Directorate of distance education master of business administration

13. 
Programmed Instruction Method (PIM)  
 PIM 
provides instruction without the face-to-face intervention of 
an instructor.  To ensure a sequential approach to learning, instructions 
are designed in such a way that all future learning depends on acquisition 
and retention of previous learning. In this method, the information is 
broken down into small portions called ‘frames’. The learner reads each 
frame in sequence and responds to questions designed to verify learning.  
Based on the answers given by the trainees they are provided with 
immediate feedback on response accuracy. If the learners have got all 
the answers right, they proceed to the next frame. If not they repeat the 
frame.  Primary features of this approach are immediate reinforcement 
and the ability of learners to proceed at their own pace.  Programmed 
instructions may be presented in a book or in computers.