseware that incorporates more than one type of medium (e.g.
audio, text, graphics) to convey instructional content and relies on learner interactions to
determine the pace, sequencing and content of instructional delivery. It can be delivered from
CD/ROM, installed software or through an inter/intranet. ICW is often a cost effective,
efficient and valuable training delivery method. It can be used as a stand-alone course of
instruction or combined with classroom instruction, electronic performance support systems,
interactive electronic technical and operating manuals, and other distance learning tools. The
trend is toward increasing hybridization of multiple instructional approaches. ICW enables
learners to perform required tasks, provides remediation and testing, and documents learning.
This instruction supplements reference (a) which provides overall direction for managing
Coast Guard technology resources.
