Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management, Louisiana State University, 3319 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
LSU-Industrial Assessment Center, Louisiana State University, 3131 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Feb 24;21(5):1584. doi: 10.3390/s21051584.
It is essential to understand the effectiveness of any training program so it can be improved accordingly. Various studies have applied standard metrics for the evaluation of visual behavior to recognize the areas of interest that attract individuals' attention as there is a high correlation between attentional behavior and where one is focusing on. However, through reviewing the literature, we believe that studies that applied eye-tracking technologies for training purposes are still limited, especially in the industrial energy assessment training field. In this paper, the effectiveness of industrial energy assessment training was quantitatively evaluated by measuring the attentional allocation of trainees using eye-tracking technology. Moreover, this study identifies the areas that require more focus based on evaluating the performance of subjects after receiving the training. Additionally, this research was conducted in a controlled environment to remove the distractions that may be caused by environmental factors to only concentrate on variables that influence the learning behavior of subjects. The experiment results showed that after receiving the training, the subjects' performance in energy assessment was significantly improved in two areas: production, and recycling and waste management, and the designed training program enhanced the knowledge of participants in identifying energy-saving opportunities to the knowledge level of experienced participants.
了解任何培训计划的效果至关重要，以便可以相应地进行改进。许多研究已经应用了评估视觉行为的标准指标来识别吸引人们注意力的兴趣区域，因为注意力行为和人们关注的焦点之间存在高度相关性。然而，通过文献回顾，我们认为，将眼动追踪技术应用于培训目的的研究仍然有限，特别是在工业能源评估培训领域。本文通过使用眼动追踪技术测量学员的注意力分配，定量评估了工业能源评估培训的效果。此外，本研究根据评估培训后受试者的表现，确定了需要更加关注的领域。此外，该研究是在受控环境中进行的，以消除可能由环境因素引起的干扰，仅关注影响受试者学习行为的变量。实验结果表明，接受培训后，受试者在能源评估方面的表现在两个领域显著提高：生产和回收与废物管理，并且设计的培训计划提高了参与者识别节能机会的知识水平，达到了经验丰富参与者的水平。
