The most powerful feature of Aerosim's desktop trainers is the ability to provide detailed instruction while in a free-play environment. The Lesson Plan Editor allows the user to develop detailed lessons that demonstrate multiple solutions to a problem, while full free-play during the lesson allows the student to experience the consequences of incorrect actions. By monitoring student actions, the lesson can provide a means of guidance and evaluation, an important factor in free-play desktop training.

The Lesson Plan Editor can be used to develop lessons using different instructional approaches:

Lock Step Lessons
Users can create customized lockstep interactive scenarios that require the student to follow an exact sequence path as defined in the lesson plan. This feature is very effective for the initial student who is learning standardized airline procedures. Branches and a user-selectable maximum number of attempts can be assigned to each scenario in order to assist students. The learning process can be further enhanced by the many audio and text based features of the Lesson Plan Editor.

Free-play Lessons
Free-play Lessons can prompt the student to perform certain actions through audio and text messages, and can then monitor the student response by means of trigger parameters. An incorrect action by the student results in the student experiencing its effects thus learning from their mistakes. Correct actions allow the student to continue the lesson without remedial instruction.

Help Lessons
The Lesson Plan editor allows for the display of comprehensive on-line student help. This help takes the form of additional lessons, which can use all the normal features provided by the Lesson Plan Editor. Help sequences can be triggered by an incorrect student action, or by selecting a help icon on the toolbar, and can provide lock step instruction on the correct procedures. The student can be returned to the free-play lesson once the help session is complete.

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