Literature and field study indicate that manual skills will continue to be essential to the
manufacture of a wide range of physical goods, including: ships, cars, fork lift trucks,
factory automation equipment, machine tools, hoists, home electronics, actuators, and
values. The tentative conclusion of the research reported in this paper is that the design
of information and its communication is relevant to instruction of manual skills with
ICTs. Not all of the underlying issues and application issues were relevant to the
studies that were carried out during the research. However, those that were relevant;
presentational issues, ergonomic characteristics, technical capabilities, and analysis;
did influence results.