Reinventing Workforce Capacity Building Strategies in ITS—Creating a New Dynamic for Continuous Learning

This paper addresses the new path being taken by the ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program to provide the transportation workforce with a dynamic response to ITS learning that is more virtual and decentralized. Since its inception, the ITS PCB Program has invested in training and in-classroom instruction, and worked closely with universities and colleges to develop and deliver in-depth, subject-specific courses. While these investments have provided the ITS PCB Program with an academic foundation that supports long-term workforce development, the fast-changing environment now demands a more �just-in-time� response to learning needs, to be accomplished by leveraging the synergies gained through �just-right� combinations of training, education, information, and technical assistance, and structuring initiatives that facilitate on-demand delivery of knowledge and problem-solving skills. Developing and introducing a web-based learning center will provide ITS learning materials with more on-the-job learning opportunities; other strategies include enhancing technical assistance through the Peer-to-Peer Program and establishing communities of practice and facilitating the decentralization of the Program�s learning materials. This paper describes the conceptual base for changes in the ITS PCB Program as well as specific elements of the redesign.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Giguere, Ronald K
  • Sloan, Suzanne M
• Conference:
  • 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: San Francisco California, United States
  • Date: 2005-11-6 to 2005-11-10
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: CD-ROM; References;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education and training; Information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Internet; Learning; Peer groups; Personality; Public transit; Transportation careers; Websites
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01015844
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 2006 12:55PM