Definition
A training method that combines video presentation with computer control, allowing the learner to respond to prompts and questions and have the program branch to different content based on those responses.
Plain English
A training video that talks back. The learner answers questions or makes choices as it plays, and what comes next depends on what they do.
Context Anchor
Seen in aviation instructor training, ground lessons, computer-based training, and scenario-based instruction.
Derivation
Interactive comes from Latin inter (between) and agere (to act) — literally 'to act between.' The learner and the video act on each other rather than the learner just watching passively.
Why Pilots Care
Improves retention of procedures and decision-making by requiring active responses during training instead of passive viewing.
Intuition Check
Interactive video does not mean simply watching a video on a screen. It means the video lesson requires the student to respond or make choices during the lesson.
Example Sentence 1
The flight school used an interactive video module on weather decision-making, where students chose whether to divert or continue and saw the consequences of each choice.
Example Sentence 2
During the lesson the student used the interactive video to select the proper response to an engine failure scenario.