Research on applying the concept of electronic performance support system into computer teaching

In the 1990s, the computer education has gradually become the important content of education in our country. Many schools have launched computer education extensively and the teaching methods of computer course are mostly teachers using big screen to conduct theory teaching, and then arranging time to operate in addition which cause some problems and make the teaching effect unable to reach optimization. Electronic performance support system refers to EPSS, an information system which is used by the overseas enterprises to train the staff. This information system puts training mission in work process, which is in line with the popular “timely training” (just-in-time training) trend in industry in recent years and it has made a great progress compared with traditional CBT (computer aided training) which puts training before work. This paper analyzes the current status and the existing problems in computer teaching, puts forward the concept of using EPSS to reform the traditional computer teaching ways to improve the effect of computer teaching.